Appeal No. 1996-2437
Application No. 08/121,255
that the space be continuous over all or plural of the
electrodes. The claim language merely requires that the
discharge region "of all the scanning units" or "for a plurality
of scanning units" is formed as a continuous space, which broadly
interpreted means that the discharge regions for all of the
scanning units are interconnected.
Appellant argues (Request, page 3) that "it was
inappropriate for the Board to interpret the 'continuous space'
of the discharge region or the space between at least one of the
sets of scanning units to be separated by a barrier. This
interpretation is not consistent with the text of the claims."
However, the text of the claims does not preclude barriers. The
text of the claims merely requires that the regions be
interconnected or, rather, that there be passages through the
barriers, which Buzak has. Appellant's claims merely require a
continuous space, not a continuous space over the lengths of the
electrodes. Therefore, our affirmation of the rejection over
Buzak, with Ngo being cumulative, is proper.
Accordingly, appellants' request has been granted to the
extent that our decision has been reconsidered, but such request
is denied with respect to making any modifications to the
decision.
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