Appeal No. 97-2422
Application 07/939,720
Sawatsubashi. This functional limitation would have been clearly
inherent in the overall construction technique best represented
by Sawatsubashi.
As a final matter, the extensive reasoning of the answer
justifies the combinability within 35 U.S.C. § 103 of the
teachings of the respective references relied upon. Additionally,
the overall structure presented in Figure 16A and 16B of Misawa
clearly is analogous in configuration to the overall structure of
Sawatsubashi because both utilize and explicitly show respective
sealing regions for containing the liquid crystal material in a
space provided by the upper and lower substrates of the
respective references.
Other than the particular claims identified in this opinion,
appellant has presented no arguments with respect to the other
dependent claims on appeal. As such, they fall with our
consideration of their respective parent claims. Therefore, the
decision of the examiner rejecting claims 1, 2, 7, 11, 20 through
33 and 36 through 43 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is affirmed.
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