Appeal No. 2005-1348
Application No. 09/534,466
The examiner contends that Huth discloses the instant
claimed subject matter, with the mode change signal coming from
the input by an operator, through operator means 36, in the form
of push buttons of levers and control means 35. The examiner
explains that the white web mode of the instant invention is
equivalent to the webbing mode or the reverse mode in Huth since,
in both of these modes, no printing is taking place while the web
is being fed. Specifically, the examiner points to column 3,
lines 26-43, of Huth for a disclosure of slack removal (reverse)
and normal running (printing) operation, indicative of different
tensions in different modes.
In our view, the examiner reasonably explains that when a
new roll of paper is to be installed in Huth, the web needs to be
webbed-up through the printing press to the printing unit and any
slack removed by reversing the web feed. Such preparatory
operations are carried out at a relatively low speed and tension.
This is borne out by column 3, lines 26-31, of Huth. Then, when
the operator presses the run button, this generates a signal
indicating a change to a printing mode from a white web mode, and
the printing press starts to run at a greater web speed and
tension to carry out the printing operation. Thus, the infeed
tension is increased in response to a signal indicating a change
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