Ex parte ISHII - Page 10




          Appeal No. 1998-0883                                                        
          Application 08/498,570                                                      

          sentence quoted, Appellant points to Figures 14A-14D and we                 
          agree that these figures do not show a difference among the                 
          initial phases for the colors.  The Examiner's reasoning in                 
          the Examiner's Answer is not persuasive.  What the Examiner                 
          needs to show is an offset among initial phases, such as                    
          shown in Appellant's Figure 4.                                              
               For the reasons discussed above, we conclude that the                  
          Examiner has failed to establish a prima facie case of                      
          obviousness.  The rejection of claims 1, 3, 5, and 7 is                     
          reversed.                                                                   
                                     REVERSED                                         






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