Appeal No. 1998-2039
Application No. 08/326,806
pending claims, stand withdrawn from further consideration
pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.142(b) (1959).
The subject matter on appeal relates to a method of
manufacturing windows for automobiles. (Specification, pages
1-5.) According to the appellants, the invention overcomes
various problems of prior art processes. These problems
include: increased cycle time, which makes it difficult to
achieve improved manufacturing productivity; a relatively high
injection pressure often resulting in undesirable formation of
burrs or flash along the parting surface of the mold halves or
in damages to the window plate from higher tightening (clamping
force); severe compression stress on the window plate as the
frame member is subjected to cooling; and dimensional
fluctuations in the window plates. (Id.; appeal brief filed
Oct. 29, 1997, paper 61, pages 3-4.) Further details of this
appealed subject matter are recited in representative claims 31
and 32, the only independent claims on appeal, as well as claim
35 reproduced below:
31. A method of manufacturing windows, including
a window plate and a frame member which is composed of
a thermoplastic synthetic resin material and formed
integrally with the window plate along at least one
Oct. 29, 1997, paper 62; examiner’s answer mailed Feb. 9, 1998, paper 61
mislabeled as paper “63,” p. 2.)
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