Appeal No. 2001-0945
Application No. 08/908,129
This appeal is related to Appeal No. 2002-1262 involving
copending application 08/782,866. We also note that a terminal
disclaimer (Paper No. 29) has been filed in the instant
application.
The claims on appeal are directed to a method for making a
lithographic printing plate where a frequency modulation
screening technique is used to obtain data from a continuous tone
original. The screened data is, in turn, used to image-wise
expose a lithographic printing plate precursor having a flexible
support.
The appellants stipulate on page 3 of their brief that all
of the appealed claims stand or fall together. Claim 12, the
broadest of 4 independent claims, is illustrative of the subject
matter encompassed by appellants’ claims, and reads as follows:
12. A method for making a lithographic printing plate from
an original containing continuous tones comprising the steps
of:
_ screening said original using a frequency
modulation screening to obtain screened data; and
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