Ex parte LEBLANS et al. - Page 2




          Appeal No. 1997-2937                                                        
          Application No. 08/420,562                                                  



          per the Advisory Action dated July 12, 1996, Paper No. 9).                  
          Claim 19, the only other claim pending in this application,                 
          has been objected to by the examiner and is not the subject of              
          this appeal (see Paper No. 9 and the Brief, page 2).                        
               According to appellants, the invention is directed to a                
          method for recording X-rays by exposing a recording element                 
          comprising an X-ray intensifying screen utilizing an                        
          elpasolite phosphor having a specific formula (Brief, page 3).              
          Claim 1 is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and a               
          copy of this claim is attached as an Appendix to this                       
          decision.                                                                   
               Claims 1 through 3, 5 through 8, 11 through 13 and 15                  
          through 18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first and                  
          second paragraphs, “as the claimed invention is not described               
          in such full, clear, concise and exact terms as to enable any               
          person skilled in the art to make and use the same, and/or for              
          failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the                  
          subject matter which applicant regards [sic, appellants                     





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