THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION
The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written
for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the
Board.
Paper No. 14
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte NEIL C. BIRD and
ALAN G. KNAPP
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Appeal No. 96-1378
Application 08/096,6261
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ON BRIEF
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Before MARTIN, BARRETT and LEE, Administrative Patent Judges .
MARTIN, Administrative Patent Judge .
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision in an appeal under 35 U.S.C. ' 134 from the
examiner's final rejection of claims 1-23, which are all of appellants'
pending claims, under 35 U.S.C. '' 103 and 103. We reverse.
The claimed invention relates to active matrix display devices having
display elements which are controlled by respective TFTs (TFT means Thin Film
Technology). In the prior art display devices described in appellants'
specification (at 1-2), digital video signals are converted to analog signals
which are applied to the column conductors via the TFTs, which operate as
1 Application for patent filed July 21, 1993.
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