Appeal No. 1998-1020 Page 10
Application No. 08/381,423
REMAND TO THE EXAMINER
This application is remanded to the examiner for
consideration of the following issues:
1. Whether claims 2, 6, 21 and 24 are unpatentable under 35
U.S.C. § 103 over Kotterer in view of other prior art.
Kotterer discloses a device comprising air nozzles (5)
for correcting the print material side register of a band of
paper (4) passing through a series of three printing units
(1,2,3) by causing the paper to arch along its width to
compensate for widening of the band of paper during printing.
The examiner should particularly note that the air nozzles may
be located "beneath and/or above the band of paper (4)"
(translation, page 4). With nozzles disposed both above and
beneath the band, as disclosed by Kotterer, it appears to us
that the device comprises a pressure applying means (the
nozzles disposed between printing units 1 and 2 beneath the
band) at a first location along a paper web traveling
direction and a counter pressure applying means (the nozzles
between the printing units 2 and 3 above the band) at a second
location along the web traveling direction that is different
from the first location, with both the pressure applying means
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