Appeal No. 1996-2638
Application No. 08/173,930
the claims remaining in the application. Claim 1 was amended
subsequent to the final Office action dated March 22, 1995,
Paper No. 34.
Appellants have grouped the claims on appeal as follows
(Brief, page 4):
Group I - Claims 1, 9 and 11 through 15;
Group II - Claim 8; and
Group III - Claim 10.
Appellants have also provided separate arguments for the
patentability of the subject matter recited in claims 1, 8 and
10. See Brief, pages 6-12. Accordingly, for purposes of this
appeal, we will limit our discussion to claims 1, 8 and 10 in
accordance with 37 CFR § 1.192 (c)(5)(1993). Claims 1, 8 and
10 read as follows:
1. A molding process for producing a multilayer molded
article comprising a thermoplastic resin body so that an edge
part of the skin material present on the surface of the
thermoplastic resin body is placed in a groove formed on the
surface of the thermoplastic resin body, which process
comprises the steps of:
providing an unclosed mold which includes a lower mold
having at least one pin retained on a protrusion on an inner
surface of the lower mold for fixing the edge part of the skin
material at a position where the edge part of the skin
material is placed, and further includes an upper mold having
a kick for forming the groove,
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