Appeal No. 1998-1276
Application No. 08/232,339
Indeed, Fujimoto discloses a silver halide color
photographic material comprising a monodisperse emulsion of
silver chloride grains containing less than 30 mol% of silver
bromide, having a ratio S/r of 0.20 or less, wherein the
coating amount of silver in the photographic material is less
than 0.75 g/m . In particular, Fujimoto discloses that the2
silver chloride content of the emulsion is not less than 80
mol% and that the emulsion may contain minor amounts of silver
bromide, which amount, of course, meets the claimed amount of
less than 30 mol% (see column 15, lines 12-20). Fujimoto also
discloses that it is preferred to employ a monodisperse silver
halide emulsion
(column 15, lines 41 and 42), and that "the value (variation
factor) found by dividing the standard deviation of the grain
size distribution curve of the emulsion by the average grain
size is not more than 20 percent and, preferably, not more
than 15 percent" (column 15, lines 42-46). The examiner has
made the factual determination that Fujimoto's variation
factor of less than 20% meets the claimed ratio S/r of 0.20 or
less. We note that while appellants make reference to the
examiner's factual determination at page 2 of the Reply Brief,
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