Appeal No. 1998-0888
Application 08/314,036
Claims 1-6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
being anticipated by Spindt.
Claim 9 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Spindt in view of Yamagishi or Van Gorkom.
We refer to the Final Rejection (Paper No. 6) (pages
referred to as "FR__") and the Examiner's Answer (Paper
No. 12) (pages referred to as "EA__") for a statement of the
Examiner's position, and to the Brief (Paper No. 11) (pages
referred to as "Br__") for a statement of Appellants'
arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
35 U.S.C. § 102(b)
"Anticipation is established only when a single prior art
reference discloses, expressly or under principles of
inherency, each and every element of a claimed invention."
RCA Corp. v. Applied Digital Data Systems, Inc., 730 F.2d
1440, 1444, 221 USPQ 385, 388 (Fed. Cir. 1984).
Claim 1 recites, in part, "at least two row drivers and
at least two column drivers coupled to said controller; at
least two emitter plates coupled to said row and column
drivers . . . ."
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