Appeal No. 2002-0530
Application No. 09/175,407
light guide is less than or equal to 1.0 mm. Thus, the
examiner's assertions notwithstanding, Ishikawa fails to disclose
a light guide plate with a maximum thickness less than or equal
to 1 mm. As the examiner has not found the claimed light guide
plate of an ionizing-radiation-curable resin nor the claimed
thickness of the plate, he has failed to establish a prima facie
case of obviousness. Consequently, we cannot sustain the
obviousness rejection of the claims.
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