Appeal No. 96-1214
Application No. 08/065,182
The references relied upon by Board are:
Meinander 4,889,073 Dec. 26, 1989
Rantanen (‘497) 5,246,497 Sep. 21, 1993
Claims 1-19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Rantanen (‘396) and Montgomery. We reverse the rejection of claims 8 and 18. We will
affirm the rejection of claims 1-7, 9-17 and 19 for we agree with the examiner’s conclusion
that these claims would have been obvious within the meaning of 35 U.S.C.
§ 103. For evidence of obviousness we rely upon the teachings of Rantanen(‘396),
2
Meinander and Rantanen (‘497) . Since we have relied upon additional evidence,
appellants are to consider the rejection of claims 1-7, 9-17 and 19 a new ground of
rejection under 37 CFR § 1.196(b).
Claims 1-7, 9-17 and 19
Rantanen (‘396) shows a coating device and method for coating a web with a
coating material comprising (1) a revolving coating bar having a grooved outer surface
resting against a moving base and structured and arranged to meter a coating agent onto
the moving base; (2) a cradle support for the bar; and (3) means for applying a coating
2We find the teachings of Montgomery cumulative to those found in Meinander and
Rantanen (497).
4
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007