Appeal 2006-2744
Application 09/664,794
Patent 5,584,962
DECISION ON APPEAL
Statement of the Case
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the Examiner’s rejection
of claims 36-48 in the above identified reissue application as being
unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 251 based on recapture. We have
jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 6.
We REVERSE.
Appellants invented an apparatus and a method for processing a
master in conjunction with a supply of first and second feed materials.
Independent claims 36 and 47 respectively define the apparatus and method
as follows:
36. An apparatus for processing a master in conjunction with a supply of
a first feed material and a supply of a second feed material, at least one of
said feed materials carrying a layer of adhesive, said apparatus comprising:
a frame having an outer shell including (a) a lower outer shell portion
having downwardly facing surfaces constructed and arranged to [be] placed
on a substantially flat support surface for supporting said apparatus and (b)
an upper outer shell portion movably connected to said lower shell portion
for movement between an open position and a closed position relative to
said lower outer shell portion by manually engaging said upper outer shell
portion directly and lifting said upper outer shell portion upwardly to said
open position thereof; and
a pair of cooperating pressure applying structures located within said
outer shell, said cooperating structures being constructed and arranged to be
positioned adjacent one another in a cooperating pressure apply relationship
wherein, when the master with the first and second feed materials on
opposing sides thereof and the adhesive contacting the master is positioned
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