Appeal No. 1998-1088 Page 8
Application No. 08/523,809
protection panel. To the contrary, the projecting part is
formed "between the rear side of screen protection panel 13
and the front side of the lenticular lens system ....
Projecting part 12a is formed by black stripes 12b painted
with an opaque ink ... formed between adjacent lenticular
lenses forming the lens system on the tip of projecting part
12a." (Id.) More specifically, Figure 3 shows that the black
stripes are formed on the lenticular lenses rather than on the
protection screen. Relying on Takuma merely to "disclose[] a
lenticular lens system wherein the convex surfaces extend
further towards the viewing side of the projection system than
the black stripes," (Examiner's Answer at 5), the examiner
fails to allege, let alone show, that the addition of the
reference cures the deficiency of AAPA.
Because AAPA's black stripes are formed on its lenticular
lenses rather than on its protection screen, we are not
persuaded that teachings from the applied prior art would
appear to have suggested the claimed limitations of "a screen
protection panel disposed adjacent said lenticular lens
system, wherein said screen protection panel is equipped with
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