Ex parte ATHERTON - Page 2




          Appeal No. 97-2860                                                          
          Application 08/472,836                                                      

          Shimada et al. (Shimada)                5,159,477                           
          Oct. 27, 1992                                                               
          Kim et al. (Kim)                   5,339,181           Aug.                 
          16, 1994                                                                    
          Miyata et al. (Miyata)             5,351,145           Sep.                 
          27, 1994                                                                    

                              The rejections on appeal                                
               Claims 1, 2, 4, 5, 13, 14, 16 and 17 stand finally                     
          rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over                   
          Miyata and Kim.                                                             
               Claims 6, 7, 18 and 19 stand finally rejected under                    
          35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Miyata, Kim, and                 
          Shimada.                                                                    
               The appellant has stated that all of the claims on appeal              
          stand or fall together.  (Br. at 5).                                        
                                    The Invention                                     
               The invention is directed to a liquid crystal display                  
          wherein a select line and at least one extension from the                   
          select line forms a capacitor with an overlapped portion of a               
          region of conductive material in a pixel.  Claims 1 and 13 are              
          the only independent claims.  Representative claim 1 is                     
          reproduced below:                                                           
               1.  A liquid crystal display comprising:                               

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