Appeal No. 1997-0091 Page 3
Application No. 08/115,530
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to an apparatus for
coating board-shaped articles, especially printed circuit
boards (specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under
appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Bosher 4,324,052 Apr. 13,
1982
Bossard et al. 4,559,896 Dec.
24, 1985
(Bossard)
Wenger et al. 4,926,789 May 22,
1990
(Wenger)
Kuster 2 EP 0 541 879 A1 May 19, 1993
Claims 2, 4, 5, 9 and 14-17 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C.
2In determining the teachings of Kuster, we will rely on
the translation provided by the PTO. A copy of the
translation is attached for the appellants' convenience.
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