Appeal No. 1997-1663 Page 2 Application No. 08/448,053 can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1 , which is 1 reproduced below. 1. A method of producing thin silver halide grains comprising: providing a mixer having including an inlet surface and an outlet surface and at least one flow channel extending from the inlet surface to the outlet surface; rotating the mixer; introducing a silver nitrate solution at the inlet surface of the mixer; and introducing a halide salt solution at the inlet surface of the mixer within 30 mm of the introduction of the silver nitrate solution wherein silver halide grains having a maximum thickness of 0.145 µm are produced. The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are: Frame et al. (Frame) 3,415,650 Dec. 10, 1968 Mumaw 4,539,290 Sep. 3, 1985 Saito 5,096,690 Mar. 17, 1992 Saitou 5,424,180 Jun. 13, 1995 1We note that "including" (claim 1, line 3) is superfluous.Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007