Appeal 2007-1364
Application 10/437,576
SUMMARY OF DECISION
We AFFIRM-IN-PART.
THE INVENTION
Appellants’ claimed invention relates to a folding/cutting apparatus for
folding signatures cut from a running web of material in a web-fed rotary printing
press. More specifically, the claimed invention is directed to a folding/cutting
apparatus including at least one rotating band-shaped conveying element, a cutting
blade arranged on a folding cylinder, and a rotating anvil element which interacts
with the cutting blade (Specification ¶ 0005).
Claim 1, reproduced below, is representative of the subject matter on appeal.
1. A folding apparatus in a web-fed rotary printing press for folding
signatures cut off from a running web of material comprising:
a cutting device;
at least one rotating band shaped conveying element; and
a cylinder having a signature transport surface for carrying the
signatures with the aid of the at least one rotating band-shaped conveying
element around the cylinder,
the cutting device including a cutting blade arranged on the cylinder
and a rotating anvil element interacting with the cutting blade;
the rotating band-shaped conveying element being passed around the
rotating anvil element and acting as a counter-pressure element for the
cutting blade during cutting of the signatures.
THE REJECTIONS
The Examiner relies upon the following as evidence of unpatentability:
Motooka US 4,957,280 Sep. 18, 1990
Stobb US 4,983,155 Jan. 08, 1991
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