Appeal No. 95-2598
Application 08/021,230
internally of the head and thereby supported by the head beam
(112). See column 4, lines 55-60, of U.S. Patent 4,039,367.
The examiner relies upon Ulrich as teaching a tape
machine "in which means are provided to position or center the
tape and control the tension thereof (col. 6, lines 37-42)"
(answer, page 3). The examiner apparently additionally
recognizes that neither Warshaw, nor Ulrich, teaches either gum-
coated paper tape, or a tape moistening unit.
Based on the collective teachings of Warshaw and
Ulrich, the examiner concludes that it would have been obvious to
one of ordinary skill in the art to
have provided centering and control means for
the tape in the apparatus taught by the
primary reference [Warshaw], since Ulrich et
al. recognize the desirability of centering
and controlling the tension of a tape to be
applied to a box. Gummed adhesives requiring
moistening are well known in the art, and
since each reference discloses adhesive
tapes, it would have been obvious to provide
moistening means for activating a gummed tape
(answer, pages 3-4).
Even assuming that one of ordinary skill in the art
would have found some motivation for modifying Warshaw in the
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