Appeal No. 99-0872
Application 08/885,399
The Rejection on Appeal
Claims 2-5, and 30-34 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Simeth and either DeMoore ‘644 or DeMoore ‘267. A rejection of claim
31 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, has been withdrawn by the examiner.
The Invention
The claimed invention is directed to a printing machine plate cylinder assembly.
Claim 30, the only independent claim on appeal, is reproduced below:
30. A printing machine plate cylinder assembly comprising:
a plate cylinder having an outer cylindrical plate mounting surface,
a printing plate having an inner cylindrical mounting surface for positioning
about said plate cylinder,
a separating medium between said printing plate and plate cylinder
consisting solely of a layer of friction reducing material affixed to one of said mounting
surfaces,
and the other of said mounting surfaces having no layer of friction reducing
material affixed thereon and being positioned in direct contacting relation with the friction
reducing layer affixed to said one mounting surface for facilitating stable mounting of said
printing plate in predetermined position on said plate cylinder with enhanced heat
dissipation therebetween.
Opinion
The rejection of claims 2-5 and 30-34 is reversed.
A reversal of the rejection on appeal should not be construed as an affirmative
indication that the appellant’s claims are patentable over prior art. We address only the
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