Appeal No. 1998-1020 Page 2
Application No. 08/381,423
and 25 through 27 were canceled and claims 6 and 21 were
amended. Claims 7 through 20 and 22, the only other claims
pending in the application, have been withdrawn from
consideration under 37 CFR § 1.142(b) as being drawn to a
nonelected invention.2
We REVERSE and REMAND.
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a printing system
comprising a plurality of printing sections and a web width
adjusting device arranged between two of the printing sections
and to a web width adjusting method used in such a printing
system. The purpose of the web width adjusting device and
method is to offset lateral expansion of the web caused by a
preceding printing station (specification, page 5).
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Huck 3,147,898 Sep.
8, 1964
Fischer 4,414,896 Nov. 15,
1983
The amendment after final rejection filed June 3, 1996 (Paper No. 21)2
has not been entered.
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