Appeal No. 1996-2638
Application No. 08/173,930
placing the skin material on the lower mold and fixing
the edge part of the skin material with at least one pin on
the inner surface of the lower mold,
supplying a mass of resin melt between the skin material
and the lower mold, and
closing the upper and lower molds so that said edge part
of the skin material which is fixed by the at least one pin is
placed in said groove formed on the surface of the
thermoplastic resin body to thereby form the multilayer molded
article having one part covered by the skin material and
another part free of coverage by the skin material.
8. The process according to claim 1, wherein the protrusion
is formed in a groove which is formed in the lower mold.
10. The process according to claim 8, wherein the protrusion
is movable in a direction in which the upper and lower molds
are closed.
As evidence of obviousness, the examiner relies on the
following prior art2:
Masui et al. (Masui ‘179) 5,053,179 Oct. 1, 1991
(filed Nov. 29, 1988)
2 Appellants have not challenged the prior art status of
the references relied upon by the examiner. Note also that
appellants are not entitled to the benefit of the filing date
of a foreign priority application under 35 U.S.C. § 119 and 37
CFR
§ 1.55 (a) (1993). Appellants have not perfected their claim
of a foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119 by failing to file
a sworn or certified English translation corresponding to the
foreign priority application, i.e., Japanese Patent
Application 334089/1988. See 37 CFR § 1.55 (a) (1993).
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