Appeal No. 2000-1028
Application No. 08/950,522
sheets consistently oriented parallel to the direction of
movement of the sheets, with subsequent coating of both major
surfaces of the sheets, drying the coatings on the sheets,
overlapping the dry coated sheets, and then applying a further
coating onto one of the major surfaces of the overlapped sheets
(Brief, page 3). A copy of illustrative independent claim 18 is
attached as an Appendix to this decision.
The examiner relies upon the following references as
evidence of obviousness:
Swanson et al. (Swanson) 3,723,174 Mar. 27, 1973
Thierstein 4,526,362 Jul. 02, 1985
Greiner et al. (Greiner) 4,664,949 May 12, 1987
Ritter 5,487,780 Jan. 30, 1996
Calkin, Modern Pulp and Paper Making, 3rd ed., pp. 361-62,
Reinhold Publishing Corp., New York, 1957.
Claims 18-23 and 25-27 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as unpatentable over Ritter in view of Greiner and
Swanson or Calkin (Answer, page 4). Claim 24 stands rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over the references as
applied above further in view of Thierstein (Answer, page 6).1
We reverse both of the examiner’s rejections for reasons which
follow.
1Contrary to appellant’s Brief (page 3), and as noted on page 2 of the Answer, there is no
rejection on appeal based on the second paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112.
2
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