The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for
publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 17
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte CHARLES M. WATKINS
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Appeal No. 1998-2260
Application No. 08/535,685
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ON BRIEF
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Before KRASS, BARRETT and LALL, Administrative Patent Judges.
LALL, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134
from the final rejection of claims 1 to 5 and 14 to 28.
Claims 6 to 13 have been canceled.
The invention relates to a method of aligning substrates
in a flat panel display. The display is a field emission
display (FED) that has a faceplate anode and a cathode with a
large number of electron emitting microtips. The invention
uses a light beam to align openings in the substrates, rather
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