Appeal No. 1999-2099
Application No. 08/475,627
network which includes a plurality of cushioning conversion
(dunnage) machines, and a method of allocating production of
cushioning product between a plurality of such machines in a
network. The appealed claims are reproduced in Appendix A of
appellants' brief.
The prior art applied by the examiner in the final
rejection is:1
Hemming, Jr. et al 4,174,237 Nov.
13, 1979
(Hemming)
Nagai et al. (Nagai) 5,008,842 Apr. 16,
1991
Dietrich et al. (Dietrich) 5,216,593 Jun. 1,
1993
Kawamura et al. (Kawamura) 5,252,899 Oct. 12,
1993
Lobiondo 5,287,194 Feb. 15,
1994
Groenteman 5,398,257 Mar. 14,
1995
The prior art admitted by appellants on pages 3 to 5 of the
specification (AAPA).
The claims on appeal stand finally rejected on the
1On page 3 of the examiner's answer, the examiner lists
Ottaviano Pat. No. 4,619,635 as part of the prior art of
record relied upon, but does not include it in any rejection.
2
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