Appeal No. 2004-1523
Application 09/506,920
Appellant’s invention is directed to a process and apparatus
for folding a moving web which can more consistently and more
accurately fold a selected side portion of the moving web.
Independent claims 1, 16, 34 and 35 are representative of the
subject matter on appeal and a copy of those claims can be found
in the Appendix to appellant’s brief.
The prior art references relied upon by the examiner in
rejecting the appealed claims are:
Osborn et al. (Osborn) 4,819,928 Apr. 11, 1989
Smithe et al. (Smithe) 6,210,309 Apr. 3, 2001
Claims 1 through 7, 10, 11, 16, 17, 21, 23, 24, 27 and 34
through 40 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being
anticipated by Smithe.
Claims 8 and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Smithe in view of Osborn.
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