Appeal No. 96-1678
Application 08/322,731
consideration by the examiner pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.142(b).
Appellants’ invention pertains to a winding machine for
winding a web onto a core. A basic understanding of the
invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 19, a
copy of which is appended to appellants’ main brief.
In rejecting appellants’ claims under 35 U.S.C. § 103, the
examiner has relied upon the references listed below:
Voss et al. (Voss) 3,497,151 Feb. 24, 1970
Salmela et al. (Salmela) 4,895,315 Jan. 23, 1990
Scheuter 4,969,609 Nov. 13, 1990
Sackenreuter et al. (Sackenreuter) 4,993,310 Feb. 19, 1991
Röder (German Patent)2 1,047,001 Dec. 18, 1958
The following rejections are before us for review:
(a) claims 19, 21 and 26 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second
paragraph, “as being indefinite for failing to particularly point
out and distinctly claim the subject matter which applicant
regards as the invention” (answer, page 4);
(b) claim 19 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Röder in view of Scheuter and Salmela;
2Our understanding of this German language reference is
derived from a translation prepared in the Patent and Trademark
Office, a copy of which is appended to this opinion.
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