Appeal No. 1997-0533
Application No. 08/353,916
Andersson 4,657,614 Apr. 14,
1987
Brinley 5,098,497 Mar. 24,
1992
Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary, p. 577, G. & C. Merriam
Co., 1973.
Claims 1 through 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as unpatentable over Anderson in view of Andersson and Brinley
or alternatively under § 103 as unpatentable over Anderson,
Andersson and Brinley (Answer, page 3). We reverse this
rejection for reasons which follow.
OPINION
The process of claim 1 on appeal recites, inter alia,
contacting metal foil to a layer of molten resin to form a
layered structure of paper, molten resin, and metal foil, and
then passing the layered structure between a nip roll and an
engraved chill roll to laminate the layered structure,
solidify the resin, and emboss the metal foil.
The examiner finds that Anderson discloses a laminate
comprising a metal foil bonded by an adhesive to a paper base
where the metal foil is embossed after lamination and the
adhesive resin is applied by coating (Answer, paragraph
3
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