Appeal No. 2001-1916 Page 2
Application No. 09/189,551
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a cushioning conversion machine and
method in which the cross-sectional geometry of a pad may be selectively varied
(specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to
the appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Mugnai 4,671,047 June 9, 1987
Armington et al. 5,322,477 June 21, 1994
(Armington)
Claims 1 to 5, 9 to 14, 41, 42, 47, 48, 59 to 62 and 68 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Armington in view of Mugnai.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellants regarding the above-noted rejection, we make reference to the answer
(Paper No. 17, mailed November 17, 2000) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
support of the rejection, and to the brief (Paper No. 16, filed October 13, 2000) and
reply brief (Paper No. 18, filed January 19, 2001) for the appellants' arguments
thereagainst.
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