Appeal No. 1996-2638
Application No. 08/173,930
from the drawings of Masui '860 and '179, the skin material
(3) covers only a portion of the thermoplastic resin. The
skin material (3) used may be selected from the group
consisting of fabrics, non-woven fabrics, metals, metal foil,
paper and films of thermoplastic resins. See Masui ‘860, page
11, and Masui ‘179, column 5, lines 15-20. The skin material
(3) may be preheated or laminated, e.g., bonding at least two
materials with an adhesive. See Masui ‘860, page 11, and
Masui ‘179, column 5, lines 22-26. The resin melt (4)
employed may contain inorganic fillers, glass fibers,
pigments, lubricants and antistatic agents and is selected
from the thermoplastic resins recited in claim 14. See Masui
‘860, page 11, and Masui ‘179, column 5, lines 27-38.
Although appellants argue that neither Masui ‘860 nor
‘179 teaches or would have suggested using pins, in lieu of
bars (17), we find that Masui ‘860 describes using pins, in
lieu of bars, to hold at least one of the edges of the skin
material (3) during its molding process. See the abstract.
Moreover, appellants have not challenged the examiner’s
finding that “such pins are well known in the art for fixing
preforms in mold...” Compare Answer, page 3, with Brief in
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