Appeal No. 1998-1276
Application No. 08/232,339
The examiner relies upon the following references as
evidence of obviousness:
Fujimoto et al. (Fujimoto) 4,965,175 Oct. 23, 1990
Kuse et al. (Kuse) 53-51742 May 11, 1978
(Japanese Kokai patent application)
Appellants' claimed invention is directed to a method for
processing an exposed silver halide color photographic
material having the recited characteristics. The method
comprises continuously processing the exposed photographic
material with a color developer comprising a chloride ion and
a water-soluble high polymer compound. In response to an
election requirement by the examiner, appellants elected the
third polymeric species listed at page 28 of the present
specification, which corresponds to a polymer having at least
one repeating unit illustrated at page 17 of appellants'
principal brief, i.e., the first repeating unit appearing at
column 2 of page 17 of the brief. An example of such a
polymer is polyvinyl alcohol.
Appealed claims 6-10, 12, 13 and 15-19 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Fujimoto in
view of Kuse.
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