Appeal No. 2000-0909
Application No. 08/784,752
sufficient.
In the present case, the fact that the carriage 40 travels an
equal distance in each direction between the first 44 and
second 45 reversal points does not necessarily mean that the
path lengths of the carrier 5 are adjusted by equal and
opposite amounts before and after passing through the transfer
station.
Accordingly, we will not sustain the standing 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) rejection of claims 1, 27 and 34 or of claim 2, 4, 5,
7, 9 through 11 and 15 through 19 dependent on claim 1 or of
claims 28 through 29, 31 and 32 dependent on claim 27.
We reach a different result with respect to independent
claim 33. Unlike claims 1, 27 and 34, claim 33 does not
require structure for adjusting the carrier path length by
equal and opposite amounts before and after passing through
the transfer station. Instead, claim 33 is drawn to a machine
for transferring discrete areas of material from a carrier
onto a substrate and requires, inter alia, a carrier movement
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