Application of Frank B. Rosenberger and Corwin R. Brandt

ALMOND, Judge.

This is an appeal from the decision of the Board of Appeals affirming the rejection of claims 1-4, 6-11, 13-17, and 19, all of the claims in the application. 1

Appellants’ invention is a method for producing a smooth, glossy, stain-resistant surface on molded plastic dinnerware. The method comprises, briefly, partially curing a preformed charge of a molding compound, placing a second particularly-defined granular amine-formaldehyde resin on the surface of the partially cured charge, and molding and curing the charge and the second resin in a manner to cause uniform flow of the…