Appeal No. 1996-4072
Application No. 08/133,283
Morello (presumably as the applique thereof) and to
"encapsulate the ends of the decorative film." Appellant
argues, in effect, (brief, pages 10-13) that the examiner has
not established how the subject matter defined by the appealed
claims can be arrived at from the applied references'
teachings without the application of impermissible hindsight
reasoning. On this record, we agree with appellant.
With regard to claim 46 and the claims depending
therefrom, the examiner has not adequately explained how the
cited art would have reasonably suggested a modification to
the process of Morello to include the use of a preformed,
contoured laminate having both a flexible outer cover and an
inner thermoplastic layer with an exposed edge portion as a
mold insert (applique) wherein the insert covers only a
portion of an outer surface of the substrate formed in the
injection mold and includes an exposed edge portion that is
covered on its front, back and edge by the injection molded
polymer. In this regard, we note that Uchiyama, which is
relied upon by the examiner for showing the use of a multi
layer film positioned in a mold before injection molding, does
not teach the provision of an exposed edge portion of the
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