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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