Appeal No. 1998-2188
Application No. 08/581,424
Claim 8 is the only independent claim on appeal, and it
reads as follows:
8. A radiographic intensifying screen, comprising:
a) a support;
b) a fluorescent layer on the support; and
c) a protective layer on the fluorescent layer,
comprising:
i) an organic macromolecule resin film provided
on the fluorescent layer, and
ii) a film-forming resin layer on the organic
macromolecule resin film, comprising a
polysiloxane oligomer or a perfluoroalkyl
oligomer,
wherein the film-forming resin layer
comprises a resin which is different from the
resin of the organic macromolecule film.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Kano et al. (Kano) 4,741,993 May 3, 1988
Takasu et al. (Takasu) 5,227,253 Jul. 13, 1993
Claims 2 and 4 through 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Kano in view of Takasu.
Reference is made to the briefs and the answer for the
respective positions of the appellants and the examiner.
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