Ex Parte BRANCH et al - Page 7



          Appeal No. 1999-2163                                                       
          Application 08/950,524                                                     

                                      APPENDIX                                       
               1.  A method for producing coated sheets, comprising:                 
               (a)  sequentially feeding sheets having first and second              
                    major surfaces from a first stack onto a sheet path and          
                    continuing to convey the sheets along the sheet path in          
                    a machine direction;                                             
               (b) inserting at least one sheet having first and second              
                    major surfaces from a second stack into the sheets               
                    being conveyed along the sheet path to form a                    
                    sequence of sheets arranged in end-to-end overlapping            
                    relationship to each other with the entire sequence              
                    of sheets configured and arranged with either (i) a              
                    trailing edge of each sheet positioned over a                    
                    leading edge of a subsequent sheet, or (ii) a trailing           
                    edge of each sheet positioned under a leading edge               
                    of a subsequent sheet; and                                       
               (c) individually applying coating material to at least one            
                    major surface of each sheet in the overlapped sequence           
                    of sheets as the sheets continue to be conveyed along            
                    the sheet path so as to form coated sheets.                      











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