Appeal 2007-1364
Application 10/437,576
(4) Whether Appellants have shown that the Examiner erred in rejecting
claims 9-11 as unpatentable over Stobb and AAPA.
FINDINGS OF FACT
We find the following facts by a preponderance of the evidence:
1. Stobb teaches a paper web cutter for cutting across the width of a moving
web of paper in locations along the length of the web, for severing the
web in two sections (Stobb, abs.)
2. Stobb is concerned with providing a web cutting device which combines
the conveying element and cutting members in order to allow the web to
be cut while moving at a high speed (Stobb, col. 1, ll. 30-35).
3. In one embodiment of Stobb, the web W is severed across its entire width
by individual cutters 87 mounted on the circumference of conveyor
cylinder 96 (Stobb, col. 5, ll. 46-60).
4. The web W is pressed against the circumference 97 of the conveyor
cylinder 96 by the timing belt 93, which includes openings 94 spaced
across the width of the belt for receiving the cutters 87 (Stobb, col. 5, ll.
53-60).
5. Stobb teaches that the timing belt 93 is trained on three pulleys such that
the belt is pressed against the cylinder surface, extending across the
circumference on opposite sides of the location of the cutter 87 (Stobb,
col. 6, ll. 8-22 and Fig. 12).
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