Appeal No. 2005-1348
Application No. 09/534,466
As shown in Fig. 2 of Jurkewitz..., when the printing
press is run up to operating speed from S0 to S1, the
tension P in the web remains at a low steady P1 and
when the printing press speed goes beyond S1, (mode
change from white web mode to a printing mode) the
tension P in the web starts to increase as indicated by
arrow 38a. When the printing press speed decreases
from S2 to S0 (from printing mode to white web mode) as
indicated by leftward arrow 38b, the tension P in the
web starts to decrease as indicated by a vertical down
arrow 38b upon reaching speed S0. Since the web moving
under a non-printing condition is defined as a white
web by the present application, the web speed S0 in the
Jurkewitz patent during which the printing press is
stopped or running at a very slight web speed while no
printing is taking place qualifies as a white web mode.
Thus, it is clear that the examiner is relying on
Jurkewitz’s low or no speed value as being equivalent to the
claimed white web mode.
We refer to the instant specification for a definition of
“white web.” At page 1, we find a description of the web press
running in a print and a non-print mode (lines 17-23), and a
definition at lines 23-24: “The web in this non-printing
condition is known as a white web, since ink is not applied to
the web.”
Accordingly, a white web condition has little, if anything,
to do with web speed. Rather, a white web condition is
determined when there is no ink applied to the web.
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