Appeal No. 1998-1088 Page 6
Application No. 08/523,809
panel. This figure not only suggests printing black
stripes 12a on the screen protection panel 13 by its
appearance, but could even be considered a teaching
of the printing of the black stripes on the screen
protection panel.
(Examiner's Answer at 5.) The appellant argues, "there is
still no teaching or suggestion of placing a light-absorbing
means in the form of a darkened stripe directly on the screen
protection panel." (Appeal Br. at 11.)
Claims 1 and 3-5 specify in pertinent part the following
limitations: "a screen protection panel disposed adjacent said
lenticular lens system, wherein said screen protection panel
is equipped with a light-absorbing means for absorbing light
spread by said lenticular lens system ...." Accordingly, the
limitations require a light-absorbing means formed on a screen
protection panel that is lenticular lens system.
The examiner fails to show a suggestion of the
limitations in the prior art. “Obviousness may not be
established using hindsight or in view of the teachings or
suggestions of the inventor.” Para-Ordnance Mfg. v. SGS
Importers Int’l, 73 F.3d 1085, 1087, 37 USPQ2d 1237, 1239
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