Appeal No. 96-3741
Application No. 08/177,288
appellants have indicated that they are not appealing the
rejections of claims 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10 and 11. As a result,
we dismiss the appeal as to these claims thereby leaving for
our consideration on this appeal claims 3, 6, 7, 9 and 12
through 20. The only other claims in the application, which
are claims 21 through 24, stand withdrawn from further
consideration by the examiner.
The subject matter on appeal relates to a coater
apparatus enclosure. This appealed subject matter is
adequately illustrated by dismissed independent claim 1 and
appealed claims 3 and 6 which depend therefrom. A copy of
these claims is set forth below:
1. A coater apparatus enclosure for enclosing the entire
coating applicator portion of a coating apparatus comprising:
an enclosure; and
means for continuously supplying solvent-saturated gas to
the enclosure to prevent premature drying of coating fluid.
3. The coater apparatus enclosure of claim 1 further
comprising means for controlling gas flow to the enclosure.
6. The coater apparatus enclosure of claim 1 wherein the
solvent-saturated gas includes a solvent which is a cosolvent
mixture in equilibrium with the coating fluid.
The following references are relied upon by the examiner
in the rejections before us:
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