Ex parte DONOFRIO et al. - Page 3




          Appeal No. 95-0647                                                          
          Application No. 08/026,246                                                  


          to improve the luminance uniformity of the display.                         


               The references relied on by the examiner are:                          
          Maple                    4,132,919                     Jan.                 
          2, 1979                                                                     
          Daiku                    4,376,829                     Mar.                 
          15, 1983                                                                    
          Hodges                   4,755,868                     July                 
          5, 1988                                                                     
               Claims 1, 5, 8, 10 and 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.               
          § 103 as being unpatentable over Hodges in view of Daiku.                   
               Claims 2, 9 and 11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103                
          as being unpatentable over Hodges in view of Daiku and Maple.               
               Reference is made to the final rejection, the briefs and               
          the answer for the respective positions of the appellants and               
          the examiner.                                                               
                                       OPINION                                        
               We have carefully considered the entire record before us,              
          and we will reverse the obviousness rejection of claims 1, 2,               
          5, 8 through 11 and 13.                                                     
               As indicated supra, this application is a continuation of              
          Application 07/459,915, filed January 2, 1990.  In Appeal                   
          Number 93-0598 in the parent application, the Board affirmed                

                                          3                                           





Page:  Previous  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  Next 

Last modified: November 3, 2007