Appeal No. 1996-0810 Application 08/259,354 non-conductive material located between each source line and gate line at the cross-over locations, each opposed source line and gate line with the first and second layers of cross-over electrically non-conductive material therebetween forming a cross over capacitor with a second capacitance per unit area and the capacitance per unit area of the cross over capacitor is less than the capacitance per unit area of the display capacitor; and a second substrate opposing the first substrate and a quantity of liquid crystal material therebetween. The examiner relies on the following prior art reference: Ota et al. (Ota) 4,332,075 June 1, 1982 (filed May 22, 1979) Claims 44-60 and 63-68 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by, or, in the alternative, under § 103 as being unpatentable over Ota. We refer to the Final Rejection (Paper No. 9), the Examiner Interview Summary Record (Paper No. 12), the several Advisory Actions (Paper Nos. 15, 17, 20, and 21), and the Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 23) (pages referred to as "EA__") for a statement of the Examiner's position and to - 4 -Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007