Appeal No. 98-1001 2
Application No. 08/505,455
THE INVENTION
The invention is directed to a process for making a decorative article by
sequentially providing two curable thermosetting resins such that the second curable
thermosetting resin is cast onto the face layer of the first cured resin to follow the relief
thereof. Additional limitations are disclosed in the following illustrative claim.
THE CLAIM
Claims 1 is illustrative of appellant’s invention and is reproduced below.
1. A process for making a decorative article of manufacture, the process comprising:
(a) forming a first lamina having a face layer with a relief and a substantially
planar back layer, said first lamina formed from a first curable thermosetting
resin;
(b) curing the first curable thermosetting resin;
(c) casting a second curable thermosetting resin onto the face layer of the first
lamina to follow the relief thereof and to form a second lamina having a
face layer and a back layer, said second lamina formed substantially from
said second curable thermosetting resin;
(d) curing the second curable thermosetting resin; and
(e) removing a portion of the first lamina face layer and the second lamina face
layer to provide a decorative article of manufacture having a substantially
planar face layer.
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