Appeal No. 1998-2119
Application No. 08/343,965
metal sheet occurs anywhere during the entire process of
Japanese ‘845 or French ‘210. Japanese ‘845 (page 2, last two
paragraphs of the translation provided by the appellant) state
that a cover film is merely "laid" on the impregnated
laminated base material, with no suggestion of applying
pressure. The process also describes "laying" the metal
foils (8) onto the laminated base material with no reference
of applying any amount of pressure before the composite
structure is moved on to the continuous heat-pressure molding
machine. We find the precuring step to be irrelevant to the
issue at hand since the cover film (4) is intended to be
removed instead of being permanently laminated thereon, as in
appellant’s invention. Regarding the process for bonding the
metal foil (8) to the laminated base material, we agree with
the appellant that this process also uses heating under
pressure, similar to that of French ‘210, since there is no
suggestion that the rollers (7) of Japanese ‘845 necessarily
apply any significant pressure. The pressure during this
phase is applied at the belt press (9), which also provides
combined heating. We also agree with appellant’s statement
(reply brief, pg. 3) that "there is no indication in the cited
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