Appeal No. 2004-0116 Page 2
Application No. 09/966,307
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a cushioning conversion system which
converts sheet stock material into cushioning material. More particularly, the present
invention relates to a cushioning conversion system including a packaging controller,
wherein the system is adapted to provide recommended packaging and/or packaging
information to an operator based on the parts to be packaged, and further to provide for
monitoring of packaging supply inventories (specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims
under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
DePoint, Jr. et al. 5,105,600 Apr. 21, 1992
(DePoint)
Simmons et al. WO 95/13914 May 26, 1995
(Simmons)
Advanced Logistics Systems, Inc.; OPTIPACK™ Computer Aided Carton Loader; 1996
(OPTIPACK™)
Claims 160, 164, 165, 169 to 173 and 195 to 204 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over DePoint.
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