Application of Edwin H. Land and Howard G. Rogers

I agree with the reasoning and conclusions of the majority save its reversal of the rejection of claims 53, 66, 70 and 71. I disagree with th'e majority’s conclusion with respect to the latter claims insofar as it appears to proceed on the rationale that the claims are limited to the same aspect of the invention as claimed in allowed claim 56, hence allowable for the reasons the board gave for allowing that claim.1

As the majority observes, the disclosed invention is capable of expression in various ways. “Deferred diffusion” is one expression appellants use. What the majority apparently fails…