Appeal No. 95-2941 Page 3
Application No. 08/139,616
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a winding machine with
an adhesive strip applicator. An understanding of the invention
can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 8 which appears
in the appendix to the appellant's brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner as evidence of obviousness under 35 U.S.C. § 103 are:
Kataoka 3,784,122 Jan. 8, 1974
Dowd 4,133,495 Jan. 9, 1979
Nowisch 4,422,588 Dec. 27, 1983
Welp et al. (Welp) 4,775,110 Oct. 4, 1988
Claims 8 through 17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Nowisch in view of Kataoka, Welp and
Dowd.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by
the examiner and the appellant regarding the § 103 rejection, we
make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper No. 24, mailed
February 21, 1995) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
support of the rejection, and to the appellant's brief (Paper No.
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