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                  Appeal No. 1999-0301                                                                                                                    
                  Application No. 08/156,541                                                                                                              



                           The disclosure relied on by the examiner at column 8, lines 37-54, does not teach or                                           
                  suggest “oppositely altering” or “oppositely adjusting” bit display durations.  Kohgami                                                 
                  teaches alternately displaying two different image data bits having different display                                                   
                  durations, and this is not the same as altering or adjusting the display duration for a given                                           
                  bit.                                                                                                                                    
                  The Rejections of Claims 19 and 20                                                                                                      
                           Whereas these claims depend from claim 15 and we will not sustain the rejection of                                             
                  this claim over Kohgami, we will not sustain the rejection of claim 19 over Kohgami and                                                 
                  Popowski or the rejection of claim 20 over Kohgami and Yomiya.                                                                          
                                                                    REVERSED                                                                              



                                             STANLEY M. URYNOWICZ, JR.                             )                                                      

                                             Administrative Patent Judge                           ))))) BOARD OF PATENT                                  

                                             LEE E. BARRETT                                        )     APPEALS                                          
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                                             JOSEPH F. RUGGIERO                                    )                                                      
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