Appeal No. 2002-1945
Application 09/452,072
8. In a net wrap material feeding mechanism for feeding
wrapping material to a baling chamber of a large round baler for
wrapping a bale formed there, the feeding mechanism including a
pair of feed rolls mounted in frictional engagement with each
other along respective lengths thereof for feeding wrap material
along a flight path extending perpendicular to a line of centers
of said pair of feed rolls and a wrap material stripper extending
parallel to and located adjacent at least one of said pair of
feed rolls, the improvement comprising: said wrap material
stripper being in the form of a row of bristles.
THE PRIOR ART
The items relied on by the examiner to support the final
rejection are:
Anthony 5,909,786 Jun. 8, 1999
The net wrap material feeding mechanism defined in the preamble
of claim 8 (the admitted prior art)1
THE REJECTION
Claim 8 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over the admitted prior art in view of Anthony.
Attention is directed to the brief (Paper No. 12) and answer
(Paper No. 13) for the respective positions of the appellants and
examiner regarding the merits of this rejection.
1 As claim 8 is written in Jepson format, the subject matter
recited in its preamble is impliedly admitted to be old in the
art. See 37 CFR § 1.75(e) and MPEP § 2129. The appellants have
not challenged this implied admission for purposes of the appeal.
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