Ex parte SHAW - Page 1




                                                                                           Paper No. 11                                       
                         THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                                                                         
                The opinion in support of the decision being entered today                                                                    
                (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and                                                                      
                (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                                                    

                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                 
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                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                  
                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                     
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                                                    Ex parte JAMES E. SHAW                                                                    
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                                                        Appeal No. 97-1841                                                                    
                                                  Application 08/315,0521                                                                     
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                                                          ON BRIEF                                                                            
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                Before CALVERT, FRANKFORT and PATE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                             
                PATE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                             
                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                    

                         This is an appeal from the final rejection of claim 1.  The                                                          
                only other remaining claims in the application, claims 4 through                                                              
                6, are allowed.                                                                                                               
                         The claimed invention is directed to an apparatus for                                                                
                illuminating a liquid crystal display.  The apparatus consists                                                                


                         1Application for patent filed September 29, 1994.                                                                    

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