Appeal No. 1997-3024
Application 08/325,476
may or may not be correct. In addition, the examiner appears
to have neglected to take into account that the thickness of
the precoat must be considered in determining distance T. In
this regard, even if we accept, as proposed by the examiner,
that it would have been obvious to provide a precoat to the
web of Shibata in view of AAPA, the examiner has not
persuasively explained why the sum of the distance C and the
thickness of the precoat would necessarily result in a
distance T which, when multiplied by the thickness of the
slot, would yield a product within the range called for in
claims 1 and 6. For these reasons, the examiner’s position
that distance C of Shibata corresponds to the distance between
the nearest point of a coating width regulation plate and the
support surface is not well taken.
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