Appeal 2006-1042
Application 10/208,131
The Examiner contends that “the apparatus of BARUT further
comprises two material guides (30) for engaging the web (4) and each guide
cooperates with one of the skis (8) to form a fold in the web” (Answer 4).
Appellants argue:
There is no disclosure found anywhere in Barut,
nor is it shown in the figures thereof, that the L-
shaped corner pieces (30) act in cooperation with
one of the pleating sections to produce one of the
folds (e.g., between the corner piece and a pleating
section). In fact, Barut states that “each
intermediate band has simply slid along the corner-
piece flange which was supporting it.” See page 5,
lines 2-4 of the translation. Thus, Barut fails to
show or otherwise even suggest a material guide
for engaging the web of foldable material to form
the material in cooperation with one of the skis to
produce one of the folds [Br. 9].
We note that Figure 4 of Barut shows the L-shaped corner piece 30
interacting with the outermost profiled section 8. We also note that L-
shaped corner piece 30 extends the length of the apparatus in the same
manner as profiled sections 7, 8 (Figures 1 and 2). Thus, as the web
progresses through Barut’s apparatus, a fold will be formed by the
cooperation of the L-shaped corner piece 30, the associated outermost
profiled section 8, and the profiled section 7 which is adjacent to the
outermost profiled section 8. This fold will be formed between the
outermost profiled section 8 and adjacent profiled section 7 in a manner
similar to the fold shown in Barut’s Figures 4 through 6. We understand that
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