Appeal No. 1999-1398 Page 2
Application No. 08/559,496
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a press section of a paper making machine. An
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 43, which
appears in the appendix to the appellant's Brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Dorfel 3,861,996 Jan. 21, 1975
Ely et al. (Ely) 4,075,056 Feb. 21, 1978
Rempel et al. (Rempel) 4,086,131 Apr. 25, 1978
Schmitt et al. (Schmitt) 4,257,844 Mar. 24, 1981
Wicks et al. (Wicks) 4,483,745 Nov. 20, 1984
Laapotti 4,551,205 Nov. 5, 1985
Pajula et al. (Pajula) 5,389,205 Feb. 14, 1995
European Patent Application 0 289 477 Nov. 2, 1988
(EP ‘477)
German Gebrachsmuster 9206340 Sep. 24, 19922
(G ‘340)
German Patent Specification 43 21 404 Sep. 1, 19942
(DE ‘404)
Claims 1-16, 24, 33 and 39-51 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Schmitt in view of Wicks, if necessary with DE ‘404 or G ‘340, also
further in view of Dorfel or Ely or Rempel.
2Patent and Trademark Office translations enclosed.
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