Appeal No. 1998-0976
Application 08/379,722
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejec-
tion of claims 1 through 15 and 20 through 47. Claims 16
through 19 and 48 through 53 are withdrawn from consideration.
Independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A method for supporting a processed substrate as
it is transferred from a processing unit of a printing press,
comprising the steps of:
providing a rotatable member having a substrate
support surface thereon;
providing a base covering of electrically semi-
conductive material having a frictional coefficient which is
less than the frictional coefficient of the substrate support
surface;
securing the semi-conductive base covering around
the substrate support surface and in electrical contact with
the rotatable member; and
rotating the rotatable member to support a processed
substrate on the semi-conductive base covering.
The Examiner relies on the following references:
Köbler 4,599,943 July 15, 1986
DeMoore et al. (DeMoore) 5,052,384 Aug. 27, 1991
Schwöpfinger 5,320,042 June 14, 1994
(filed June 2, 1992)
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