Ex parte PARKER et al. - Page 2




          Appeal No. 96-2393                                                          
          Application 08/147,961                                                      



          FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                     





                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
                    This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's                  
          final rejection of claims 63 through 81.  Claims 2, 3, 8                    
          through 12, 14, 16 and 25 through 62 stand withdrawn from                   
          further consideration under 37 CFR § 1.142(b).  Claims 1, 4                 
          through 7, 13, 15   and 17 through 24 have been canceled.                   


                    Appellants' invention relates to a light distribu-                
          tion and/or information display system in combination with an               
          object for distributing light to one or more areas of the                   
          object for decorative and/or safety reasons.  Claims 63 and 78              
          are repre-sentative of the subject matter on appeal and a copy              
          of those claims, as they appear in the Appendix to appellants'              
          brief, is attached to this decision.                                        


                    The prior art references relied upon by the examiner              
          in rejecting the appealed claims under 35 U.S.C. § 103 are:                 
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