Appeal No. 2002-0675
Application No. 09/217,876
which uses pressurized air to move the air-filled packing cushion
from the manufacturing machine to the storage bin.
The claimed invention may be further understood with
reference to the appealed claims which are appended to
appellant's brief.
The references of record relied upon by the examiner as
evidence of obviousness are:
Wiseman et al. (Wiseman) 4,744,702 May 17, 1988
Long et al. (Long) 5,209,387 May 11, 1993
Ross et al. (Ross) 5,419,457 May 30, 1995
AirFil 1200 Brochure, "The Flexible approach to air-filled
packaging"
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1 through 6, 12 and 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as unpatentable over the AirFil brochure in view of Long
and Wiseman. According to the examiner, the AirFil brochure
discloses a method and apparatus for air pillow production. Long
discloses conveying a web of material 46 from one location to
another by the use of an air pressure conveyor. Wiseman
discloses that a pneumatic conveyor may be used to transport
light objects. Therefore, the examiner concludes that it would
have been obvious to have modified the method and apparatus of
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