Appeal No. 2002-0956
Application 09/182,366
cut webs of any sort” (specification, page 1). Representative
claim 1 reads as follows:
1. Apparatus for cutting a web of material comprising:
a knife cylinder having a circumference, the knife cylinder
having at least one knife assembly located on the circumference;
a supporting element located adjacent to the knife cylinder,
a cutting region being formed between the supporting element and
the knife cylinder,
a transport belt having integrated cut rubber portions, the
transport belt supported by the supporting element; and
a cam for contacting cut signatures emerging from the
cutting region, the cam being pivotably mounted to the knife
cylinder.
THE PRIOR ART
The references relied on by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Mattison 1,817,037 Aug. 4, 1931
Spengler 3,859,879 Jan. 14, 1975
Heynhold 4,411,947 Oct. 25, 1983
Etzkorn DE 716,204 Dec. 11, 1941
German Patent Document2
Imai 2 024 081 A Jan. 9, 1980
British Patent Document
2 The appellants submitted an English language translation
of this document on September 28, 2001 (Paper No. 19) and
appended a copy to the reply brief (Paper No. 26). An additional
translation prepared by the United States Patent and Trademark
Office is also of record and is appended hereto.
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