Appeal No. 96-2657
Application 08/212,379
A method of making a compressed core-wound paper
product, said method comprising the steps of: ...
flattening said core until two diametrically opposed
vertices defining a major and a minor axis
orthogonal thereto are formed and opposing halves of
said core are in contact ...
providing a constraining means for maintaining said
core-wound paper product in a compressed state;
packaging said core-wound paper product in said
constraining means while said core-wound paper
product is in a compressed state;
providing a means in said compressed core-wound
paper product for opening said core to a dimension
of said minor axis of about 0.16 to about 1.27
centimeters, after said core has been flattened
until opposing halves of said core are in contact
with one another; and
opening said core to said dimension of said minor
axis while said core-wound paper product is packaged
in said constraining means.
We note that Appellants’ other independent claim, claim 10,
recites similar limitations.
On page 4 of the answer, the Examiner states that
Watanabe 061 discloses "the claimed method except for
maintaining the minor axis of the core within the constraining
means." The
Examiner goes on to argue that Watanabe 388 in column 2, lines
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