Appeal No. 1998-0447
Application No. 08/477,893
mounted in troughs to isolate them from each other, and
suggests the equivalence of a continuous layer and individual
segments for the electroluminescent material (as Evans states
that the material can fill the remainder of the trough either
as a continuous layer or as segments). However, Evans shows
the conductive lines and the electroluminescent material as
having the same width. Thus, neither Rhodes nor Evans teaches
electrodes narrower than the light emitting matter associated
therewith. Accordingly, as the references do not disclose or
suggest each and every element of the claims, the examiner has
failed to establish a prima facie case of obviousness, and we
cannot sustain the rejection of claim 1 and its dependents,
claims 2 through 6.
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