Appeal No. 1997-2065
Application No. 08/441,948
Claim 7 is representative of the subject matter on appeal
and reads as follows:
7. Electrophotographic transfer paper having a
shrinkage of no more than 0.45% in a direction
crossing a flow direction in a paper making
process and a two sideness [sic, sidedness]
shrinkage difference in the crossing direction
ranging from 0.02 to -0.02%.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner are:
Friedrich 512,682 May 10,
1955
(Canadian Patent)
Ishiyama 42-16341 Sep. 5,
1967
(Published Japanese Kokoku Patent Application)
Watanabe 51-29505 Mar. 12,
1976
(Published Japanese Kokai Patent Application)
Casey, “Pulp and Paper,” Chemistry and Chemical Technology,
Vol. III, pp. 1039-43 and 1774-77, (3d ed., Wiley-
Interscience, 1980).
Claims 7 through 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as unpatentable over Friedrich or Ishiyama in view of Watanabe
and Casey.
We reverse.
The claimed subject matter is directed to an
“[e]lectrophotographic transfer paper having a shrinkage of no
more than 0.45% in a direction crossing a flow direction in a
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