Appeal No. 2000-1799
Application 09/211,473
resin-impregnated fiber material;
(b) without applying pressure, heating the resin-impregnated
fiber material under vacuum at a sufficient temperature for a
sufficient amount of time until the resin reaches gel stage; and
(c) applying temperature for a sufficient period to cure the
resin-impregnated fiber material, wherein:
(I) the starting percentage by weight of fiber material, is
30-80%;
(II) the starting percentage by weight of resin, is 20-70%.
THE REFERENCES
Seibold et al. (Seibold) 4,100,322 Jul. 11, 1978
Palmer et al. (Palmer) 4,942,013 Jul. 17, 1990
Honka 5,106,568 Apr. 21, 1992
THE REJECTIONS
The claims stand rejected as follows: claims 1, 2 and 9-11
under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) over Seibold; claims 8, 12, 13, 58
and 59 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Seibold; claims 3, 7 and 14
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Seibold in view of Honka; claims 4-6
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Seibold in view of Honka and Palmer;
and claims 58 and 59 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, as
being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and
distinctly claim the subject matter which the appellants regard
as the invention.1
1 Rejections of claims 7, 8, 12-14 and 58 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph,
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