Appeal No. 98-0978
Application 08/505,650
The examiner has rejected claims 1 and 9 under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Kubokawa in view of Kanck
and Love. According to the examiner, Kubokawa teaches the
method as recited in the claims with the exception of 1)
removing the hardenable material by melting and 2) using an
endless web. Therefore, the examiner is of the opinion that
since Kanck teaches the desirability of removing the
hardenable material by melting and Love teaches the endless
web structure for printing, the combined teachings of these
three references would have rendered the method of claims 1
and 9 prima facie obvious.
The examiner has rejected claims 10, 11 and 24 under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Kubokawa in view of Love.
According to the examiner, it would have been obvious to one
of ordinary skill to provide the press of Kubokawa with an
endless metallic web in view of Love to enable the printing of
a continuous image that is longer than the length of the web.
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