Appeal No. 96-3781
Application No. 08/259,891
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-5
and 10, all the claims remaining in the present application.
Claims 1 and 10 are illustrative:
1. An indicia bearing transfer for use on an elastomeric
substrate comprising:
an elastomeric layer compatible with an elastomeric
substrate;
a solvent ink layer providing indicia on said elastomeric
layer, said solvent ink layer having a color contrasting with
said elastomeric layer; and
a clear thermoset layer covering said solvent ink layer.
10. A composite material comprising a cured elastomeric base
layer;
a cured elastomeric sheet bonded to said cured
elastomeric base layer;
a clear thermoset layer coating at least a portion of
said elastomeric sheet;
indicia comprising sublimation dye heat transferred into
said thermoset layer;
The examiner relies upon the following references as
evidence of obviousness:
Knudsen 4,098,935 Jul. 4, 1978
Gartland et al. (Gartland) 5,160,383 Nov. 3, 1992
Appellant's claimed invention is directed to a transfer,
or laminated sheet, comprising an elastomeric layer, indicia
of solvent ink on the elastomeric layer and a clear thermoset
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