Appeal No. 1998-1779
Application No. 08/658,447
1. A cathode ray tube, comprising:
a front panel coated with a nonglare film having a multi-layered structure,
wherein said multi-layered structure comprises:
a light absorbing layer containing a colored dye, and an antistatic layer
containing an inorganic metal compound as an electrically conductive agent, wherein said
inorganic metal compound is at least 40% by weight of said antistatic layer.
17. A cathode ray tube comprising:
a front panel coated with a nonglare film having a multi-layered structure,
wherein said multi-layered structure comprises:
a light absorbing layer containing a colored dye, and
an antistatic layer containing an inorganic metal compound as an electrically
conductive agent;
wherein a density of said colored dye varies along a surface of the cathode ray
tube.
The references relied upon by the examiner are:
Deal et al. (Deal) 4,563,612 Jan. 07, 1986
Itou et al. (Itou) 4,987,338 Jan. 22, 1991
Morikawa et al. (Morikawa) 61-118946 Oct. 17, 1986
(Japanese Patent Abstracts)
Claims 1-11 and 16-25 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Morikawa, Itou and Deal.
The respective positions of the examiner and the appellants with regard to the
propriety of these rejections are set forth in the the examiner’s answer (Paper No. 16) and
the appellants’ brief and reply brief (Paper Nos. 15 and 17, respectively).
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