Appeal No. 1996-4072
Application No. 08/133,283
multi layer film being covered on its front, back and edge
with polymer during the injection molding step so as to cover
only a portion of the substrate formed in the injection mold.
Rather, Uchiyama teaches using a multi layer film to "cover
the opening portion of the cavity" (page 5 and figure 1),
which would result in the substrate formed in the mold being
covered with the multi layer film as apparently intended by
Uchiyama to obtain a desired surface layer. Additionally, it
is our opinion that the teachings of Bree regarding the
migration of plastic around the edges of a foil in the
manufacture of a decorative emblem using a preformed bezel to
which the foil is thereby bonded would not have suggested a
modification of the injection molding process of Morello as
suggested by the examiner.
The examiner apparently appreciates that the laminate
insert called for in claim 59 requires an outer cover made of
leather or textile material (answer, page 7); however, the
mere assertion by the examiner that such materials are known
(answer, page 7) does not adequately explain how the examiner
considers that it would have been obvious to form the applique
of Morello with separate inner and outer layers as called for
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