Appeal No. 94-4226
Application No. 07/838,345
Claim 24 requires that the polymeric film is applied as a cover
layer so that the particular surface structure of the polymeric
film faces outward from said article. Claim 20 defines an
article in terms of process limitations. The article claimed is
one produced according to the process recited in claim 1.
The Nishiyama reference relied upon by the examiner
discloses a process for fabricating a non-reflective article
which provides “a highly attractive and decorative surface.” See
the paragraph bridging columns 1 and 2. The process involves
forming from a suitable resin a skin having “the same dimensional
characteristics as the prototype surface and the same, unbiased
variance W(a) as the prototype surface, thereby providing the
highly desirable low reflectance antiglare desired skin surface
characteristics.” See column 5, lines 12-28. The prototype
surface “is defined by a plurality of recesses having a cross
section in the range of approximately 170 to 500 microns and a
depth in the range of approximately 8 to 133 microns.” See
column 4, lines 2-5. To improve surface configuration, the
unbiased variance W(a) is minimized. See column 4, lines 17-39.
Specifically, “the improved antiglare effect is enhanced when the
unevenness exists regularly at a uniform interval on the surface
as compared to one where the uneven surface is formed by recess
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