Appeal No. 2003-1176
Application No. 09/074,288
molded foam material bonding said skin material to
said porous substrate, whereby said porous substrate
is held to a backside of the trim member that is
opposite of the upholstery skin material.
2. The interior trim piece as defined in
Claim 1, wherein said substrate comprises a porous
fiberous [sic] material having openings therein,
wherein said moldable foam material penetrates said
openings and bonds to said porous material through
said openings.
In our original decision, we affirmed the examiner’s
decision to reject the claims on all three grounds. (Original
decision at 3.) Specifically, we affirmed the examiner’s
rejections under:
A. 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) of appealed claims 1 through 4 and
6 through 10 as anticipated by United States patent
5,082,609 issued to Rohrlach et al. (Rohrlach) on
January 21, 1992;
B. 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) of appealed claims 1 through 4 and
6 through 10 as anticipated by United States patent
5,180,617 issued to Takeuchi et al. (Takeuchi) on
January 19, 1993; and
C. 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) of appealed claims 1 through 4 and
6 through 10 as unpatentable over Takeuchi.
With respect to Rohrlach, we found (original decision at
5):
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