Ex Parte Jenkins - Page 9



                    Appeal No. 2003-0550                                                                                                                                  
                    Application No. 09/580,411                                                                                                                            

                    appellant's die cutter apparatus from the die cutter apparatus of                                                                                     
                    Carll.                                                                                                                                                

                    Since we find that the examiner has treated all of the                                                                                                
                    limitations of claim 1 and agree with the examiner that the                                                                                           
                    connection in Carll can serve as a "lost motion connection" and                                                                                       
                    actually does so during set-up of the die units therein, we will                                                                                      
                    sustain the examiner's rejection of claim 1 under 35 U.S.C.                                                                                           
                    § 102(b) as being anticipated by Carll.                                                                                                               

                    The decision of the examiner, accordingly, is affirmed.                                                                                               














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