Appeal No. 1997-0195
Application 08/126,987
Accordingly, we reverse the rejection of claims 1 through 7 and 11 through 17 under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Harbison in view of Kadowaki and the abstract and
appellants’ description of Ishikawa.
B. The rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Harbison in view of Kadowaki, the
abstract and appellants’ description of Ishikawa, and Ikenoue.
1. For the reasons previously set forth, the combined disclosures of Harbison,
Kadowaki, and the abstract and appellants’ description of Ishikawa fail to suggest
appellants’ invention recited in claims 1 through 7 and 11 through 17.
2. Ikenoue discloses a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material sealed in
a closed vessel that is capable of maintaining a constant relative humidity. The material
comprises at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing a gold and chalcogenide
sensitized silver halide emulsion. Page 2, lines 42-49; page 3, lines 23-27; and page 86,
lines 7-9. To prevent the increase in fog and decrease in gradation of the light-sensitive
material, Ikenoue reduces the amount of noxious substances, in particular, HCN gas,
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released from 1 m of said light-sensitive material. Page 2, lines 39-41 and 45-46; and
page 3, lines 23-27. HCN gas is reduced by eliminating the source of the HCN gas,
compounds containing cyano groups, from the light-sensitive material; or by limiting
compounds containing cyano groups to a minimum number in the light-sensitive material.
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