Appeal No. 96-3946
Application No. 08/208,317
solvent for coating onto the substrate, subsequent
to which the solvent evaporates from the coating.
Turning to the specification, we find no definition of
"solids content." Furthermore, the description of the micro-
spheres on page 9 of the specification says:
The first coating layer, situated between the
second ink-receiving layer and the substrate,
typically contains microspheres in an amount of from
about 0.25 to about 50 percent by weight, and
preferably from about 2.5 to about 25 percent by
weight, although the amount can be outside these
ranges.
A similar description of the microspheres in the second layer
appears in the paragraph bridging pages 11 and 12 of the
specification, but with ranges of 0.1 to 10 percent and
preferably 0.1 to 3 percent. In other words, the percentages
claimed are identical to those recited in the specification,
but "in the solids content" does not appear in the above
referenced sections of the specification. Therefore, it is
unclear how "in the solids content" limits the claims, since
the ranges are the same as in the specification where the
phrase does not appear. Appellant refers to the examples on
pages 27 and 28, wherein the weight percent of solids in a
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