Appeal No. 1998-1372
Application No. 08/295,708
The claimed invention is directed to a molding or trim
strip to be attached to a vehicle. The molding has lateral
ends which define two channels on the edges of the molding.
The mounting clip has a metal substrate with plastic bearing
surfaces attached to one side of the substrate and adhesive
tape attached to the other side of the substrate. The plastic
bearing surfaces of the clip engage the channels in the trim
strip while the adhesive tape holds the substrate to the side
of the vehicle.
Claim 13, reproduced in appellant’s brief, is further
illustrative of the claimed subject matter.
The references of record relied upon by the examiner as
evidence of obviousness are:
Watanabe 4,328,052 May 4,
1982
Nussbaum 4,368,225 Jan. 11,
1983
Claims 13, 20, 23 and 25 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as unpatentable over Watanabe in view of Nussbaum.
On page 3 of appellant’s brief, appellant states that
claims 13, 20, 23 and 25 fall together. Therefore, we will
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