Appeal No. 2001-0350
Application 09/243,835
plate is affixed to the front edge 12 of the cylinder 10. We do
not agree with any urging of appellants that patentability of the
subject matter of claim 2 may be predicated on the basis of the
direction of rotation, forwards or backwards, of the print
cylinder during the application of the printing plate thereto.
Since the examiner has provided substantial evidence that it
was well known in the art to obtain and pre-register in a
correct, pre-aligned position a printing plate before application
to the print cylinder, as well as the recognition in the art that
the application of the registered printing plate to the print
cylinder itself may entail a forward and/or backward rotation of
the printing cylinder, the subject matter of independent claim 2
on appeal clearly would have been obvious to the artisan within
35 U.S.C. ' 103.
In view of the foregoing, the decision of the examiner
rejecting claims 2 and 3 on appeal under 35 U.S.C. ' 103 is
affirmed.
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