Appeal No. 1998-2260
Application No. 08/535,685
than using alignment marks. The invention is further
illustrated by
claim 1 below.
1. A process for aligning a plurality of substrates in a
flat panel display, the process comprising:
providing an optical path through each substrate of the
flat panel display, wherein alignment of the optical paths
corresponds to a desired alignment of the substrates;
detecting the light exiting the optical path of a second
substrate; and
positioning the substrates of the flat panel display
relative to each other such that the amount of detected light
is optimized.
The Examiner relies on the following reference:
Harvey et al. (Harvey) 4,904,087 1 Feb. 27, 1990
Claims 1 to 5 and 14 to 28 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C.
§ 103 over Harvey.
1In the brief and the answer, the patent number was
mistakenly listed as 5,337,151. However, from the context of
the discussions of the text of the patent in the briefs and
the answer, and in the letter acknowledging the reply brief
(paper no. 16), it is clear that Harvey patent was the basis
of the final rejection and the Appellant’s arguments. We so
consider it here.
2
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