Ex parte AHRENS - Page 3




          Appeal No. 1998-1053                                                        
          Application No. 07/974,832                                                  


          1983                                                                        
          Cheshire et al. (Cheshire)    4,764,253                Aug. 16,             
          1988                                                                        
          Franzen, "Direct Measurement of Jet Velocity As An Aid To                   
          Papermaking"; Tappi J., July 1987.                                          
          Talvio, "A study of Paper Machine Head Box Control System With              
          Linear Transfer Functions"; Congres IFAC, 1966, Landres.                    

               Claims 35 through 37 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §                  
          112, second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to                   
          particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter              
          which appellant regards as the invention.                                   


          Claims 1, 2, 5 through 7, 10, 11, 17 through 29 and 33                      
          through 37 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being                    
          unpatentable over Cheshire in view of Justus and Stotz "with                
          or without Franzen."                                                        


               Claims 3, 4, 8, 9, 14 and 30 stand rejected under 35                   
          U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over the prior art as                    
          applied by the examiner in the immediately preceding                        



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