Appeal No. 97-3065 Page 17
Application No. 08/452,747
roller 152 of Ales with a coating as taught by Plasma to
provide wear resistance, excellent release and excellent web
tracking properties. We note that while Plasma does not
specifically set forth that the coatings provide protuberances
(claim 68), the release agent (claims 70, 71, 73 and 96), or
that the coating is metallic (claim 98), it is our view based
upon the appellants' admissions made on pages 12-13 of the
specification, that these limitations are inherently met by
the coatings disclosed by Plasma. With regard to the claimed
amount of shrinkage permitted (claims 75, 76 and 79, it is our
determination that such limitations are also inherently met by
the above-noted modification of Ales.
CONCLUSION
To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject
claims 68, 70, 71, 73 to 76, 79, 83 and 96 to 98 under 35
U.S.C. § 103 is reversed and new rejections of claim 98 under
35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, and claims 68, 70, 71, 73 to
76, 79, 83 and 96 to 98 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 have been added
pursuant to provisions of 37 CFR § 1.196(b).
Page: Previous 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007