Appeal No. 2006-0571
Application No. 09/951,407
(3) optionally a second layer, other than said toner image-
receiving layer, located on the same side of said support as said
toner image-receiving layer,
wherein organic particles selected from the group consisting
of particles of starch, cellulose esters, cellulose ethers and
synthetic resins, and having a glass transition temperature or
melting point not higher than a fixing temperature at which an
image is fixed on said toner image-receiving layer, are dispersed
in the thermoplastic resin of said toner image-receiving layer or
are dispersed in said second layer.
In the rejection of the appealed claims, the examiner relies
upon the following references:
Taguchi et al. (Taguchi) 5,843,628 Dec. 1, 1998
Aylward et al. (Aylward) 6,232,056 B1 May 15, 2001
Mohri et al. (Mohri) 6,233,424 B1 May 15, 2001
Appellants' claimed invention is directed to an image-
receiving material for electrophotography comprising a toner
image-receiving layer containing the recited organic particles
dispersed in a thermoplastic resin of the image-receiving layer.
Appealed claims 1, 4, 5, 7, 8 and 21 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated by Mohri. Claims 9 and
10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable
over Mohri. Also, claims 2, 3 and 12 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Mohri in view of
Aylward, whereas claims 2, 3, 11 and 22 stand rejected under
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