Appeal No. 1999-2760
Application 08/773,304
motivation for the skilled worker to have added the
photosensitizer disclosed for use in the Harmer system to the
system of Engen.
The rejection of claim 23 therefore will not be
sustained. The rejection of claim 18, the other independent
claim included in this rejection, will not be sustained for
the same reasons; likewise, we will not sustain the rejection
of dependent claims 19 to 22 and 24 to 28.
Rejections (2) and (3)
To meet the additional limitations recited in the claims
subject to rejections (2) and (3), the examiner adds Murakami
for rejection (2), and further adds Hibbard for rejection (3).
However, since neither of these references overcome the above-
noted deficiencies of the Engen/Harmer combination, rejections
(2) and (3) will not be sustained.
The Morimura Declaration
It should be evident from the foregoing that we have
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