Appeal No. 1999-0771
Application No. 08/640,144
(4) Claim 45 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Green ('052) in view of Craun.
Discussion
A. Claim 38
The claims on appeal are directed to an antihalation coating
comprising a resin binder and a crosslinker compound. The resin
binder contains anthracene units and carboxy and/or alkyl ester
units pendant from a polymer backbone. See claim 38 ("where x
varies between 0.1 and 1.0").
Claim 38 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being clearly
anticipated by Green ('052). See Verdegaal Bros., Inc. v. Union
Oil Co. of California, 814 F.2d 628, 631, 2 USPQ2d 1051, 1053 (Fed.
Cir. 1987) (“A claim is anticipated only if each and every element
as set forth in the claim is found, either expressly or inherently
described, in a single prior art reference.”).
Green (‘052) discloses a compound (A) useful in producing
images. Compound (A) contains at least one (meth)acryloyl group
and at least one anthryl group in the same molecule. When exposed
to actinic radiation, compound (A) is photopolymerized through the
(meth)acryloyl group(s) and upon further exposure to actinic
radiation is photocrosslinked through the anthryl group(s). See
col. 4, line 63-col. 5, line 35.
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