Appeal No. 2000-0343
Application 08/849,008
(iii) placing on one or both sides of a layer of the
particles of lignocellulosic material, the impregnated sheet
or sheets of lignocellulosic material to form a composite; and
(iv) compressing the composite with heating in a suitable
press to allow the resin present to polymerise, and to allow
any wax or convertible resin present to melt and flow, and to
allow the thermosetting resin in the impregnating sheet or
sheets to polymerise and to bond, and all to set to form the
particle board.[ ] 1
THE REFERENCES
Himmelheber et al. (Himmelheber) 3,477,996 Jun. 3,
1969 Gaylord (Gaylord ‘685) 3,900,685 Aug.
19, 1975 Gaylord (Gaylord ‘230) 3,956,230
May 11, 1976 Simons 5,209,886
May 11, 1993
Earl et al. (Earl) 5,385,754 Jan. 31,
1995
THE REJECTIONS
The claims stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
follows: claims 1-20 over Gaylord ‘230 in view of Earl alone,
Earl in view of Simons, or Earl in view of Simons and Gaylord
‘685; and claims 23 and 24 over Himmelheber in view of Gaylord
‘230 and further in view of Earl alone, Earl in view of
Simons, or Earl in view of Simons and Gaylord ‘685.
1 The examiner and the appellant should correct the
language “any one of claims 1" in claims 7, 8, 10-16, 19, 20
and 23.
3
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