Appeal No. 2002-1164
Application 09/159,767
THE REJECTION
Claims 9 through 18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)
as being anticipated by Kishine.
Attention is directed to the brief (Paper No. 22) and answer
(Paper No. 23) for the respective positions of the appellants and
examiner regarding the merits of this rejection.
DISCUSSION
Kishine discloses an apparatus 2 for folding and cutting a
continuous paper web 1 which has been printed and cross
perforated at predetermined intervals by an upstream printing
machine and perforator device. The apparatus has much in common
with the apparatus set forth in the appealed claims including a
paper web traveling path 17, a cutting assembly 20 adapted to
form in the web a line of cuts 46 having at least one uncut
portion 47, and an oscillatory shooter assembly 3 having a
counter roller 4 and a nozzle roller 5. In use, the web is drawn
into the apparatus by pull rollers 41 and 16 and folded in a
zigzag manner along the cross perforations by the oscillatory
shooter assembly. When marks applied to the web at predetermined
points along its length are detected by a sensor 45, the cutting
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