Appeal No. 1998-2804
Application No. 08/398,881
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the
examiner’s final rejection of claims 8-13, 17-18, 21 and 35-39,1
all the pending claims in the application.
The disclosed invention is directed to an efficient method of
forming a high quality, strippable protective film on the surface
of a sprayed coated (painted) finish of a large-sized product such
as an automobile. The strippable protective film is formed using a
strippable liquid paint, and the method may preferably be
implemented such that certain regions of the large-sized product’s
surface which need no protective film (such as windshield washer
ejecting nozzles and lens covers for exterior lights) are covered
with peelable masking materials to prevent fouling of same by the
strippable paint. The strippable paint is applied before the
automobile is shipped by the manufacturer or dealer to a
There were numerous amendments after the final rejection filed as amendment1
D(paper no. 13), amendment E (paper no. 18), amendment F (paper no. 26), amendment G
(paper no. 35), amendment H (paper no. 39), amendment I (paper no. 40), and amendment
J (paper no. 42). Only amendment E, amendment I and amendment J were entered into the
record. See paper no. 19 and paper no. 43. All the other amendments after the final
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