Appeal No. 1997-0495
Application No. 08/399,787
The subject matter on appeal relates to a recordable
element having a substrate and on the surface of the
substrate, a recording layer comprising material having a
certain formula and a light reflecting layer, wherein the
light reflecting layer and the recording layer are selected
such that the element reflectivity is about or greater than
70% at about 780 nm. Further details of this appealed subject
matter are set forth in representative independent claim 1
which reads as follows:
1. A recordable element having a substrate and on the
surface of the substrate, a recording layer and a light
reflecting layer, the improvement comprising:
a) a recording layer including material given by the
formula (Te Ge C H O ), a, b, c, d, and e are atomic
a b c de
percents and (c + d) > 40, d > 10, a > 5, b > 5, and e >0
such that
a + b + c + d + e = 100; and
b) the light reflecting layer and the recording
layer being selected such that the element R (element
max
reflectivity) is about or greater than 70% at about
780 nm.
The references relied upon by the examiner as evidence of
obviousness are:
Chen et al. 5,242,784 Sep. 7, 1993
(Chen) (filed Jun. 22, 1992)
Yamada et al. 5,273,861 Dec. 28,
1993
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