Appeal No. 2003-0257
Application 09/472,054
THE INVENTION
The appellants claim a device for registering the position
of a printing plate on the plate cylinder of a printing machine
by use of non-contacting sensors. Claim 1 is illustrative:
1. A device for registering the position of a printing
plate on the plate cylinder of a printing machine, comprising:
non-contacting sensors responsive to being covered by a
printing plate, said sensors being provided on one of the plate
cylinder and an attachment device of the plate cylinder,
respectively.
THE REFERENCES
Kleinberg et al. (Kleinberg) 4,845,433 Jul. 4, 1989
Elliot 5,806,424 Sep. 15, 1998
Muth 5,806,431 Sep. 15, 1998
Fischer 5,918,540 Jul. 6, 1999
THE REJECTIONS
The claims stand rejected as follows: claims 1, 14, 16
and 17 under 102(e) as anticipated by Muth, claim 2 under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over Muth in view of Fischer and
Kleinberg, claim 4 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over Muth,
and claim 15 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over Muth in view
of Elliot.
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