The opinion in support of the decision being entered
today was not written for publication and is not binding
precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 35
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte MUNEHISA FUJITA
and ATSUSHI MATSUNAGA
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Appeal No. 1999-2529
Application 08/915,683
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HEARD: January 24, 2002
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Before WARREN, OWENS and LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent Judges.
WARREN, Administrative Patent Judge.
Decision on Appeal
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the decision of the examiner finally
rejecting claims 1 and 5 through 9, which are all of the claims in the application. Claim 1, as it
stands of record,1 is illustrative of the claims on appeal:
1. An internal latent image direct positive photographic silver halide emulsion
comprising tabular silver halide grains having an average grain diameter of not less than 0.3 µm
and an aspect ratio of from not less than 2 to not more than 100 in an amount of not less than
50% of all silver halide grains as calculated in terms of area; wherein said tabular silver halide
grains are core/shell grains having a core and an external shell, the average grain thickness a
along the main plane of the external shell thereof is from not less than 0.2 µm to not more than
1 Appellants submitted a correct copy of the appealed claims appended to the reply brief in
response to the errors in the copy of the claims appended to the brief that were identified by the
examiner (answer, pages 3-4).
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