Ex parte GRUSHKIN - Page 2




                 Appeal No. 94-2794                                                                                                                     
                 Application No. 07/702,533                                                                                                             


                 are the employment of about 30% to about 60% by weight of a                                                                            
                 mixture of soft and hard magnetite, with the hard magnetite                                                                            
                 accounting for about 10% of the total weight of the toner                                                                              
                 composition.                                                                                                                           
                 See specification, page 15 and 16.  This toner composition is                                                                          
                 adequately illustrated in claim 1 which is reproduced below:                                                                           
                          1.  A toner composition comprising:                                                                                           
                          a)       about 30% to about 70% by weight of a resin;                                                                         
                          b)       about 30% to about 60% by weight of a mixture of                                                                     
                 soft                       magnetite and hard magnetite; and                                                                           
                          c)       up to about 10% by weight of a lubricating                                                                           
                 component;                                                                                                                             
                 wherein said hard magnetite accounts for about 10% of the                                                                              
                 total weight of the toner composition, and wherein the                                                                                 
                 retentivity of said toner composition is from about 3.0 emu/g                                                                          
                 to about 8.0 emu/g.                                                                                                                    
                          The sole reference of record relied upon by the examiner                                                                      
                 is:                                                                                                                                    
                 Unno et al (Unno)              2                      H2-181757                                    July 16,                            
                 1990                                                                                                                                   
                 (Japanese Kokai Patent Publication)                                                                                                    





                          2Our reference to this publication is to the                                                                                  
                 corresponding English translation of record.                                                                                           
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