Appeal No. 1997-2256
Application No. 08/427,706
ordinary skill in the art that would have led that individual
to combine the relevant teachings of the references to arrive
at the claimed invention. See In re Fine, 837 F.2d 1071,
1074, 5 USPQ2d 1596, 1598 (Fed. Cir. 1988).
According to the examiner (answer, page 4), Matsui ‘201
discloses a process for molding a multilayered article wherein
the process includes clamping the edges of a skin material
(10) between an upper (3) and lower (4) molding frame;
supplying resin (11) between the skin material and one molding
surface; and compression molding the materials into a
composite product. The examiner makes note that a holding
force is applied to the ends or periphery of the skin material
and thus achieves a desired tensioning of the skin material at
a desired portion. The examiner is also of the view that "the
skin material is fixed
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