Appeal No. 1997-0195
Application 08/126,987
Page 4, lines 14-22; page 7, lines 53-56; page 59, line 56, through page 60, line 1; and
Tables 2, 3a and 3b, and accompanying text at pages 111, 117, and 118.
3. Ikenoue does not teach the use of chlorinated s-triazine hardeners or palladium
salts as scavengers of HCN gas. In fact, Ikenoue discloses that a serious problem of
degradation of photographic properties arises when heavy metals, such as palladium, are
added to light-sensitive materials as scavengers of noxious substances produced by
carbon black used in shading papers of said light-sensitive materials. Page 2, lines 15-
25.
4. Thus, Ikenoue does not cure the deficiencies of Harbison, Kadowaki, and the
abstract and appellants’ description of Ishikawa. Accordingly, we reverse the rejection of
claims 8 through 10, 18, and 19 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Harbison in
view of Kadowaki, the abstract and appellants’ description of Ishikawa, and Ikenoue.
IV. Conclusion
In conclusion, for the reasons set forth in the body of this opinion, we reverse the
rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 103 of: (a) claims 1 through 7 and 11 through 17 over
Harbison in view of Kadowaki and the abstract and appellants’ description of Ishikawa;
and (b) claims 8 through 10, 18, and 19 over Harbison in view of Kadowaki, the abstract
and appellants’ description of Ishikawa, and Ikenoue.
REVERSED
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