Appeal No. 2006-0780
Application No. 10/331,716
substrate from the binder. Representative claim 1, as
presented in Appellants’ brief, appears below:
1. A method, comprising:
applying phosphor particles to a substrate;
submerging the substrate into a binder solution; and
removing the substrate from the binder solution
at a rate selected based upon at least one property
of the binder solution.
As evidence of unpatentability the Examiner relies on the
following references:
Gallaro, et al. (Gallaro) 3,463,686 Aug. 26, 1969
Evans et al. (Evans) 3,689,265 Sep. 5, 1972
Benham 4,264,408 Apr. 28, 1981
Libman et al. (Libman) 4,891,110 Jan. 2, 1990
Endo et al. (Endo) 5,665,422 Sep. 9, 1997
Rasmussen (Rasmussen ‘773) 5,762,773 Jun. 9, 1998
Rasmussen (Rasmussen ‘750) 6,068,750 May 30, 2000
The Examiner entered the following grounds of rejection
(Answer, pages 3-7):
A) Claims 1 to 15, 48 and 49 are rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 112, first paragraph, as failing to comply with the written
description requirement of this paragraph.
B) Claim 49 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second
paragraph, as comprising indefinite language.
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