Appeal 2007-1351
Application 10/628,942
The rejections as presented by the Examiner are as follows:
1. Claims 19 and 21 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Stern.1
2. Claims 1, 3, 5, 10, 11, 13-15, and 22 are rejected under 35 U.S.C
§ 103(a) as unpatentable over Stern.
3. Claims 2, 4, 8, 9, 12, 16-18, and 20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C
§ 103(a) as unpatentable over Stern and Adachi.
OPINION
In response to the § 102 rejection of claim 19, Appellant contests the
Examiner’s finding that Stern discloses an “anti-adhesion layer” within the
meaning of the claim. First, the Examiner finds that Stern describes an anti-
adhesion layer as claimed at column 13, lines 32 through 52 of the reference.
Stern describes a layer of excess charge 66 (Fig. 5) embedded in the upper
surface of the light storage plate. The charge layer can be produced by, inter
alia, ion-implantation of a light storage plate material such as a transparent
form of “Teflon.” Second, the Examiner finds that, in the alternative, stand-
off elements 46, 54 (col. 10, ll. 46-60; Fig. 4B) meet the requirements of the
claimed anti-adhesion layer. (Answer 3.)
1 The instant application was filed in the USPTO on July 29, 2003.
According to Appellant, this application is a divisional of application
09/355,592, filed November 15, 1999, now U.S. Patent 6,628,246.
Appellant also claims priority (under 35 U.S.C. § 119) to European Patent
Office (EPO) application 97203741.0, filed November 29, 1997, and to EPO
application 98202065.3, filed June 22, 1998. The Stern patent issued from
an application filed in the USPTO on January 4, 1996. Appellant does not
contest the Examiner’s applying Stern as a reference under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b).
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