Ex parte LEACH et al. - Page 7




          Appeal No. 1996-3738                                                        
          Application No. 08/004,254                                                  


          or 26 in the desired position (col. 3, lines 24 to 30; col. 4,              
          lines 22 to 25).  Since Tsuchiya does not disclose that any                 
          reinforcing fabric is used in molding surround 2, there would               
          be no motivation for one of ordinary skill to use a knife edge              
          as disclosed by Scott in the Tsuchiya process.                              


















          Conclusion                                                                  
               The examiner's decision to reject claims 39 to 42, 44 to               
          48 and 52 to 54 is reversed.                                                


                                      REVERSED                                        


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