Appeal No. 2002-1788 Page 2
Application No. 09/217,667
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to friction drive apparatus such as printers,
plotters and cutters that feed strip material for producing graphic images and , more
particularly, to a method for calibration of friction drive apparatus and a method for
automatic alignment of strip material therein (specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims
under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellants' brief.
Claims 1 to 7, 9, 11, 12, 14 to 16, 18 to 21, 23, 24 and 40 to 46 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated by U.S. Patent No. 5,715,5141 to
Williams et al. (Williams).
Claims 10, 13, 17 and 22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Williams.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellants regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the answer
(Paper No. 26, mailed February 26, 2002) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
support of the rejections, and to the brief (Paper No. 25, filed December 10, 2001) and
1 Issued February 3, 1998 from an application filed on October 2, 1996.
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