Appeal No. 1996-0345 Page 2
Application No. 08/101,999
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a coater blade and
backing roll combination. An understanding of the invention
can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 5, 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:
Barusten JA 59-88995 May 23, 1984
(Japanese patent document)3
The following rejection is before us for review.
Claims 5 through 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Barusten.
The complete text of the examiner's rejections and
response to the argument presented by the appellants appears
in the answer (Paper No. 12, mailed May 16, 1995), while the
complete statement of the appellants' argument can be found in
the brief (Paper No. 11, filed May 1, 1995) and reply brief
(Paper No. 13, filed June 19, 1995).
OPINION
3A translation of this document, prepared for the PTO, was mailed to
the appellants with Paper No. 6.
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