Appeal No. 1998-2032
Application No. 08/410,048
Appellant=s invention relates to a cushion-producing
machine (also called a dunnage-creating machine on page 1
of appellant=s specification) for producing cushions or
dunnage pads which are placed in shipping containers to
protect shipped articles. The cushion-producing machine
includes a forming assembly (38) for forming a continuous
strip of pillow-like cushioning pads or elements from
sheet-like stock material. As disclosed, the forming
assembly comprises a forming member (38) coacting with
curved surfaces of a conically shaped chute (44) to roll
the lateral edges of the stock material inwardly. All of
the independent claims on appeal, namely claims 1, 15 and
24, are limited to a forming assembly in which the forming
member is a Atriangular plate.@
A correct copy of claims 1-14 and 16-24 is appended
to appellant=s brief. As a result of the amendment filed
March 15, 1999 (see note 1 supra), the copy of claim 15 in
appellant=s appendix is no longer correct. This amendment
deletes the word Athe@ from the phase Athe lateral edges of
the stock material.@
rejection of the appealed claims under the second paragraph of ' 112 has
been withdrawn. See Ex parte Emm, 118 USPQ 180, 181 (Bd. App. 1957).
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