Ex parte CROSSLAND et al. - Page 5




          Appeal No. 95-3285                                                           
          Application 07/984,427                                                       


          polarity teachings that could be applicable to the positive or               
          negative polarity recitations in each of the respective claims on            
          appeal.  This feature is recited in some manner in independent               
          claims 3, 8 and 15 in terms of pixel state changes being the                 
          result of a different potential being applied to an individual               
          pixel area where the different potential is either a predeter-               
          mined amount above the potential of the front plane electrode                
          or an equal amount below it.                                                 
               As indicated earlier, Kaneko’s liquid crystal display is                
          spoken of in that reference only in general terms.  On the other             
          hand, Kawakami’s display per se is shown in corresponding figures            
          of Figures 12 and 13.  The showings in and the corresponding                 
          discussions of these figures indicate that each liquid crystal               
          cell or pixel essentially has its own discrete front and back                
          panel electrodes.  Thus, there could be no corresponding                     
          structural display among the references relied upon to meet the              
          limitations of independent claims 3, 8 and 15 that there is one              
          front plane electrode with respective corresponding electrode                
          pads on the other side of the display medium to comprise the                 
          claimed coordinate array.                                                    




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