In re Simon

Rich, Acting Chief Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals affirming the rejection under 35 USC103 of claims 1,2, and 23-25 in appellant’s application entitled “Process and Apparatus for Making Plates,” serial No. 351, 758, filed March 13, 1964, but claiming the benefit of the March 15, 1963, filing date of appellant’s French application PY 928,147. We affirm.

The Subject Matter Claimed

Appellant’s claims recite methods of continuously making curved, rigid articles from composite webs of flexible fabric, glass fibers, and hardenable polymer resins. Appellant…