Ex Parte TOJO et al - Page 3




          Appeal No. 1998-2804                                                        
          Application No. 08/398,881                                                  


          destination.  At the destination the strippable paint is removed by         
          washing the automobile before the automobile is sold to a customer.         
          Further illustration of the invention can be obtained by the                
          following claim.                                                            
          Claim 8.  A method of forming a protective film on a surface of a           
          large-sized product finished with a sprayed coating by applying a           
          strippable paint to a surface of said sprayed coating, said method          
          comprising the steps of:                                                    
               applying strippable paint to said product;                             
               partially drying said strippable paint applied to said                 
               product; and                                                           
               then finally drying said product.                                      
               The examiner relies on the following reference:                        
          Swidler             5,281,436                Jan. 25, 1994                  
               Claims 8-13, 17-18, 21 and 35 to 39 stand rejected under               
          35 U.S.C. § 103  as being unpatentable over Swidler.2                                                            





















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