Appeal No. 94-4226
Application No. 07/838,345
the lowest regions of the surface of the surface having the
elevations”. The particular surface structure is further
characterized as having “a substantially uniform configuration
comprising mutually linked individual structures” which are
defined as “continually repeating elementary cells which have a
mean diameter of about 10 to 800 microns”. According to page 5
of the specification, applying the polymeric film means actually
bonding or attaching the polymeric film to the article itself so
as to form a mirror image of the particular surface structure of
the polymeric film on the article. Claim 2 defines the article
as having a molded body. The molded body, in turn, is required
to be made from the same type of polymer as the surface of the
polymeric film which bonds to the molded body. Claim 6 further
limits the height of the elevations. Claims 8 and 9 further
limit the mean diameter of the repeating elementary cells.
Claim 12 requires the use of a polymer which has an adhesion-
promoting action to bond the polymeric film and the article.
Claim 13 is directed to forming a decorative structure on at
least one surface of the article. Claim 14 defines the article
as a plastic panel and the polymeric film as a release film.
Claims 15 and 16 specify the types of polymer employed. Claim 23
recites that the article is made of a variety of materials.
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