Appeal No. 2004-0737
Application No. 10/141,443
at least one pad insertion assembly for inserting
the pad from the pad insertion zone through the opening
and into a container disposed below the pad insertion
zone.
We turn now to the examiner’s evidence of obviousness.
The patent to Harding teaches an automated cushioning
conversion system that fills a container or box with packaging
(cushioning) material.4 The patent indicates (column 7, line 63
to column 8, line 19) that the pad placement apparatus 16 of
Fig. 8 may be embodied through any number of ways, as will be
apparent to a person skilled in the art, and that, for example, a
pad placement apparatus 16 may include a pick and place unit 140
for engaging a pad 14.
The Duryee reference discloses a leaflet insertion system
for placing informational sheets or leaflets into the neck of a
4 As explained in the patent (column 1, lines 34 through
45), while paper in sheet form could possibly be used as a
protective packaging material, it is usually preferable to
convert sheets of paper into a low density cushioning product
(low density cushioning pads or dunnage).
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