Appeal No. 2001-0350
Application 09/243,835
plate lockup mechanisms to affix a printing plate to a printing
cylinder. As noted by the examiner, Sugiyama and Nobuta do
specifically indicate the importance in the art of minimizing
downtime of a printing press in the process of affixing a new
plate thereto. The same problem to be overcome is recognized
according to the prior art discussion of appellants at pages 1-3
of the specification as filed. Although we agree with
appellants' recognition that Sugiyama does not deal with plate
alignment registration as set forth at the bottom of page 10 of
the brief, Nobuta's teachings appear to focus upon placement of a
printing plate in a plate feeding device for proper axial
alignment to a print cylinder PC.
On the basis of the teachings and suggestions of Wieland in
view of Sugiyama and Nobuta alone, we find that it would have
been obvious for the artisan to have applied the teachings of
Wieland's pre-registration device to a more traditional clamped-
type printing press approach as noted in Sugiyama and Nobuta.
The same may be said of applying such teachings to Lindner, a
printing press of the type utilizing a traditional plate lockup
approach to affixing the printing plate to the print drum itself.
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