Appeal No. 1996-3955
Application 08/170,601
receiver, binder types and levels, receiver
polymers, thermal solvent types, levels, and
distributions, etc.) when developed according to
process k (eg., developer type, developer, stop,
wash processing sequence) and heated according to
regimen l (eg., time, temperature, pressure
conditions), D , to the density of dye j generated
ijkl
in imaging layer i during the process k, G :
ijk
D = T x G Eqn. (1)ijkl ijkl ijk
These transfer coefficients provide practical guides
and means by which to design formulations and
processes by which to adequately “balance” the
placement, relative amount, and distribution of
cyan, magenta, and yellow dye-forming couplers.
The disclosed factors for use in calculating the transfer
coefficients are not specified. Instead, only examples of the
factors are given. Thus, these factors appear to be
arbitrary. Also, any arbitrarily selected enhanced visual
discrimination criteria can be used to determine the transfer
coefficients. Because the basis for the determination of the
transfer coefficients is so vaguely stated in the
specification, it is not possible to determine the scope of “a
diffusion-transfer-convoluted eye-response” in claim 1. This
is not a case in which such a term is merely broad. Breadth
does not necessarily render a claim indefinite. See In re
Gardner, 427 F.2d 786, 788, 166 USPQ 138, 140 (CCPA 1970)
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