Appeal No. 1997-0595 Page 15
Application No. 08/154,911
limitation stems from hindsight knowledge derived from the
appellant's own disclosure. It follows that we cannot sustain
the examiner's rejection of claim 10.
For the reasons set forth above, the decision of the
examiner to reject claims 1 to 8 and 10 under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Johnson in view of D'Angelo is
affirmed with respect to claims 3 and 4 and reversed with
respect to claims 1, 2, 5 to 8 and 10.
The obviousness rejections utilizing Ottaviano '776
We sustain the rejection of claims 1 to 6, 10 and 12-17
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Ottaviano
'776 in view of Engel.
Ottaviano '776 discloses a cushioning dunnage producing
and handling mechanism which is of relatively compact nature
utilizing a multi-ply roll 12 of sheet-like stock material,
such as paper. As the stock is pulled off the composite roll,
the edges are rolled inwardly in a longitudinally convergent
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