Appeal No. 96-0541
Application 08/034,845
having the furcated electrodes of said one of said
electrode arrays aligned with said lands, such that a
number of sub-pixels is formed at each crossing of a
furcated row electrode with a furcated column electrode
is the product of the number of furcations in each row
electrode times the number of furcations for each column
electrode, and the edge-to-edge spacing between
electrodes in each array being substantially greater than
the spacing between furcations to provide a small dark
line of separation and greater contrast between pixels.
The references relied on by the Examiner are as
follows:
Grier 3,701,184 Oct. 31, 1972
Holmberg et al. (Holmberg) 4,820,222 Apr. 11, 1989
Buzak et al. (Buzak) 4,896,149 Jan. 23, 1990
Miyake et al. (Miyake) 5,086,297 Feb. 04, 1992
L.E. Tannas, Jr. “Flat-Panel Displays and CRTs” published 1985
by Van Nostrand Reinhold Company (N.Y.), pages 369-390.
Claim 5 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Grier and Holmberg. Claims 7 through 15
stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Miyake and Grier. Claims 7 through 15 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Miyake, Tannas, Buzak and
Grier.
Rather than repeat the arguments of Appellant or the
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