Appeal No. 2002-2132
Application 09/124,907
through 19 and 23 and dependent claims 3 through 14 and 20
through 22.
II. The 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) rejection
Duckett discloses a “rotary anvil construction which employs
a die-cutting mat which is readily installed on and removed from
an associated rotary anvil in a minimum of time” (column 1, lines
23 through 26). The examiner focuses on the embodiment 20A shown
in Figures 7 through 11. This embodiment comprises a rotary
anvil or cylinder 21A having a longitudinal groove 24A therein
defining a pair of spaced holding surfaces 23A, a die-cutting mat
26A having a pair of locking lips or flanges 31A, 32A at its
opposite end portions for receipt into the groove 24A, and an
elliptical locking wedge 35A secured to a rod 72A rotatably
mounted on post-like members 67A in the groove 24A. The die-
cutting mat 26A consists of a suitable elastomeric material and a
backing sheet 56A of a suitable metallic material, and the
locking flanges 31A, 32A define opposed channels 70A for
accommodating the locking wedge 35A and opposed recesses or
cutouts 62A for accommodating a wedge-rotating tool T. As
described by Duckett,
[t]he tool T is again employed by inserting the end 64
thereof around end portion 63 of the wedge 35A
whereupon tool handle 65 is grasped and rotated either
clockwise or counterclockwise 90° . . . whereupon the
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