Appeal No. 1996-2972 Page 7
Application No. 07/928,784
components as disclosed therein since duplicative molding
processes wherein glazing is placed in a mold and plastics
injected thereafter was admittedly well-known and one skilled
in the art would have recognized economic advantages in
duplicative molding via use of the molding techniques of
Huckvale. The examiner also opines that one of ordinary skill
in the art would have further modified the method of Huckvale
to provide for independent movement of each of the molds to
and from the injection station in light of the combined
teachings of the applied references including Strauss to
improve the versatility of the process. The examiner notes
that Strauss teaches the independent movement of mold
assemblies to and from a central injection molding station.
In our view, however, there is no suggestion in the
combined teachings of the applied references to modify the
shoe component molding process of Huckvale as proposed by the
examiner. This is so since the admitted prior art duplicative
molding process is described as taking place in a single
station or in a dissimilar turntable type process involving
four stations and four molds (specification, pages 1 and 2).
The examiner has not pointed to any teaching or suggestion in
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