Appeal No. 2004-0104
Application No. 09/052,472
wherein the first and second impression cylinders are driven
by separate motors.
The examiner relies upon the following references as
evidence of obviousness:
Landis et al. (Landis) 4,240,346 Dec. 23, 1980
Wirz 5,479,856 Jan. 02, 1996
Pensavecchia 5,660,108 Aug. 26, 1997
Firma 411,312 Oct. 06, 1921
(German patent)
Stokes 407,369 Dec. 19, 1924
(German patent)
Appellants' claimed invention is directed to a printing unit
for a web-fed rotary printing press that can alternatively print
in either the perfecting mode or the non-perfecting mode. The
perfecting mode entails printing on both sides of a single web
whereas the non-perfecting mode involves printing on a first web
and on the second side of a second web. The presently claimed
printing unit comprises, inter alia, a first impression cylinder
having a plurality of satellite cylinders comprising blanket and
plate cylinders and direct imaging devices for applying images to
the plate cylinders. The claimed printing unit also comprises
means for cooperatively activating and deactivating the plurality
of plate cylinders and direct imaging devices such that a first
direct imaging device is activated to apply a first image to a
first plate cylinder while a second plate cylinder is in a
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