Appeal No. 2000-1383 Page 2
Application No. 08/817,391
THE INVENTION
According to Appellants, the invention relates to a a process for the production of a floor
strip and the floor so produced (Brief, page 2). Claim 7 is illustrative:
7. A process for the production of a floor strip, said process comprising gluing a thin
decorative thermosetting laminate of postforming quality comprising hard particles which impart
an abrasion resistance to the laminate, measured as IP value > 3,000 revolutions, on a
longitudinal carrier, which carrier consists of at least one member selected from the group
consisting of a fiber board and a particle board, said carrier having a rectangular cross-section
and at least two opposite rounded-off edges, wherein, in said gluing step, the thermosetting
laminate of postforming quality in one piece is glued on an upper side and on two long sides of
the carrier via the rounded-off edges to form a laminate coated carrier, and subsequently
machining said laminate coated carrier into one or more floor profiles, which may be the same or
different cross-section, said profiles being selected from the group consisting of dilation profile,
transition profile and finishing profile, from the laminated coated carrier to produce a floor strip.
THE EVIDENCE
As evidence of unpatentability, the Examiner relies upon the following prior art
references:
Munk et al. (Munk) 4,504,347 Mar. 12, 1985
Lindgren et al. (Lindgren) 4,940,503 Jul. 10, 1990
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