Ex parte TOKAILIN et al. - Page 2




          Appeal No. 96-1122                                                           
          Application 08/087,134                                                       


          claims 2, 3, 11, 22 and 23, which are all of the claims                      
          remaining in the application.                                                
                                    THE INVENTION                                      
               Appellants claim an aromatic dimethylidyne compound                     
          having a specified general formula.  Appellants state                        
          (specification, page 1) that the compound is useful as an                    
          emitting                                  material in an                     
          electrolu                                 minescence device.                 
          Claim 2                                   is illustrative and                
          reads as                                  follows:                           
               2. An aromatic dimethylidyne compound of the formula:                   





          wherein X and Y may be the same or different and are each an                 
          alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a phenyl group, a                    
          substituted phenyl group, a cyclohexyl group, a substituted                  
          cyclohexyl group, a naphthyl group, a substituted naphthyl                   
          group, a pyridyl group or a substituted pyridyl group, wherein               
          the substitutent [sic]is an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon                 
          atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a phenyl               
          group, and each substituted group may be substituted by a                    
          plurality of said substituent groups, and -Ar'- is                           




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