Appeal No. 96-0089
Application No. 08/027,060
to said transfer roll and producing a reduced pressure at
least across a width of the leader in an opening outlet nip
defined between said transfer roll and said straight run of
said felt, said reduced pressure causing the leader to adhere
to an upper face of said felt as said felt is detached from
said transfer roll and remain adhered to said upper face of
said felt as it is carried into said second press nip.
The examiner relies upon the following eight references
to support multiple rejections of the claims for obviousness:
Beachler 2,714,342 Aug.
2, 1955
Karvinen et al. (Karvinen) 4,526,655 Jul. 2,
1985
Kerttula et al. (Kerttula) 4,543,160 Sep.
24, 1985
Autio 4,608,125 Aug. 26, 1986
Weideburg 4,768,294 Sep. 6, 1988
Skaugen 4,874,470 Oct. 17, 1989
Laapotti 5,120,400 Jun. 9, 1992
McDonald et al. (McDonald), "A New Web Transfer System for
Closing the Draw Between the Last Press and the Dryer
Section", CCPA Annual Mtg. (1990).
The following six rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 103 are
before us for consideration:2
2We note that the appealed claims were also rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, in the final
rejection (Paper No. 10). Since there is no reference to the
35 U.S.C. § 112 rejection in the examiner's Answer, we presume
that this rejection has been withdrawn by the examiner.
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