Appeal No. 95-3749
Application No. 07/953,619
As indicated by appellants at page 5 of the Reply Brief,
neither Billmeyer nor Rodriguez indicates that “the mechanical
properties” of the polymer substrates of Yu’481 can be imparted
with “a beneficial effect” upon subjecting such substrates to
gamma radiation. Nor is there any recognition that this
beneficial effect on the mechanical properties would enhance or
would not negate the electrophotographic or electrostatographic
imaging function of the electrophotographic imaging member
described by Yu’481. We simply find no teaching or suggestion
which would have led a person having ordinary skill in the art to
alter the chemical property of the polymer substrate of the
electrophotographic imaging member of Yu’481 using gamma
radiation. Accordingly, we reverse the examiner’s § 103
rejection of claims 23 and 26 through 29.
Further, the examiner has rejected claim 30 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as unpatentable over Yu’481 in view of Rodriguez and
Billmeyer as applied in the above rejection and further in view
of Yu’239. Claim 30 is dependent on claim 26 and further
specifies the types of substrates which have been treated with
gamma radiation. However, Yu’239 does not remedy the
deficiencies of Yu’481, Rodriguez and Billmeyer. Accordingly, we
reverse the § 103 rejection of claim 30 as well.
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