Appeal No. 97-3065 Page 3
Application No. 08/452,747
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to an apparatus for
transporting a continuous web. An understanding of the
invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 68,
which appears in the appendix to the appellants' brief.
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims is:
Beaudoin et al. (Beaudoin) 4,925,520 May 15,
1990
An additional reference of record relied on by this panel
of the Board is:3
On Site Technical Data Sheet: 900 Release/Traction Series,
Plasma Coatings, Inc. (Plasma)
Reference made of record by this panel of the Board is:
3This reference was cited by the appellants in their
Information Disclosure Statement (Paper No. 3) and a copy is
of record in the application file. While this reference is
undated, we take the appellants submission of the reference
and their discussion of coatings from Plasma Coatings Inc.
(specification, page 12, lines 30-36) as an admission that the
reference is prior art to their invention.
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