Ex parte RITTER - Page 2




                 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.                                                                                          
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