Ex parte COCHRAN - Page 3




          Appeal No. 1997-0110                                                        
          Application 08/236,258                                                      


                                    THE REFERENCE                                     
          Yagi et al. (Yagi)           4,894,281           Jan. 16, 1990              






                                   THE REJECTIONS                                     
               Claims 1, 4-7 and 12-17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.                 
          § 102(b) as being anticipated by or, in the alternative, under              
          35 U.S.C. § 103 as being obvious over Yagi.                                 
                                       OPINION                                        
               We have carefully considered all of the arguments                      
          advanced by appellant and the examiner and agree with                       
          appellant that the aforementioned rejections are not well                   
          founded.  Accordingly, we reverse these rejections.                         
                                 The Yagi reference                                   
               Yagi discloses a fiber-reinforced polymer molded body                  
          comprising a matrix of a polymer having a processing                        
          temperature lower than 220°C and at least one reinforcing                   
          layer of a molecularly oriented and silane-crosslinked ultra-               
          high-molecular weight polyethylene fiber laminated with or                  

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