Ex parte NGUYEN - Page 4




          Appeal 97-1804                                                              
          Application 08/329,042                                                      

                    6.   Thus, in the electrophotography art, the acronym             
          OPC means an organic photoconductor.                                        
                    7.   In the specification, as filed, the invention                
          was originally described as "a self-cross-linked polyvinyl                  
          butyral (PVB) binder for OPC's" (specification, page 9, lines               
          3-4).                                                                       
                    8.   An object of applicant's invention is said to be             
          (specification, page 7, lines 6-10):                                        
                    A third object of this invention is to provide a                  
               cross-linked binder for an OPC without having to provide               
               also, besides the binder material, a cross-linker                      
               material, or a cross-linkable copolymer material, or a                 
               cross-linking catalyst, which may affect the life of the               
               OPC.                                                                   
                    9.   Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, set out below in              
          Finding 12, are schematic, cross-sectional views of                         
          embodiments of the invention (specification, page 10, lines                 
          29-30).                                                                     
                    10. Fig. 1 depicts an OPC with a conductive                       
          substrate 1 and a photoconductor layer 2 (specification, page               
          11, lines 13-14).                                                           



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