The opinion in support of the decision being entered
today was not written for publication in a law journal
and is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JERZY Z. MYDLARZ, JOHN D. LEWIS,
ROGER L. KLAUS, and RAYMOND S. EACHUS
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Appeal No. 2006-1866
Application No. 10/639,537
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ON BRIEF
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Before KIMLIN, PAK, and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-23.
Claim 1 is illustrative:
1. A radiation-sensitive emulsion comprised of silver
halide grains (a) containing greater than 50 mole percent
chloride, based on silver, (b) having greater than 50 percent
of their surface area provided by (100) crystal faces, and
(c) having a central portion accounting for up to 99 percent of
total silver and containing a first dopant of Formula (I):
(I) [RuL6]n
wherein n is -2, -3 or -4, and L6 represents bridging
ligands which can be independently selected, provided that at
least four of the ligands are anionic ligands, and at least one
of the ligands is a cyano ligand or a ligand more electro-
negative than a cyano ligand; and
-1-
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