Ex Parte OHTAKE et al - Page 5


          Appeal No. 1998-2039                                                        
          Application No. 08/326,806                                                  

               plate from each other, and removing from the injection                 
               mold the window plate integrally provided with the                     
               frame member along said at least one edge of the                       
               window plate, said frame member having the ornamental                  
               element on the outer surface of the lip section.                       
                    35.  The method according to claim 31 in which                    
               the pressure of the compressed gas injected into the                   
               synthetic resin is less than the pressure of the                       
               synthetic resin which is injected into the mold                        
               cavity.                                                                
               The examiner relies on the following prior art references              
          as evidence of unpatentability:                                             
          Friederich              4,101,617           Jul. 18, 1978                  
          Hendry                  5,098,637           Mar. 24, 1992                  
          Kida et al.             62-268729           Nov. 21, 1987                  
               (JP ’729)(published                                                    
               JP application)                                                        
               Claims 35 and 36 on appeal stand rejected under the first              
          paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112 as lacking written description.                
          (Answer, pages 5-6.)  Further, claims 13 through 18, 20 through             
          25, 31, and 32 on appeal stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)            
          as unpatentable over JP ’729 in view of Hendry, while claims 33             
          through 36 on appeal stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as             
          unpatentable over JP ’729 in view of Hendry and further in view             
          of Friederich.  (Id. at pages 4-5.)2                                        



                                                                                     
               2 The examiner withdrew the final rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 112, ¶2, 
          of claims 33-36.  (Final Office action, p. 2; advisory action, PTO-303 form.)

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