Appeal No. 97-0608
Application 08/287,143
that the small pieces of sheet material (puzzle pieces) of
Bishop would
be clearly capable of use as "void fill material" and would be
considered by one of ordinary skill in the art, in the same
manner as shredded paper, to be "void fill material."
Hutchinson et al. (U.S. Patent No. 3,875,836) discloses
another rotary cutting apparatus wherein pressurized air is
used to eject the cut items from the cutting surface of the
cutting cylinder.
Given that the references we have cited and applied
above are merely those found in a cursory search of the areas
listed below, we REMAND this application to the examiner for a
complete search of the designated art areas. See
particularly, Class 83, subclasses 32, 99, 300-302, 346, 347,
906 and 923. Moreover, given the classification of the
MacGregor patent and the Watts patent applied above, we feel
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