Ex Parte Neumann et al - Page 2



          Appeal No. 2004-1354                                                        
          Application 09/855,929                                                      


          and 23, the only other claims remaining in the application, have            
          been objected to for being dependent upon a rejected base claim,            
          but have also been indicated to be allowable if rewritten in                
          independent form including all of the limitations of the base               
          claim and any intervening claims.                                           

          Appellants’ invention relates to a folder unit (10) for a                   
          folding machine, which unit has a plurality of rollers, in                  
          particular folding rollers (16, 18), and side walls (12, 14) on             
          which the rollers are supported on both sides.  In addition, as             
          can be seen from Figures 1 and 2 of the application, each of                
          the side walls (12, 14) has a recess (15, 17) therein located               
          opposite to each other and configured to receive a processing               
          element (20) to be connected to the folder unit.  Appellants                
          indicate that an advantage of this arrangement of recesses is               
          that different processing elements or inserts (20) can be mounted           
          in the recesses to suit various requirements at the outlet of the           
          folder unit.  Claim 1 is representative of the subject matter on            
          appeal and reads as follows:                                                



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