Appeal No. 1997-0731
Application 08/362,151
These are all of the claims remaining in the application.
THE INVENTION
Appellant claims an injection molding process for forming
a color coated article. Claim 1 is illustrative and reads as
follows:
1. In a process for forming a color coated article by
applying a color coated material to an injection mold having
mold halves, a mold parting face, a mold cavity edge, and a
mold cavity therein for the formation of an injection molded
article, and injecting molten plastic into said mold cavity to
form a laminated article with the color coated material bonded
to the injected plastic, the improvement which comprises:
providing a color coated blank having a roughened
surface, said blank adapted to be placed into at least one
mold half, wherein the color coated blank is cut from a web in
a size and shape adapted to fit between the mold halves, and
with a rim portion thereof adapted to mate with the mold
cavity edge at the parting face of the mold;
transferring said blank into registry with at least one
of said mold halves, including the step of retaining the rim
portion on the mold cavity edge; and
injecting molten plastic into the mold cavity against the
roughened surface of the blank to form a laminated, injection
molded article with the color coated blank bonded to the
injected plastic, wherein the roughened surface of the blank
increases the surface area of the blank, promotes greater
clerically entered. Upon return of the application to the
examiner, the examiner should have this amendment entered. We
decide this appeal based on the claims as they appear in this
amendment, which is how the claims appear in the appendix to
appellant’s brief.
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