Appeal No. 95-4375
Application 08/153,491
paper,” as called for in independent method claim 25.
Pollux Trust pertains to an apparatus for producing an
article composed of superimposed layers of smooth and embossed
paper bonded together to form a laminated cushion pad. In the
apparatus of Pollux Trust, paper rolls 2 and 4 supply stock paper
to moistening devices 8 and 10 where the paper webs 5 and 7 are
moistened. The webs 5 and 7 then pass through embossing
mechanisms 13 and 14 where they are embossed with a pattern.
Simultaneously, paper roll 3 supplies stock paper to a gumming
mechanism 16 where the paper web 6 is gummed on both sides. The
webs 5-7 are brought together at the location of roller 17. This
three layer construction is then fed into stamping machine 20
along with webs 21 and 22, the latter webs being gummed on their
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inwardly facing sides by gumming mechanisms 16 and 16 prior to
entry into the stamping machine. The five layer construction
that emerges from the stamping machine is cut into finished
cushion pads 27 by cutters 25 and 26.1
In rejecting the appealed claims, the examiner has taken the
position that it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill
in the art to moisten the withdrawn strips in either of the
Parker references “because it enables more rapid working of the
paper and helps durably set the form to be imparted as taught by
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