Ex parte FROHLICH - Page 2




                 Appeal No. 2001-2616                                                                                                                   
                 Application No. 09/101,704                                                                                                             


                          This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 14                                                                       
                 through 32.  These claims constitute all of the claims                                                                                 
                 remaining in the application.                                                                                                          


                          Appellant’s invention pertains to a process and device                                                                        
                 for continuously winding webs.  A basic understanding of the                                                                           
                 invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claims                                                                            
                 14, 17, and 29, respective copies of which appear in the                                                                               
                 APPENDIX to the brief (Paper No. 28).                                                                                                  


                          As evidence of obviousness, the examiner has applied the                                                                      
                 documents listed below:                                                                                                                


                 Orbach                                       4,611,769                                    Sep. 16, 1986                                
                 Wilky and Andermann                          DE-U 1,970,847                                        Oct. 19,                            
                 1967                                                                                                                                   
                 (Germany) (DE-‘847)2                                                                                                                   


                          The following rejection is before us for review.                                                                              

                          2Our understanding of this document is derived from a                                                                         
                 reading of a translation thereof prepared in the United States                                                                         
                 Patent and Trademark Office. A copy of the translation is                                                                              
                 appended to this opinion.                                                                                                              
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