Appeal No. 1998-2351
Application 08/393,113
by the engraving or stamping, using an instrument such as a
putty knife or piece of soft pine to render the surface of the
plastic material level with the surface of the article,
cleaning the surface, and coating the surface with a material
such as varnish or shellac (page 1, lines 29-50).
The examiner argues that “it would have been obvious for
one having ordinary skill in the coating art at the time the
invention was made to the [sic] substitute the filled recesses
of the secondary references for the filled imperfections
(recesses) of the primary reference since the secondary
references teach filled recesses to be known in the art for
providing various reflective patters and hard surfaces for
additional layers” (answer, page 4). This argument clearly is
without merit. Accordingly, we reverse the examiner’s
rejection.
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