Ex parte KODAIRA et al. - Page 4




          Appeal No. 1996-0810                                                        
          Application 08/259,354                                                      

               non-conductive material located between each source                    
               line and gate line at the cross-over locations, each                   
               opposed source line and gate line with the first and                   
               second layers of cross-over electrically non-conductive                
               material therebetween forming a cross over capacitor                   
               with a second capacitance per unit area and the                        
               capacitance per unit area of the cross over capacitor                  
               is less than the capacitance per unit area of the                      
               display capacitor; and                                                 
                         a second substrate opposing the first                        
               substrate and a quantity of liquid crystal material                    
               therebetween.                                                          

               The examiner relies on the following prior art                         
          reference:                                                                  
               Ota et al. (Ota)    4,332,075                June 1,                   
          1982                                                                        
                                             (filed May 22, 1979)                     
               Claims 44-60 and 63-68 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.                  
          § 102(b) as being anticipated by, or, in the alternative,                   
          under § 103 as being unpatentable over Ota.                                 
               We refer to the Final Rejection (Paper No. 9), the                     
          Examiner Interview Summary Record (Paper No. 12), the                       
          several Advisory Actions (Paper Nos. 15, 17, 20, and 21),                   
          and the Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 23) (pages referred to                 
          as "EA__") for a statement of the Examiner's position and to                





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