Appeal No. 2001-2440
Application 09/309,066
The examiner has not explained how the teaching of
simultaneous dosing slot and doctor element adjustment in DE ‘183
would have fairly suggested to one of ordinary skill in the art
who applied McAleavey’s method to a paper or cardboard web,
maintaining either the metering element actuating force or the
volume of coating medium substantially constant while the other
is reduced as required by the appellants’ claim 1. The examiner,
therefore, has not carried the burden of establishing a prima
facie case of obviousness of the appellants’ claimed invention.
DECISION
The rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 103 of claims 1-6 and 8-11
over McAleavey in view of DE ‘183, and claim 7 over McAleavey in
view of DE ‘183 and Ueberschär, are reversed.
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