Appeal No. 1998-1276
Application No. 08/232,339
second paragraph, appellants have chosen not to refute the
finding of the examiner. Accordingly, we will accept the
examiner's finding as fact. In addition, Fujimoto discloses
that the coating amount of the silver halide emulsion is in
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the range of 0.8 g/m to 0.3 g/m of silver, which meets the
claimed amount of 0.75 g/m or less. Also, although not2
argued by appellants, Fujimoto discloses the claimed chloride
ion content in the color developer of 0.035 mol/l or more
(column 2, lines 10-12).
As recognized by the examiner, Fujimoto does not disclose
the claimed polymer in the color developer. However, in
addition to disclosing preservative agents for the color
developer, including a polymer, Fujimoto expressly teaches
that the color developer may contain additional organic
preservatives, meaning "any and all organic compounds which,
when added to a processing solution for color photographic
light-sensitive materials, would reduce the rate of
degradation of the aromatic primary amine color developing
agent" (column 10, lines 63-67). Hence, since Kuse discloses
a polymer which corresponds to appellants' elected species
which stabilizes a color developing solution for silver halide
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