Appeal No. 96-1478 Application 08/232,459 This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 1-8 and 10-15. Claim 9 has been canceled. We reverse. BACKGROUND The invention is directed to a color cathode ray tube (CRT) with a black matrix layer having an antireflection layer disposed on the surface of the CRT face plate without being interposed between the face plate and the black matrix layer. Claim 1 is reproduced below. 1. A color cathode-ray tube (CRT) including an antireflection layer and a black matrix layer on the inner surface of a face plate thereof, wherein said antireflection layer contains SiO fine particles and is 2 deposited on the surface of said face plate without being interposed between said face plate and said black matrix layer. The examiner relies on the following prior art: Kato 4,717,856 January 5, 1988 Iwasaki2 5,177,400 January 5, 1993 Appellants claim the foreign filing priority benefit2 under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of Japanese Application 3-044664, filed March 11, 1991, and provides a copy of the foreign application. However, since no translation has been provided, the foreign application does not technically overcome the date - 2 -Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007