Appeal No. 1997-2587
Application No. 08/078,864
reference to representative independent claim 4 reproduced as
follows:
4. A globally-addressable array of circuit elements for
generating a plurality of pixels having distributed
intelligence comprising:
addressable logic circuitry at each pixel circuit element
location for receiving gray scale data for a respective pixel
circuit element; and,
a common bus means interconnecting the addressable logic
circuitry at each of said locations for transferring pixel
gray scale data to said logic circuitry from a common data
processor.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Green 4,908,613 Mar. 13,
1990
British patent (Crossland) 2 233 469 Jan. 9,
1991
Claims 4, 8, 9, 25 and 26 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as anticipated by Green.
Claims 11 through 15 and 17 through 24 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103. As evidence of obviousness, the
examiner cites Green with regard to claims 14, 15, 17 and 21
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