Appeal No. 1998-2351
Application 08/393,113
liquid material into the recess or cavity and causing the
viscous or liquid material to harden into the smooth layer,
and does not disclose the requirement in the appellant’s
apparatus claims of the substrate member including a shallow
recess having such a layer therein.
Egleson discloses a method for making an ornamental floor
covering by embossing a configuration upon linoleum, forming a
multiplicity of light-reflecting surfaces within the embossed
areas, and then filling the embossed portions with a
transparent coating, thereby providing a floor surface which
is free of all depressions or indentations (page 1, lines 2-3
and 15-23; page 2, lines 41-48).
West discloses ornamental opaque glass made by using a
process similar to sand blasting to form pits or recesses in
portions of an opaque glass sheet, and placing coloring
material in the regions having the pits or recesses (page 1,
left column, lines 1-2; page 1, left column, line 23 - page 1,
right column, line 8).
McHugh discloses a process for forming an inlay in a
surface by engraving or stamping a pattern or design in the
surface, filling with a plastic material the cavities formed
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