The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 15
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte PONNUSAMY PALANISAMY
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Appeal No. 2005-0142
Application No. 09/904,246
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ON BRIEF
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Before THOMAS, GROSS, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.
BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.
A patent examiner rejected claims 1-10. The appellant appeals therefrom under
35 U.S.C. § 134(a). We reverse.
I. BACKGROUND
The invention at issue on appeal concerns "large area displays." (Spec at 1.)
Large area displays are constituted by connected modules; each module displays part
of an overall image that is discernible from the composite of modules. Each pixel of
each module includes a light altering member that produces light of a particular color.
Commonly, a single pixel will include light altering elements for each color in a tri-color
space such as red, green, and blue. (Id.)
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