Appeal No. 2005-0581
Application No. 10/228,124
The examiner relies upon the following references as
evidence of obviousness:
Miyabe 4,086,317 Apr. 25, 1978
Isganitis et al. 5,563,644 Oct. 8, 1996
(Isganitis)
Appellant's claimed invention is directed to a recording
sheet which comprises a substrate that has a uniform coating on
at least one of its surfaces. The coating comprises an additive
selected from one of the recited compounds, e.g., proline. The
recording sheet is suitable for receiving printed images.
Appealed claims 1-10, 12 and 13 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Miyabe in view of
Isganitis.
Appellant submits at page 7 of the principal brief that the
appealed claims do not stand or fall together and that "claims 9
and 10 are discussed separately with respect to the cited art"
(second paragraph). Since appellant advances separate arguments
only for claims 9 and 10, we agree with the examiner that "claims
1-8, 12 and 13 should be considered to stand or fall together
while claims 9 and 10 should be considered separately" (page 2 of
Answer, penultimate paragraph).
We have thoroughly reviewed each of appellant's arguments
for patentability. We are in complete agreement with the
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