Ex Parte Albert et al - Page 2



          Appeal No. 2005-1348                                                        
          Application No. 09/534,466                                                  

          tension in response to a further signal indicating a change from            
          the printing mode to the white web mode.                                    
               Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:           
               1. A method for controlling tension in a web of a printing             
          press, the printing press including an infeed, printing units and           
          a folder, the method comprising the steps of:                               
               increasing an infeed tension in the web between the infeed             
          and the printing units in response to a signal indicating a                 
          change to a printing mode from a white web mode; and                        
               decreasing the infeed tension in the web in response to a              
          further signal indicating a change from the printing mode to the            
          white web mode.                                                             
               The examiner relies on the following references:                       
          Huth                           4,838,498        Jun. 13, 1989               
          Jurkewitz et al. (Jurkewitz)   5,996,492        Dec.  7, 1999               
          Sainio et al. (Sainio)         6,085,956        Jul. 11, 2000               
                         (filed Aug. 4, 1998)                                         
               Claims 1, 2, 6, 10, 11, and 14 stand rejected under                    
          35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as anticipated by Jurkewitz.                             
               Claims 1, 13, and 15-17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.                 
          § 102(b) as anticipated by Huth.                                            
               Claims 3-5, 8, and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as           
          unpatentable over Jurkewitz.                                                
               Claim 7 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as                       
          unpatentable over Jurkewitz in view of Sainio.                              

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