Appeal No. 2000-1469
Application 08/808,789
the form of the top of an automobile” (specification, page 1).
Representative claims 20 and 21 read as follows:
20. An automotive sunshade panel comprising a metallic
hollow panel having longitudinal edges and flanged portions
provided along the longitudinal edges, the metallic hollow
panel having a two-dimensionally curved surface formed at a
central portion thereof and comprising first and second metal
sheet members, said first metal sheet member being provided
above said second metal sheet member and directly bonded
thereto to form a plurality of segregated, longitudinally
extending, parallel passageways therebetween.
21. An automotive sunshade panel comprising a metallic
hollow panel having longitudinal edges and flanged portions
provided along the longitudinal edges, the metallic hollow
panel having a three-dimensionally curved surface formed at a
central portion thereof and comprising first and second metal
sheet members, said first metal sheet member being provided
above said second metal sheet member and directly bonded
thereto to form a plurality of segregated, longitudinally
extending, parallel passageways therebetween.
THE PRIOR ART
The items relied on by the examiner as evidence of
obviousness are:
Trout 1,625,061 Apr. 19, 1927
Molin et al. (Molin) 3,534,463 Oct. 20, 1970
Haraga et al. (Haraga) 4,414,257 Nov. 8, 1983
Mori et al. (Mori) 5,356,695 Oct. 18, 1994
The admission on page 2 of the appellants’ specification
that fabrics typically are laminated to the curved surfaces of
automotive sunshade panels (the admitted prior art).
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