Appeal No. 1998-0564
Application 08/359,840
electrodes and at least one of a plurality of signal lines and
a
plurality of scanning lines. This “between” language in claim
38
is recited in a manner that the conductive film is between two
adjacent pixel electrodes and one of the signal lines,
whereas claim 40 requires a similar recitation between two
adjacent pixel electrodes and one scanning line. Claim 30
recites this basic “between” language in a slightly different
form by reciting that the opaque conductive film is disposed
above the scanning and signal lines and disposed below the
pixel electrodes.
For his part, appellant argues at pages 8 and 9 of the
brief:
Yanagisawa illustrates the two covering positions
in which the alleged conductive film (28) can be
disposed in Figures 7 and 8, respectively. In
Figure 7, Yanagisawa teaches one of these covering
positions, i.e., the bottom position, in which the
light shielding film (28) is disposed below both
pixel electrode (12) and the signal and scanning
lines (20 and 24). In Fig.8 Yanagisawa teaches the
other of these covering positions, i.e., the top
position, in which the light shielding layer (28) is
positioned above both pixel electrode (12) and the
signal and scanning lines (20 and 24).
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