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                Appeal 2007-0996                                                                             
                Application 09/949,721                                                                       
                      light creates a fair amount of mixing, particularly chromatic                          
                      mixing.                                                                                
                (Id. ll. 18-24.)  For our part, we are unpersuaded that redirecting and                      
                reflecting light from various directions constitutes supplying image signal                  
                data.  The absence of a data source for supplying image signal data to a flat-               
                shaped transmission display device negates anticipation.                                     

                                     V. OBVIOUSNESS ANALYSIS                                                 
                      "In rejecting claims under 35 U.S.C. § 103, the examiner bears the                     
                initial burden of presenting a prima facie case of obviousness."  In re                      
                Rijckaert, 9 F.3d 1531, 1532, 28 USPQ2d 1955, 1956 (Fed. Cir. 1993)                          
                (citing In re Oetiker, 977 F.2d 1443, 1445, 24 USPQ2d 1443, 1444 (Fed.                       
                Cir. 1992)).  "'A prima facie case of obviousness is established when the                    
                teachings from the prior art itself would appear to have suggested the                       
                claimed subject matter to a person of ordinary skill in the art.'"  In re Bell,              
                991 F.2d 781, 783, 26 USPQ2d 1529, 1531 (Fed. Cir. 1993) (quoting In re                      
                Rinehart, 531 F.2d 1048, 1051, 189 USPQ 143, 147 (CCPA 1976)).                               

                      Here, the Examiner does not allege, let alone show, that the addition                  
                of Cole, AAPA, or Greene cures the aforementioned deficiency of Inbar.                       
                Absent a teaching or suggestion of a data source for supplying image signal                  
                data to a flat-shaped transmission display device, we are unpersuaded of a                   
                prima facie case of obviousness.                                                             

                                                VI. ORDER                                                    
                      For the aforementioned reasons, we reverse the rejections of claim 1;                  
                of claims 2-18, which depend therefrom; and of claim 19.                                     

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