Appeal No. 96-1855
Application 07/953,807
Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellants
and the Examiner, reference is made to the brief and answer
for the respective details thereof.
OPINION
We will not sustain the rejection of claims 1
through 8 and 10 through 17 under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
The Examiner has failed to set forth a prima facie
case. It is the burden of the Examiner to establish why one
having ordinary skill in the art would have been led to the
claimed invention by the reasonable teachings or suggestions
found in the prior art, or by a reasonable inference to the
artisan contained in such teachings or suggestions. In re
Sernaker, 702 F.2d 989, 995, 217 USPQ 1, 6 (Fed. Cir. 1983).
Like Appellants, Bassetti teaches grayscale displays
(halftones) on a digitally commanded display system, including
a liquid-crystal display panel. Bassetti is also concerned
with decreasing the visual disturbance known as flickering.
However, Bassetti uses phase shifting to decrease flickering,
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