Appeal No. 1997-0189
Application No. 07/983,118
obvious to use Mourey’s offset window feature in Suntola to
reduce space and avoid color strip interlineation (Answer,
page 4).
While Appellant has made several arguments in response,
the primary thrust of the arguments centers on the alleged
deficiency of either of Suntola or Mourey in disclosing the
adjacent window offset feature as claimed. We note that the
relevant portion of independent claim 34 recites (similar
recitations of which appear in independent claims 39 and 51):
wherein adjacent windows of the column are
offset from one another to comprise a first
separate portion of windows disposed
immediately adjacent to a second separate portion of
windows, with top edges of windows of said first
portion being aligned, with bottom edges of
windows of said second portion; . . . .
Appellant contends in particular that Mourey, relied on by the
Examiner as teaching this feature, describes an offset of
display elements that lacks the alignment feature of the
claims. As asserted by Appellant, the Figure 2 embodiment of
Mourey does not describe the bottom edges of one display
element as being aligned with the top edge of another display
element since a significant gap or spacing exists between
adjacent display elements.
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