Appeal No. 95-3623
Application 07/714,407
Claim 1 is illustrative and is appended to this decision.
THE REJECTION
Claims 1, 5, 9, 10, 12 and 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 112, first paragraph on the ground that the specification, as
originally filed, does not provide adequate written descriptive
support for the invention as now claimed.
OPINION
We have carefully considered all of the arguments advanced
by appellants and the examiner and agree with appellants that the
aforementioned rejection is not well founded. Accordingly, this
rejection will be reversed.
Appellants’ claimed invention is a developing solution for a
colored photopolymerizable composition. The developing solution
includes, among other components, at least one acetylenic alcohol
surface active agent and at least one quaternary ammonium salt
surface active agent. Appellants’ claim 1 recites that “said
acetylenic alcohol surface active agent and quaternary ammonium
salt surface active agent are collectively present in an amount
of 0.01 to 5.0% by weight”. This limitation was added to the
claim during prosecution (paper no. 12, filed April 7, 1993).
Appellants’ claims 9 and 10 were amended to recite that these two
components collectively are present in amounts of, respectively,
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