Appeal No. 2003-0156
Application 09/607,996
receptive layer which comprises a porous pigment dispersed in or
mixed with a binder including a water soluble polymer and is
substantially water-fast after drying of the ink, independent
claim 16 requires a cover provided with a layer which is
receptive to water based inks, solvent based inks and gel based
inks and substantially water-fast after drying of the ink, and
independent claims 22 and 26 require the step of coating a cover
with a layer which is receptive to water based inks, solvent
based inks and gel inks and substantially water-fast after drying
of the ink. To overcome these shortcomings in Bachrach vis-a-vis
the appellants’ claims, the examiner turns to Brault.
Brault discloses an ink receptor element 10 designed to be
bonded to a substrate element 20 to form a large format poster,
billboard or like article. The ink receptor element comprises an
adhesive ink receptive layer 16, an image transparent protective
layer 14 permanently adhered to the ink receptive layer, and a
temporary carrier layer 12 releasably adhered to the protective
layer. The ink receptive layer 16 has adhesive characteristics
(see column 7, line 37, through column 8, line 2) which allow it
to be bonded to the substrate element after an imaged layer 18 is
deposited thereon by an ink jet device 11 (see column 8, line 62,
through column 9, line 50), whereupon the temporary carrier layer
12 is removed from the protective layer 14 (see column 9, line
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