Appeal No. 1996-4072
Application No. 08/133,283
and 62, which are all of the remaining claims pending in this
application, stand objected to as being dependent upon a
rejected base claim (answer, page 2).
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a method of forming
a panel member useful in an automobile. An understanding of
the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary
claims 46 and 59, which are reproduced below.
46. A method of producing an essentially self-supporting
stratiform article usable as an interior automotive panel,
comprising the steps of:
disposing a pre-formed, contoured laminate insert
comprising a generally flexible outer cover and an inner
thermoplastic layer in a female mold shaped in conformity with
the outer cover of the insert, with the outer cover disposed
in conformity with the female mold but having an exposed edge
portion; and
injection molding a thermoplastic polymer composition
that is substantially compatible with the inner thermoplastic
layer into a mold cavity formed by a male mold and the female
mold containing the insert so that the thermoplastic
composition substantially fills the cavity, contacts the
thermoplastic layer and interfuses therewith, and the
thermoplastic polymer composition contacts and covers the
exposed edge portion of the insert on its front, back and
edge;
allowing the thermoplastic polymer composition to
solidify, thereby forming a substrate which is interbonded to
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