Appeal No. 1996-0903
Application No. 07/692,211
A copy of the appealed claims is appended to
appellants’ brief.
The following reference is relied upon by the examiner
as evidence of obviousness in support of her rejection under
35 U.S.C. § 103:
Nakamura et al. 5,112,656 May 12, 1992
(Nakamura) (filed Oct. 11, 1988)
Claims 1 through 4, 7, 8, 19, 41 through 44, 47, 53 and
69 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Nakamura. All of the other rejections of the appealed
claims have been withdrawn. Accordingly, the only issue
before us is the propriety of the examiner’s rejection under §
103. Reference is made to the examiner’s answer for details
of this rejection.
The Nakamura patent discloses a method of making an
electrophotographic printing medium in which plastic materials
are applied to a cylindrical member 8 (which acts as a
substrate) to provide a photosensitive coating on the member.
The bottommost layer 4, which is deposited directly on the
cylindrical member, is a plastic paint composition comprising
an epoxy resin (see Nakamura, column 6, lines 41-46). The
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