Ex parte VAN ASMA - Page 9




          Appeal No. 1999-2450                                       Page 9           
          Application No. 08/812,222                                                  


          provide a factual basis or technical reasoning to reasonably                
          support a determination that more than one of the color                     
          filters is associated with the same signal electrode.  To the               
          contrary, it is possible that only one of the color filters is              
          associated with each of the signal electrodes.                              


               Because no factual basis or technical reasoning supports               
          a determination that more than one of Tanamachi’s color                     
          filters is associated with one of its signal electrodes, we                 
          are not persuaded that the teachings from the applied prior                 
          art would have suggested the limitations of "color filters                  
          being associated with the pixelelements (16) for obtaining                  
          groups (G) of adjacent pixelelements (16) representing                      
          different colors enabling display of a color picture,                       
          characterized in that the display device is adapted to                      
          comprise groups (G) of pixelelements (16) each being                        
          constituted with a common data electrode (18) ...."                         
          Therefore, we reverse the rejection of claims 1-4 as being                  
          obvious over Tanamachi.  We proceed to the second rejection.                










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