Appeal No. 1997-4279 Application No. 08/486,702 The rejection of claim 1 We affirm the rejection of claim 1 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over the German reference in view of Klebanow. It follows that the rejection of claims 2 through 5, 7, 11 through 13, and 27 through 30 on this same ground is likewise affirmed, since these claims stand or fall with claim 1, as earlier indicated. Claim 1 is drawn to an apparatus for applying a coating material to a plurality of sheets as the sheets are conveyed past the apparatus, comprising, inter alia, (a) means for overlapping a plurality of sheets to form overlapped sheets, (b) a coating station comprising means for at least "partially drying" an adhesive coating, and (c) means for collecting adhesive coated sheets. 5Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007