The opinion in support of the decision being entered today
was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of
the Board.
Paper No. 16
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JOAN VERMEERSCH
and MARC VAN DAMME
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Appeal No. 1998-3012
Application 08/751,764
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HEARD: October 10, 2001
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Before PAK, WARREN and OWENS, Administrative Patent Judges.
WARREN, Administrative Patent Judge.
Decision on Appeal
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the decision of the examiner finally rejecting
claims 1 through 4 and 6 through 14, which are all of the claims in the application. Claim 1, as it stands
of record, is illustrative of the claims on appeal:
1. An imaging element comprising (i) on a hydrophilic surface of a lithographic base an image forming
layer comprising dispersed in a hydrophilic binder hydrophobic thermoplastic polymer particles and a
cross-linking agent capable of cross-linking said hydrophilic binder upon heating in a ratio between 1
:100 and 200:1 by weight versus the hydrophilic binder and (ii) a compound capable of converting light
to heat, said compound being comprised in said image forming layer or a layer adjacent thereto wherein
said hydrophilic binder is a compound selected from the group consisting of polyvinylalcohol,
dimethylhydantoine-formaldehyde resin, a poly(meth)acrylamide, a polyhydroxyethyl(meth)acrylate, a
polyvinylmethylether, a gelatin and a polysaccharide.
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