Appeal No. 95-4648
Application No. 07/952,137
According to appellants, the invention is directed to a
molded article comprising a polyamide resin reinforced with a
reinforcing material of a continuous fiber or filament having
a length of at least 1 mm (Brief, page 2). Appellants state
that “[t]he claims are to a single group” (Brief, page 3). We
construe this statement as meaning that the claims stand or
fall together (see 37 CFR § 1.192(c)(5)(1993)). Therefore we
select claim 28 from the group and decide this appeal as to
the ground of rejection on the basis of claim 28 alone. See
Ex parte Schier, 21 USPQ2d 1016, 1018 (Bd. Pat. App. & Int.
1991). Illustrative claim 28 is reproduced below:
Claim 28. A molded article comprising a polyamide resin
reinforced by a reinforcing material which is at least one
selected from the group consisting of continuous fiber and
filament having a length of at least 1 mm, said molded article
being obtained by a monomer casting method comprising the
steps of:
(1) treating said reinforcing material with an agent for
improving the adhesion between said reinforcing material and
said polyamide resin, wherein said agent is soluble in alcohol
or water or in both alcohol and water;
(2) arranging said treated reinforcing material in a
desired shape;
(3) placing the thus arranged reinforcing material in a
mold;
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