Appeal No. 1998-2045
Application 08/402,374
example. The examiner notes that Holmberg also teaches a
ratio of drain current in the ON state to drain current in the
OFF state to be about 10 . The examiner finds that the liquid7
crystal device of Morozumi, Asars and Togashi with a channel
thickness of about 1000 D would inherently have an ON/OFF
ratio similar to the ratio of 10 as disclosed by Holmberg7
[answer, page 9].
Appellants argue that Holmberg does not remedy the
deficiencies in the prior art as discussed above with respect
to claim 23. We agree. Since Holmberg does not overcome the
deficiencies in the basic combination of references discussed
above, we also do not sustain the rejection of claims 30 and
31 based on the applied prior art.
In summary, we have not sustained any of the examiner’s
rejections of the appealed claims. Therefore, the decision of
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