Appeal No. 2003-0298 Page 2
Application No. 09/497,797
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a calender, a system, and a method for
reducing the humidity in a calender for webs of moisture-containing material, such as
paper, with a housing having two side pieces and a roll stack, in which a space is
limited at least by the roll stack and the web is situated between the side pieces
(specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to
the appellant's brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Van Haag et al. (Van Haag) 5,651,863 July 29, 1997
Palmatier 5,694,848 Dec. 9, 1997
Claims 1 to 42 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Van Haag in view of Palmatier.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellant regarding the above-noted rejection, we make reference to the final
rejection (Paper No. 9, mailed September 6, 2001) and the answer (Paper No. 14,
mailed June 7, 2002) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejection,
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