Appeal No. 2003-0510
Application No. 09/524,904
cross cutter blade 94 as being rectangular in shape whereby the
blade may be rotated about axes that are parallel to either the
long or short edges of the blade to bring any one of four (4)
long edges of the blade into an operative cutting position.
Further, this manner of operation is consistent and in keeping
with the statement appearing in the paragraph spanning columns
7 and 8 of Sederberg which states that the cutter blades of the
invention may be rotated to enable use of all four longitudinal
edges of the blade as the principal cutting edge. In our
opinion, progressive “end over end” and/or “reversible” rotation
of Sederberg’s cross cutter blade 94 would satisfy the rather
broadly worded requirement of the last paragraph of claim 1 that
the cross blade is “indexable” and “rotatable” such that four
cutting surfaces of the blade are presented for “successive”
exposure and shearing.
Second, to the extent progressive “end over end” and/or
“reversible” rotation of Sederberg’s cross cutting blade 94 would
not satisfy the “indexable” “rotatable” and “successive” language
of the last paragraph of claim 1, we agree with the examiner’s
implicit position to the effect that it would have been obvious
344 (CCPA 1968).
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