Appeal No. 1999-0911
Application No. 08/852,708
The claims on appeal are drawn to a method of handling a
continuous, elongated web, and are reproduced in the appendix
of appellants’ brief.
The prior art applied in the final rejection is:
Klaeser et al. (Klaeser) 4,838,982 Jun. 13,
1989
Otruba 5,413,651 May 09,
1995
Steidinger et al. (Steidinger) 5,441,796 Aug. 15,1
1995
(filed June 10,
1994)
The admitted prior art on page 1 to page 3, line 15, of
appellants’ specification (APA).
The appealed claims stand finally rejected under 35
U.S.C.
1Since the patentees of this patent appear to be the
same persons as the present appellants, and the patent was
issued after the filing date of appellants’ parent
application, it seemingly would not constitute prior art
against appellants. However, since appellants have not argued
this point, the patent will be considered in evaluating the
merits of the rejections.
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