The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for
publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 52
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JUNICHI NISHIZAWA
and YOSHIKATSU TAMAOKI
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Appeal No. 1999-1687
Application No. 08/152,102
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HEARD: April 12, 2001
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Before HAIRSTON, GROSS, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges.
LEVY, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from
the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1, 4-12, and 14-27,
which are all of the claims pending in this application.
BACKGROUND
Appellants’ invention relates to a color display device
including a plurality of luminous elements disposed on a
flexible substrate in an N x M matrix. The flexible substrate
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