Ex Parte Bellino et al - Page 2




          Appeal No. 2003-1774                                                        
          Application No. 09/797,038                                                  


                         a charge transport layer, said charge                        
                    transport layer comprising a binder resin, a                      
                    hydrazone charge transport material, acetosol                     
                    yellow 5GLS and the butylated reaction product of                 
                    p-cresol and dicyclopentadiene.                                   
               The examiner relies upon the following references as                   
          evidence of obviousness:                                                    
          Cottman                       3,935,281       Jan. 27, 1976                 
          Anderson et al. (Anderson)    4,362,798      Dec. 07, 1982                  
          Williams, Jr. (Williams)      5,234,753       Aug. 10, 1993                 
          Mori                          5,567,557      Oct. 22, 1996                  
          Mitsumori                     5,804,344       Sep. 08, 1998                 
          Itami                         5,981,125      Nov. 09, 1999                  
          Kemmesat et al. (Kemmesat)  6,001,523       Dec. 14, 1999                   
          Niimi                         6,087,055      Jul. 11, 2000                  
                                             (filed Mar. 04, 1998)                    
                                                                                     
          Kierstein et al. (Kierstein) WO 00/05628     Feb. 03, 2000                  
          (PCT International Application)(priority date Jul. 21, 1998)                
                                                                                     
          Haggquist et al. (Haggquist) WO 00/45225     Aug. 03, 2000                  
          (PCT International Application)(priority date Jan. 27, 1999)                
          ACS File registry no. 92091-43-5                                            
          Colour Index, third edition (second vision), Vol. 7, published by           
          The Society of Dyers and Colourists (1982), pp. 7234-7235                   
          Trademark electron search system (TESS) search result for the               
          trademark ACETOSOL.                                                         
               The present application is related to U.S. 09/237,880, filed           
          January 27, 1999, now U.S. Patent No. 6,544,702.  An appeal was             






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