Appeal No. 1999-1348
Application No. 08/435,798
the rollers disclosed by Rhorer and Goettsch are anilox
rollers having a resilient transfer surface in accordance with
this interpretation.
To the extent that appellants are attempting to define
“anilox roller” on page 2 of the request, this attempt is
unavailing. First, appellants provide neither a precise nor a
consistent definition of “anilox roller.” On page 2, in lines
7-8 of the request, appellants state that “[a]nilox rollers
are well known as a term of art in the printing industry for
metering rollers having the entire surface covered uniformly
with fine ink holding cells.” In that the rollers of Rhorer
and Goettsch are covered uniformly with fine ink holding
cells, they would appear to meet such a definition. On page
2, in lines 14-16 of the request, appellants urge that
“Exhibits A, B and C taken from a commercial web site
(pamarcotech.com) evidence generic use of the term ‘anilox’ to
describe uniformly patterned steel or ceramic metering
rollers.” While there is an Exhibit C attached to appellants’
request, Exhibits A and B are not attached. In any event,
appellants had the opportunity to present evidence as to the
definition of “anilox roller” prior to the Board’s earlier
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