Ex Parte SCHOLZE - Page 2




                  Appeal No. 2002-1200                                                                                            Page 2                       
                  Application No. 09/351,164                                                                                                                   


                  circumference of the material web roll (specification, page 1).  An important feature of                                                     
                  appellant’s invention is the use of detachable pressure-sensitive adhesive for bonding                                                       
                  the packaging web to the circumference of the material web roll to hold the packaging                                                        
                  web to the roll as the winding of the web around the roll is started.  Independent claims                                                    
                  1 and 8 read as follows:                                                                                                                     
                                     1.  A process for packaging a material web roll, the process                                                              
                                     comprising:                                                                                                               
                                              holding at least the beginning of a packaging web                                                                
                                     against the circumference of the material web roll;                                                                       
                                              rotating the material web roll; and                                                                              
                                              detachably bonding the packaging web to the                                                                      
                                     circumference of the material web roll with the aid of a                                                                  
                                     pressure-sensitive adhesive.                                                                                              
                                     8.  A device for packaging a material web roll, comprising:                                                               
                                              a packaging web dispenser;                                                                                       
                                              a holding device adapted to hold at least the                                                                    
                                     beginning of a packaging web against the circumference of                                                                 
                                     the material web roll, said holding device comprising:                                                                    
                                                        a) a pressure-sensitive adhesive dispenser;                                                            
                                     and                                                                                                                       
                                                        b) a pressing device; and                                                                              
                                              a rotary drive for rotatably driving the material web                                                            
                                     roll.                                                                                                                     











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