Appeal No. 96-3843
Application No. 08/430,144
Gallaro et al. (Gallaro) 3,891,440 June
24, 1975
Libman 4,392,077 July 5,
1983
Claims 4 through 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Libman in view of Gallaro.
Reference is made to 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 sustain the obviousness rejection of claims 4
through 8.
Libman discloses (Figure 5) a panel 78, a phosphor screen
86, 88 and 90, and a color filter layer 98, 100 and 102
sandwiched between the phosphor screen and an inner surface of
the panel. The phosphors 86, 88 and 90 “emit, when excited,
red, green and blue light, respectively” (column 7, lines 20
through 22). The color filters 98, 100 and 102 “have a body
color corresponding generally to the color of light emitted by
the associated phosphor layer” (column 7, lines 46 through
48).
Appellants argue (Brief, page 5) that “[c]learly, claim 4
4
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