Appeal No. 1997-4279 Application No. 08/486,702 Appellant's invention pertains to an apparatus for applying a coating material to a plurality of sheets as the sheets are conveyed past the apparatus. An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, a copy of which appears in the APPENDIX to the brief (Paper No. 15). As evidence of obviousness, the examiner has applied the documents listed below: Klebanow et al. 3,467,060 Sep. 16, 1969 (Klebanow) Wahnschaff 4,325,321 Apr. 20, 1982 Pulskamp 5,009,408 Apr. 23, 1991 Pagendarm 3,606,199 Aug. 27, 1987 (German Document)1 The following rejections are before us for review. 1Our understanding of this foreign language document is derived from a reading of a translation thereof. A copy of that translation is appended to this opinion. 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007