Appeal No. 1996-3955 Application 08/170,601 THE INVENTION Appellants claim an aqueous developable photographic element and a chromogenic diffusion transfer process for forming a neutral photographic image. Claims 1 and 2 are illustrative and are appended to this decision. THE REFERENCES References relied upon by the examiner Cole 3,635,707 Jan. 18, 1972 Hara et al. (Hara) H456 Apr. 5, 1988 Schenk et al. (Schenk) 4,816,372 Mar. 28, 1989 Peters et al. (Peters) 4,840,885 Jun. 20, 1989 Texter et al. (Texter) 5,164,280 Nov. 17, 1992 Komamura (JP ‘751) 4-73751 Mar. 9, 1992 (Japanese Kokai) References relied upon by appellants Masukawa et al. (Masukawa) 4,584,267 Apr. 22, 1986 Bailey et al. (Bailey) 5,352,561 Apr. 16, 1993 THE REJECTION Claims 1-14, 16, 17, 19 and 21-26 stand rejected under 35 -2-2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007