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precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte KLAUS KEITE-TELGENBUSCHER
PETER JAUCHEN and MICHAEL ZSCHAECK
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Appeal No. 2004-2196
Application 09/902,055
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ON BRIEF
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Before KIMLIN, WARREN and OWENS, Administrative Patent Judges.
WARREN, Administrative Patent Judge.
Decision on Appeal
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the decision of the examiner finally
rejecting claims 1 and 3 through 19, all of the claims in the application.
Claim 1 illustrates appellants’ invention of a method of applying liquid or pasty
substances to a backing material by means of a die, and is representative of the claims on appeal:
1. A method of applying liquid or pasty substances to a backing material, the substance being
applied by means of a die at least partly to the backing material traveling along the die, wherein,
- the die has at least two zones temperature-controlled differently in its cross section and/or
along its longitudinal axis;
- the die body is bent transversely to the direction of travel of the backing material and
- the bending is induced by temperature differences within the die body.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
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