THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 24 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte STEVEN M. HOFFMAN, TIMOTHY M. GARTON and DAWN M. GALECKI __________ Appeal No. 1997-0384 Application 08/086,498 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before HAIRSTON, JERRY SMITH and FRAHM, Administrative Patent Judges. FRAHM, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Appellants have appealed to the Board from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1, 6 to 9, 11, 12, 15, 18, 20, and 21. Claims 2 to 5, 10, 13, 14, 16, 17, and 19 have been canceled. BACKGROUND The subject matter on appeal is directed to the field of liquid crystal display (LCD) devices, and particularly to a 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007