Appeal No. 96-1320
Application 08/081,744
claims 1, 2, 5-9 and 19 as amended after final rejection.
Claims 3 and 4 stand objected to as being dependent upon a
rejected claim, and claims 10-18 and 20-22 stand withdrawn
from consideration by the examiner as being directed toward a
nonelected invention.
THE INVENTION
Appellants’ claimed invention is directed toward a
process for decreasing paint pops and craters in a surface
coating on a molded fiber reinforced thermoset plastic part
having one or more surfaces which have been machined by
cutting or abrading. The method includes heating the part to
a temperature within a specified range, then applying a
specified liquid epoxy composition to one or more machined
surfaces of the part, and then curing the epoxy composition,
thereby reducing paint pops and craters in a surface coating
which is to be formed after the claimed process by coating the
part and heating the coated part. Claim 1 is illustrative and
reads as follows:
1. A process for decreasing defects on a molded fiber
reinforced thermoset plastic part which part is, subsequent to
being subjected to said process, surface coated and subjected
2
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