Appeal No. 1998-2800 Page 2
Application No. 08/572,505
copper-nickel alloy continuously to a degrease treatment, an
acid cleaning treatment and then a light-sensitive material is
coated thereon followed by drying, cutting or winding steps,
and the formation of a matting layer on the light-sensitive
layer. Exemplary
claim 1 is reproduced below.
1. A manufacturing process for producing a
lead-free forming material comprising:
continuously subjecting a metal web
consisting essentially of copper or a copper-
nickel alloy to a degrease treatment and an acid
cleaning treatment,
coating a light-sensitive material on said
metal web, followed by drying to form a light-
sensitve layer,
cutting the resulting coated metal web into
fixed lenghts along a longitudinal direction or
winding the resulting coated metal web into a
roll, and forming a matting layer on the light-
sensitive material.
In addition to admitted prior art as set forth at page 2,
line 6 through page 3, line 16 of appellants' specification,
the prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner
in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Uesugi et al. (Uesugi) 4,872,946 Oct. 10,
1989
Fujikawa et al. (Fujikawa) 0,046,047 Feb. 17,
1982
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