Appeal No. 1999-2132 Page 2
Application No. 08/672,856
The subject matter on appeal is directed to a system for
transferring a cushioning pad from a cushioning conversion
machine (claims 1-8), to a cushioning conversion machine
including a cushioning product transferring system (claims 9-
13 and 20) and to the combination of a table and a cushioning
conversion machine including a cushioning product transferring
system (claim 21). A copy of the appealed claims is
reproduced in an “Appendix” attached to the main brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Reichental et al. 5,297,919 Mar. 29, 1994
(Reichental)
Tekavec et al. 5,487,717 Jan. 30, 1996
(Tekavec) (filed Nov. 23, 1993)
Mistyurik et al. 2,624,8301 Jun. 23, 1989
(Mistyurik)(France)
Claims 1 through 13, 20 and 21 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Tekavec in view
of Mistyurik.
1In determining the teachings of Mistyurik, we will rely on the
translation provided by the PTO. A copy of the translation is attached for
the appellants' convenience.
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