Appeal No. 1997-2404
Application 08/368,133
a source of electrical voltage connected to said
surfaces which can be switched so that one or the other of the
surfaces is more positive,
a plurality of fluid-filled cavities within said
substrate, and
a sphere within each of said cavities, said
sphere comprising first and second hemispheres, the surface of
the first hemisphere comprising a photoalterable material
whose electrical properties are altered by exposure to light,
and wherein the second hemisphere is a different color from
the first hemisphere.
The Examiner relies on the following references:
Sheridon 4,126,854 Nov. 21, 1978
Tatsuno 2 52-42094 Apr. 1,
1977
(Japanese Kokai)
Claims 1 through 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Sheridon in view of Tatsuno.
2We note the Examiner refers to this reference as
Seisakusho. However, we note that this is stated to be
Hitachi Seisakusho, which is the Assignee, and the Inventor is
Yujiro Tatsuno. We will refer to the reference by the
Inventor's name. A copy of the translation provided by the
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is included and relied upon
for this decision.
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