Appeal No. 95-3947
Application 07/812,530
THE REFERENCES
Champ et al. (Champ) 4,889,784 Dec. 26, 1989
Yanus et al. (Yanus ‘687) 5,028,687 Jul. 2, 1991
Yanus et al. (Yanus ‘512) 5,262,512 Nov. 16, 1993
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1, 4, 8-10, 13, 14, 17 and 18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Champ in view of Yanus ‘687. Claim 5 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over these references, further in view of Yanus ‘512.2,3
OPINION
We have carefully considered all of the arguments advanced by appellants and the
examiner and agree with appellants that the aforementioned rejections are not well founded.
Accordingly, these rejections will be reversed.
Champ discloses an organic photoconductor which has improved wear resistance without
degradation in photographic properties (col. 1, lines 8-10). The improved wear resistance is
obtained, in one embodiment, by using two charge transport layers, wherein the top or outer layer
has a lower concentration of arylamine charge transport material, and a higher concentration of
2The examiner has withdrawn the rejection of claims 1, 4, 5, 8-10, 13, 14, 17 and 18
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Yanus ‘687 in view of Champ and U.S. 5,034,295 to Allen et al.
(answer, page 3).
3The examiner states that since claim 14 is a duplicate of claim 13, claim 14 will be
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 101 if claim 13 is found allowable (answer, page 3). No rejection
under 35 U.S.C. § 101 is before us for consideration.
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