Appeal No. 95-2382
Application 07/955,671
Figures 5, 7 and 8 as it moves through the chilling chamber 17
(page 16, line 23-page 18, line 15). EP ‘493 teaches that the
liquid material adheres to the surface of the web before “then
slowly gelling in a chilling chamber” (page 12, lines 3-7).
Therefore EP ‘493, in the embodiment shown in Figures 5, 7 and 8,
discloses every limitation set forth in appealed claim 1. As
noted above, the claims stand or fall together. Accordingly, the
rejection of claims 1, 5, 6 and (1, 5, 6)/11-13 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) in view of EP ‘493 is affirmed.
B. The § 103 Rejection in view of EP ‘493
The examiner states that, in addition to the features
discussed in the rejection under § 102(b), EP ‘493 further
teaches the conventional use of a bead coater and curtain coater
to apply photographic coatings, referring to Figures 2 and 3 and
pages 1 and 15. The examiner concludes that it would have been
obvious to use the chilling of coated layers while facing
downwards from EP ‘493 with conventional bead coating “because
‘493 teaches that photographic layers can be chill set in a
downwards facing manner in order to help provide a smooth and
defect free coating and that it is conventional to apply
photographic layers by bead coating or curtain coating methods.”
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