Appeal No. 96-3101 Application 08/020,570 Patent No. 5,109,240. On pages 27-29 of the brief, appellant asserts that the use of a threshold value switch as an addressing device has an advantage which is lacking in the addressing circuit of the European patent document. In particular, appellant asserts on page 29 of the brief that: [u]sing such a threshold value switch as an addressing device has the significant advantage that the threshold value switch, once it has been addressed by the voltage pulse, ?remembers? that is [sic, it] has been selected and in this manner it maintains the selected matrix point in the selected state until it is later turned off. With further regard to this addressing feature, appellant states: When a new image is to be printed, the plate is again being addressed, and 7Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007