Appeal No. 96-3946
Application No. 08/208,317
includes a substrate and two coating layers, each coating
layer being formed of a binder and microspheres. Claim 1 is
illustrative of the claimed invention, and it reads as
follows:
1. A printing process which comprises the steps of
(a) incorporating into an ink jet printing apparatus
containing an aqueous ink a recording sheet which
consists essentially of (1) a substrate; (2) a first
coating layer which comprises a binder and
microspheres having an average particle diameter of
at least about 1 micron; (3) a second, ink-receiving
coating layer situated so that the first coating
layer is between the second, ink-receiving coating
layer and the substrate, said second, ink-receiving
layer comprising a hydrophilic binder and
microspheres having an average particle diameter of
at least about 1 micron; (4) an optional antistatic
agent; (5) an optional biocide; and (6) an optional
filler; and (b) causing droplets of the ink to be
ejected in an imagewise pattern onto a surface of
the recording sheet containing microspheres, thereby
generating images on the recording sheet.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Miyamoto et al. (Miyamoto) 4,460,637 Jul. 17, 1984
Ayers et al. (Ayers) 4,575,729 Mar. 11, 1986
Vieira et al. (Vieira) 5,073,448 Dec. 17, 1991
Claims 1 to 32 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
second paragraph as being vague and indefinite.
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