Appeal 2007-2421
Application 10/289,793
as anyone skilled in the art would have immediately understood that
the CGL included submerged support rolls. (Id. at 2).
11) Mr. Kawamura testifies that he did not even consider
eliminating the submerged support rolls from his device due to his
belief that it would increase the number of defects on the metal strip.
(Id.).
2. Mr. Noboru Taguchi
12) Mr. Taguchi testifies that he holds a Master of Engineering
degree. (Taguchi Declaration, p. 1).
13) Mr. Taguchi testifies that he has spent over thirty (30) years
working in the steel industry including working in a coated steel
technology department. (Id.).
14) Mr. Taguchi states that he now holds a position as the Manager
of the Sheet and Strip Business Planning Department of the JFE Steel
Corporation. (Id.).
15) Mr. Taguchi declares that when he read Kawamura he
understood that “submerged support rolls must be included in the
system disclosed therein.” (Id. at 2).
16) Mr. Taguchi declares that all CGLs operating in Japan at the
time of the invention were equipped with submerged support rolls.
(Id.).
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