Appeal No. 2005-0638
Application No. 10/087,301
Brief, page 3).1 We have jurisdiction pursuant to 35 U.S.C.
§ 134.
According to appellant, the invention is directed to a
device for forming a very thin, uniform coating on a filamentous
article comprising a coating station to apply a coating liquid to
produce a “substantially uneven” coating on a strand or filament,
followed by an improvement station comprising at least two rolls
that periodically contact and re-contact the wet coating at
different positions along the length of the filamentous article
to improve the uniformity of the coating (Brief, pages 7-9). A
copy of representative independent claim 30 is reproduced below:
30. A device comprising a coating station that directly or
indirectly applies a substantially uneven coating to at least
some of the exposed portion of a filamentous article and an
improvement station comprising two or more rotating rolls that
periodically contact and re-contact the wet coating at different
positions along the length of the filamentous article, wherein
the number or periods of the rolls improve the uniformity of the
coating.
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1We note that claims 49 and 50 depend upon previously
rejected independent claim 30. The examiner has stated that
claims 49 and 50 “are allowed” (Answer, page 2) but has not
objected to these claims as depending upon a rejected claim. See
MPEP, § 608.01(n)(V), 8th ed., p. 600-81, Rev. 2, May 2004. This
lack of an objection by the examiner is moot in view of our
decision infra.
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