The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written
for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte KOUTA FUKUI
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Appeal 2007-0218
Application 10/730,143
Technology Center 1700
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ON BRIEF
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Before SCHEINER, ADAMS, and GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judges.
GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 involving claims to a
photothermographic material. The Examiner has rejected the claims as
obvious. We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 6(b). We affirm.
BACKGROUND
The specification describes “a photothermographic material
comprising a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver
salt, a reducing agent, and a binder on at least one surface of a support”
(Specification 5). The specification states that the photosensitive silver
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