Appeal No. 1998-0514
Application 08/523,907
1) German ‘516 does not disclose that the cutter
holders and counterweights are formed of
composite fiber material;
2) German ‘516 does not disclose that the cutter
holders and counterweights are made of the same
composite fiber material as the cutter
cylinders; and
3) German ‘516 does not disclose that the composite
fiber material in question has a heat expansion
coefficient substantially equal to or less than
0 mm/K.
Even if we were to agree with the examiner that one of
ordinary skill in the art would have turned to Gomi in an
attempt to improve upon the German ‘516 cross cutter, it is
our opinion that, at best, the ordinarily skilled artisan
would have viewed Gomi as merely suggesting that the cutter
cylinders of the German ‘516 cross cutter should be formed as
a laminate structure in accordance with Gomi’s teachings in
order to thereby improve the rigidity of the cutter cylinders.
specification, we presume that the cutter cylinders of this
prior art cross cutter include counterweights.
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