Ex Parte Parsapour - Page 2



                 Appeal 2006-2258                                                                                      
                 Application 10/170,116                                                                                

                 cathode-ray tube, where the color filter is formed between the faceplate                              
                 panel and the color-emitting phosphor with the use of a photosensitive                                
                 blocking layer (Br. 3-4).  Claim 1 on appeal is representative of the                                 
                 invention and is reproduced below:                                                                    
                 1. A method of manufacturing a color filter on a luminescent screen                                   
                 assembly for a color cathode-ray tube (CRT), comprising:                                              
                        providing a faceplate panel having a patterned light absorbing matrix                          
                 thereon defining a first set of fields, a second set of fields and a third set of                     
                 fields;                                                                                               
                        forming a photosensitive blocking layer over the second set of fields                          
                 and the third set of fields;                                                                          
                 applying a first color filter to the first set of fields; and                                         
                        removing the photosensitive blocking layer in the second set of fields                         
                 and the third set of fields.                                                                          
                        The Examiner has relied on the following references as evidence of                             
                 unpatentability:                                                                                      
                 Haven                                      US 4,251,610 Feb. 17, 1981                                 
                 Koike                                      US 5,922,395 Jul. 13, 1999                                 
                 Yamato                                   US 6,004,724 Dec. 21, 1999                                   
                        Claims 1, 2, 8, and 11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as                              
                 anticipated by Haven (Answer 2).  Claims 1, 2, 5-8, and 11-13 stand rejected                          
                 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over Haven and Koike (Answer 4).                             
                 Claims 4 and 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable                               
                 over Haven in view of Yamato (Answer 7) or Haven and Koike in view of                                 
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