Appeal No. 1998-2134
Application No. 08/585,217
in claim 9, wherein the photocurable layer is
developable with water or a basic aqueous solution
following imagewise exposure of the recording
material.
As evidence of obviousness, the examiner relies on the
following prior art:
Wright 3,652,720 Mar. 28, 1972
Hsieh et al. (Hsieh) 4,603,171 Jul. 29, 1986
Garmong 2 5,348,844 Sep. 20, 1994
E.I. Du Pont De Nemours 1,366,769 Sep.
11, 1974
and Company (DuPont)
(Published British Patent Application)
Brandrup et al. (Brandrup) , Polymer Handbook, Second Ed.,3
published by John Wiley and Sons, Inc., (1975), pp. II-167 and
II-168.
As evidence of nonobviousness, appellant relies on the
following literature:
2 In the Answer, the examiner refers to this patent as “Wagner”.
Although the front cover of the patent names Gregory O. Garmong as the
inventor, both the examiner and appellant agree that the correct inventor of
this patent is William R. Wagner. See Answer, page 4. To avoid confusion,
however, we will refer to this patent as “Garmong”, inasmuch as the name
“Garmong” appears on the front cover of the patent.
3 The examiner refers to this reference to show an inherent property
of the monomer described in the applied prior art, namely Hsieh. See Answer,
page 6.
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