Appeal No. 96-2305
Application No. 08/149,627
sheet. The spacers 22 are fixed in the black stripe
areas 20 but are not adhesively secured at an
opposite end as shown clearly in Figure 3 of Kim and
described at column 4, lines 22-30. Since there is
no intermediate sheet which can deflect downwardly
in the structure of Kim, there is no reason to make
the spacers 22 of Kim adhesive spacers and no reason
to particularly adhere the spacers at ends opposite
to the ends fixed to the black stripes 20.
Therefore, the spacers 22 of Kim are merely that,
"spacers," and do not act to adhesively secure the
LCD gap from deforming in a tension direction, i.e.,
pulling away from the spacer.
Thus, the claimed limitation of "the adhesive spacer is
adhered to the other side of the intermediate sheet" is
neither taught by nor would it have been suggested to one of
ordinary skill in the art by the admitted prior art and Kim.
In summary, the obviousness rejection of claims 1 through
15 and 17 is reversed.
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