Appeal 2006-2968
Application 10/039,481
development of electrostatic images, thereby forming said chargeable toner
particles, and
adding said at least one charge director, in an amount suitable for
charging the chargeable toner particles to said given level.
The references set forth below are relied upon by the Examiner as
evidence of obviousness:
Metcalfe US 3,078,231 Feb. 19, 1963
Whitbread US 3,325,409 June 13, 1967
Wagner US 3,438,904 Apr. 15, 1969
Schaffert, "Electrophotography," John Wiley & Sons, New York, 69-73
(1975).
Uytterhoeven EPA 0 176 630 Apr. 9, 1986
Diamond, Handbook of Imaging Materials, New York, Marcel Dekker, Inc.,
233 (1991).
Claims 32-46 are rejected under the first paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112
for failing to comply with the written description requirement.
Claims 32-44, and 46 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Uytterhoeven in view of Whitbread in view of Diamond,
Metcalfe, and Wagner.
Claims 30-44, and 46 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Uytterhoeven in view of Schaffert in view of Diamond,
Metcalfe, and Wagner.
For a complete understanding of the opposing viewpoints expressed
by the Appellant and by the Examiner concerning the above-noted
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