Appeal No. 96-4165
Application No. 08/333,292
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a method of molding
a peripheral frame with a panel insert. An understanding of
the invention can be derived from a reading of claim 13, which
has been reproduced below.
13. A method of injection molding an article having a
peripheral frame forming an opening and carrying an insert
panel for closing said opening, said method comprising the
steps of providing a split mold including an inner open
quadrant, associating a strip of material with said mold in
facing relation to said open quadrant, providing a punch
opposing said strip material remote from said mold and in
alignment with said mold, moving said punch towards said mold
to first shear from said strip material a panel insert, then
by continuing to move said punch towards said mold, clamping
the panel insert against said mold with the panel insert and
said punch forming parts of said mold and closing said open
quadrant of said mold, and injecting a flowable material into
said mold.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
De Pass et al. (De Pass) 3,463,845 Aug.
26, 1969
Hatakeyama 4,459,092 Jul. 10,
1984
Claim 13 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over De Pass in view of Hatakeyama.
OPINION
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