Appeal No. 1997-3446
Application No. 08/373,237
drainage device, comprising projections 28a and 28b, and the
outlet subregions 24a and 24b are located beneath the photo-
shield plate 29 and, therefore, not even in the photosensitive
region. Moreover, even if the photo-shield plate 29 did not
cover elements 24a, 24b, 28a and 28b, constituting the
drainage device, and the drainage device could be said to be
in a photosensitive region, the drainage device would still,
at best, be located at a first portion of a photosensitive
region, adjacent the storage region, rather than at a second
portion of the photosensitive region, remote from the storage
region, as required by claim 6.
While the examiner is correct, in general, that “remote”
is a relative term, in this case, it is clear that the terms
“adjacent” and “remote” are used to clearly describe portions
of a photosensitive region with regard to those portions’
proximity to a storage region, i.e., the portion “adjacent”
being closer to the storage region than the portion “remote”
from the storage region. The drainage device in Miwada is
clearly in a region “adjacent” to, and not “remote” from, the
storage region. Thus, the drainage device in Miwada would not
be “within said photosensitive second portion,” as required by
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