Appeal No. 1997-2587
Application No. 08/078,864
broadly set forth in claim 4, we agree with the examiner that
Green’s counters 2 may be considered “addressable logic
circuitry.” Even though each pixel element in Green is
“addressed,” or instructed, in a time sequence determined by
the location of the pixel, the data employed by each pixel is
still originating from a common data processor and the common
bus means, 3, of Green interconnects the “addressable logic
circuitry,” or counters, 2, at each of the pixel locations for
transferring pixel gray scale data to the counters.
Similarly, with claim 21, this claim requires logic
circuitry for receiving pixel values representing a gray scale
level for an LED and a means for addressing the logic2
circuitry. For the reasons, supra, it is our view that
Green’s counters, 2, do constitute a “logic circuitry,” as
broadly claimed, and that something does, indeed, “address”
these logic circuits.
With regard to claim 21, appellants further argue that
the claimed subject matter distinguishes over Green because
the means for addressing the logic circuitry is capable of
2Appellants do not take issue with the obviousness of
using LEDs, rather than LCDs, as in Green.
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