Appeal 2007-1422
Reexamination Control 90/007,260
Patent 6,093,139
folding cylinder’ as required by claim 3 … through [its] dependency on
claim 1” (Appeal Br. p. 12).
Under the broad definition of “opposite to a sense of rotation” as
defined earlier, Sheldon’s hold down member 42 satisfies Claim 3. Hold
down member 42 is located on cutting cylinder 11, and it moves in a
counterclockwise direction with the cutting cylinder. This movement is
opposite the rotation of the collection cylinder (a product folding cylinder),
which is shown to move in a clockwise direction.
Furthermore, Sheldon’s grippers 12 read on the product seizing
element of Claim 3. These grippers are located on the cutting cylinder 11
and are arranged as a hold down device. These grippers would operate
opposite to the sense of the rotation of the folding cylinder portion of Stab’s
folder assembly when utilized in Sheldon’s system. The “product folding
cylinder” of Applicant’s claims reads on either Stab’s collection cylinder 1
or folding cylinder 26.
Claim 5 reads (Appendix A to the Brief):
Product cutting device according to claim 3, wherein said hold down
device is actuated by a cam.
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