Ex parte TAVERNIER et al. - Page 9




             Appeal No. 96-3803                                                                                   
             Application No. 08/128,245                                                                           




                                                  APPENDIX A                                                      
                                                   Claim 10                                                       
                    10.  A dry electrostatographic developer composition                                          
                    comprising                                                                                    
                          (I) carrier particles, and                                                              
                          (II) a toner composition, comprising toner                                              
                          particles having a particle size distribution                                           
                          showing more than about 80% by volume of the                                            
                          toner particles with particle size diameter of                                          
                          less than about 10 µm and inorganic                                                     
                          microparticles wherein:                                                                 
                                 (i) said microparticles are present in said                                      
                          toner composition in a concentration of at least                                        
                          0.1 % by weight and at most 5% by weight with                                           
                          respect to the weight of toner particles                                                
                                 (ii) said microparticles being                                                   
                          characterized by a product of BET surface (A) in                                        
                          m /g times the methanol value (B) fulfilling the2                                                                                     
                          relation:                                                                               
                                 A X B > 10,000                                                                   
                                 (iii) and the ratio of the apparent density                                      
                          over the bulk density of said toner composition                                         
                          satisfies the relation:                                                                 
                                 Papp                                                                             
                                 ----$ 0.2.                                                                       
                                 Pbulk                                                                            





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