Appeal 2007-0462
Application 09/519,547
BACKGROUND
Appellants’ invention relates to a display device having a conductor
pattern for connecting pixels in an electrically conducting manner (Spec.,
page 1, ll. 1-3). An understanding of the invention can be derived from a
reading of exemplary claim 1, which is reproduced below.
1. A display device comprising a first substrate having a
conductor pattern for connecting pixels in an electrically conducting
manner, and electrically conducting connections between the pattern and
conducting tracks on a support, at least one said conducting connection
comprising a resilient connection pin which provides a variable-pressure
metal-metal contact, in which each metal of the metal-metal contact is
chosen from the group of gold, silver and nickel.
PRIOR ART
The prior art references of record relied upon by the Examiner in
rejecting the appealed claims are:
LAZZERY US 4,012,117 Mar. 15, 1977
LIGHTBODY US 4,528,500 Jul. 9, 1985
IGUCHI US 5,233,451 Aug. 3, 1993
HIRAMOTO US 5,847,783 Dec. 8, 1998
REJECTIONS
Claims 1-3, 6, 8, and 10 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Lazzery in view of Lightbody.
Claims 5 and 9 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Lazzery in view of Lightbody as applied to claim 1 above,
and further in view of Hiramoto.
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