Appeal No. 1999-1687 Page 7
Application No. 08/152,102
controlling the emission intensity of each LED. The examiner
notes that collective emission intensity and luminous color
effect display of a desired color.
Appellants assert (supplemental brief, page 4) that
although Scheib teaches bending, Scheib does not disclose
rolling of the substrate. Appellants further assert (id. at
pages 2-4) that it would not have been obvious to modify
Mizushima to have a periodically thinned flexible substrate.
Mizushima is directed to a color video display panel which
represents shapes visually. This is done by radiating light
according to a shape which is to be displayed. The
representation of shapes is accomplished by electronic
selection or de-selection of the light generating elements,
not by movement of the light displaying elements, as in
Scheib. Thus, according to appellants, the essence of each of
the two devices is mutually exclusive of each other, and
Mizushima does not need Scheib's teachings of flexibility to
represent shapes. Appellants further assert (id. at page 4)
that "[t]hus, had a person of ordinary skill in the art
considered Scheib and Mizushima together, they would have
discerned no suggestion to modify the Mizushima display to
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