In re Sweet

This is an appeal from the decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming the decision of the Primary Examiner rejecting all of the claims, Nos. 13 to 16, inclusive, in appellant’s application for a patent for an alleged invention relating to an inking mechanism for high speed printing presses.

Claims 13 and 16 are illustrative of the appealed claims. They read:

13. An inking mechanism including an ink supply roll, two ink feed rollers, a ductor roller, means for moving it into contact with the ink supply roll on one stroke and into simultaneous contact with the…