Appeal 2007-1262
Application 10/697,532
on and registered with the textured surface, and a protective layer 5 on the
printed pattern (figure 1). The aforementioned panel and method are
respectively described in claims 1 and 18 as follows:
1. A surface covering panel comprising:
at least one support layer with or without texturing; at least one base coating
located on top of said support layer having a textured surface; at least one
printed pattern located on said textured surface and in registered with said
textured surface; and at least one protective layer located on the printed
pattern.
18. A method of making the surface covering panel of claim 1, wherein
said method comprises applying at least one base coating onto a support
surface;
applying a textured surface onto said base coating to form a textured surface;
printing a pattern onto said textured surface; applying at least one protective
coating onto said printed pattern; wherein said textured surface and said
printed pattern are in register.
The references set forth below are relied upon by the Examiner as
evidence of obviousness:
Hansson US 6,465,046 B1 Oct. 15, 2002
Casto US 1,947,459 Feb. 20, 1934
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