Appeal 2006-2950
Application 10/036,126
The claims on appeal limit the hydrophilic binder employed to gelatin or
gelatin derivatives. Details of the appealed subject matter are recited in
illustrative claim 1, which is reproduced below:
1. A composition for forming an electrically conductive
antistatic layer comprises:
electronically conductive polymer particles;
a neutral-charge conductivity enhancer; and
a hydrophiic polymeric binder that is gelatin or a gelatin
derivative.
II. PRIOR ART
As evidence of unpatentability of the claimed subject matter, the
Examiner relies upon the following references:
Muys US 5,391,472 Feb. 21, 1995
Gardner US 5,910,385 Jun. 8, 1999
III. REJECTION
The Examiner has rejected claims 1 through 12 and 17 through 19
under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over the disclosures of Muys and
Gardner.
IV. ISSUES
The dispositive question is, therefore, whether one of ordinary skill in
the art would have been led to employ a gelatin or gelatin derivative in the
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