Appeal No. 2000-0067
Application No. 08/561,570
application of heat. According to appellants' specification,
the problem with using heat in such a molding process is that
the heat may damage a trim layer made of leather or the like
(see page 2, third paragraph).
Appealed claims 11-18 and 20-22 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Kozlowski in view
of Dandridge. Claims 19 and 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Kozlowski in view of
Dandridge and the prior art admission in appellants'
specification.
Upon careful consideration of the opposing arguments
presented on appeal, we will not sustain the examiner's
rejections.
Kozlowski, the primary reference in each of the
examiner's rejections, discloses a method much like that
claimed for fabricating a cushion assembly. The essential
difference between the methods of Kozlowski and appellants is
that Kozlowski specifically provides heat to adhesively bond
the cushion assembly rather than applying a solvent, as
presently claimed. Kozlowski provides no teaching or
suggestion of employing solvent application either in
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