Appeal No. 1997-0486
Application 08/417,290
THE INVENTION
Appellants’ claimed invention is directed toward a
conditioning solution which contains, as an antimicrobial
agent, a polyaminocarboxylic acid or salt thereof which has a
recited general formula and is present in a specified
concentration. Appellants state that the conditioning
solution is useful in the processing of color photographic
materials (specification, page 1, lines 6-10). Claim 1 is
illustrative and reads as follows:
1. A conditioning solution having a pH of from about 4.5
to about 8, and comprising a bleach accelerating agent, a
formaldehyde precursor, and an antimicrobial composition
consisting essentially of a polyaminocarboxylic acid or salt
thereof as the sole antimicrobial agent, said antimicrobial
agent being present in said conditioning solution in an amount
of from about 0.25 to about 3
g/1,
said
polyamin ocarboxylic acid or
salt thereof being
represen ted by formula II:
2
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