Appeal No. 2003-0119
Application No. 09/569,477
page 7, line 1) which is “mechanically uncoupled from the gear
trains of both printing-unit groups 2 and 3.” However, it is not
clear to us from the disclosure if the first phase synchronism
and second phase synchronism, respectively, are effected by the
selective movement of the transfer unit into alternate (gearing)
engagement with the front and then the rear printing-unit groups.
The examiner should consider whether the disclosure satisfies
35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, and take appropriate action.
2. In conjunction with the invention description in the body of
the Volz patent, the ABSTRACT and claim 1 of the patent seem to
us to characterize a drive system for a sheet-fed offset printing
press whose operation would appear to be highly relevant to
appellants’ method for synchronous transfer of printed sheets
involving first and second phase synchronism. Based upon the
above, the examiner should consider whether claims 11 and 12 are
anticipated or rendered obvious thereby.
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