Appeal No. 1997-2839
Application No. 08/448,778
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to the appellant's specification and
claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellant and the
examiner. As a consequence of our review, we make the
determinations which follow.
We cannot sustain the examiner's rejections of
appellant's claims 16-35 under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
For purpose of our review we focus on claim 16, the sole
independent claim.
Claim 16 recites:
16. Apparatus for producing a printed substrate web at
speeds of at least 100 ft./min., the web having colored or
metallic foil over at least a portion of the printing on the
substrate web, said apparatus comprising:
means for variably printing a predetermined pattern, with
toner, on the substrate web while the web is traveling at
speeds of at least 100 ft./min.;
an impression cylinder mounted for rotation about a first
axis;
a transfer cylinder mounted for rotation about a second
axis parallel to said first axis, and to define a nip between
said impression cylinder and said transfer cylinder;
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