Appeal No. 1996-1864
Application No. 08/330,349
Claim 1 is representative of the subject matter on appeal
and reads as follows:
1. A silver halide radiographic element comprising a
polymeric film base, at least one gelatin silver halide
emulsion layer, and at least one antistatic layer adhered to
at least one side of said polymeric film base, wherein (1)
said silver halide emulsion layer comprises tabular silver
halide grains having an average diameter to thickness ratio of
at least 3:1, and (2) said antistatic layer comprises a
colloidal vanadium oxide and a sulfopolyester and an adhesion-
promoting amount of an epoxy-silane compound.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner are:
Guestaux 4,203,769 May 20,
1980
Valsecchi 4,582,782 Apr.
15, 1986
Anderson et al. (Anderson) 5,006,451 Apr. 9,
1991
Buchanan et al. (Buchanan) 5,203,884 Apr. 20,
1993
Chang et al. (Chang) 5,372,985 Dec. 13,
1994
(Filed Feb. 9,
1993)
Claims 1 through 18, 21 through 27 and 29 through 35
stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over the
combined disclosures of Anderson, Chang, Guestaux, Buchanan
and Valsecchi.
We reverse.
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