Appeal 2007-3317
Application 10/681,826
1 Appellant’s invention is directed to “a method for manufacturing a
2 bag package from tube-shaped or strip-shaped netting material, wherein the
3 netting material of the bag to be formed is connected with at least two foil
4 strips which are each provided with a longitudinally repeating printing.”
5 (Specification 1).
6 Claim 1 under appeal reads as follows:
7 1. Method for manufacturing bag packages, wherein netting
8 material of bags to be formed is connected to at least two foil
9 strips which are each provided with a printing pattern repeating
10 in a longitudinal direction of the foil strip, characterized in that
11 the foil strips are supplied in a coupled manner from one foil
12 stock.
13
14 The Examiner rejected claim 1 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
15 unpatentable over Pannekeet in view of Kurth.
16 The Examiner rejected claims 2 to 6 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
17 unpatentable over Pannekeet in view of Kurth and Antonacci.
18 The prior art relied upon by the Examiner in rejecting the claims on
19 appeal is:
20 Antonacci US 5,823,683 Oct. 20, 1998
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22 Kurth US 6,658,818 B2 Dec. 09, 2003
23 (filed Feb. 02, 2002)
24 Pannekeet WO 99/14121 Mar. 25, 1999
25 In both rejections, the Examiner relies on Pannekeet for teaching the
26 invention as claimed except that Pannekeet does not disclose that foil strips
27 are supplied in a coupled manner from one foil stock. The Examiner relies
28 on Kurth for teaching that an endless stock material web divided into a
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