Appeal No. 95-4830
Application 07/899,361
claims 1 and 2, which are all of the claims in the
application. Claim 1 is illustrative and is appended to this
decision.
THE REFERENCES
Reference relied upon by the examiner
Suzuki et al. (Suzuki) 4,973,738 Nov. 27, 1990
Additional reference relied upon by the board
Hopf et al. (Hopf) 5,075,032 Dec. 24, 1991
(parent filed May 13,
1987)
THE REJECTION
Claims 1 and 2 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Suzuki.
OPINION
We have carefully considered all of the arguments
advanced by appellants and the examiner and agree with
appellants that the aforementioned rejection is not well
founded. Accordingly, this rejection will be reversed. Under
the provisions of 37 CFR § 1.196(b), we will introduce a new
ground of rejection of claims 1 and 2.
Suzuki discloses (col. 2, lines 34, 44-47 and 67; col. 7,
lines 35-43) a liquid crystal compound which differs from that
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