Appeal No. 2003-0257
Application 09/472,054
OPINION
We affirm the aforementioned rejections.
The appellants state that the claims stand or fall together
(brief, page 10). Unlike independent claim 1 and dependent
claims 14, 16 and 17, which are rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(e), dependent claims 2, 4 and 15 are rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103. Also, additional references are applied to
claims 2 and 15. Nevertheless, the appellants do not separately
argue the patentability of claims 2, 4 and 15. Accordingly, we
limit our discussion to the independent claim. See In re Ochiai,
71 F.3d 1565, 1566 n.2, 37 USPQ2d 1127, 1129 n.2 (Fed. Cir.
1995); 37 CFR § 1.192(c)(7)(1997).
Muth discloses an apparatus for axially positioning a
printing plate while it is being applied to a cylinder of a
rotary printing press (col. 1, lines 6-9). “A CCD [charge-
coupled device] sensor is particularly suited for determining the
position of the printing plate 84 and for controlling the
positioning drive of the gripper unit 44. This CCD sensor can be
advantageously fastened so it is partially covered by the lateral
edge of the printing plate and fixed in place in relation to the
lateral frame. In the process, the CCD sensor is aligned by
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