Ex parte KAMAMORI et al. - Page 12




          Appeal No. 96-0763                                       Page 12            
          Application No. 07/840,345                                                  


          before us is directed to a method of manufacture, “comprising.”             
          The claim is open to additional steps such as the utilization               
          of a second substrate following application of the metal film               
          in the process of forming a color filter.  The use of two                   
          substrates in this art is entirely conventional as taught by                
          Hatano Figure 1, 12 and 19, and by Yanagisawa, Figures 5 and                
          10, 11 and 12.  Accordingly, a second glass substrate may be                
          added after the metal shielding. We conclude that the language              
          of the claimed subject matter does not preclude a shielding                 
          layer being adjacent to a second substrate.                                 
                                       DECISION                                       
               The rejection of claims 1, 7, 10, 11, and 14 through 16                
          under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Hatano in view             
          of Yanagisawa and further in view of EPA’412 is affirmed.                   
               The rejection of claims 1, 6, 7, 9 through 11 and 14                   
          through 16 under 35 U.S.C. § 103  as being unpatentable over                
          Hatano in view of Yanagisawa and further in view of EPA’412,                
          and further in view of EPA‘218 is affirmed.                                 
               The rejection of claims 6 and 9 under 35 U.S.C. § 112,                 
          second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to                        








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