Appeal No. 1998-2899 Application No. 08/632,687 the cylinder and the printing sleeve to a low pressure region.2 In construing the language “a means extending substantially across a length of the cylinder for connecting an interface of the cylinder and the printing sleeve to a low pressure region,” we note that the “means” may comprise, for example, a groove 50 as shown in Figure 3. The groove 50 is described in the specification (p. 8) as extending “across the circumferential surface of the cylinder” and as connecting the interface of the cylinder 40 and a printing sleeve mounted thereon to an air canal 60. We also note the appellants’ argument on page 6 of the brief that the circumferential grooves 26 in the embodiment illustrated in Figure 4 of Fellows do not meet the claimed means limitation because the grooves 26 in Fellows would only allow air trapped between the blanket and cylinder at the circumferential According to the appellants’ specification (p. 8), the ”low pressure2 region” may be the atmosphere. 6Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007