Appeal No. 1999-2450 Page 11
Application No. 08/812,222
9.) The examiner “disagrees with that since Kitajima et al
teach such feature(see figure 25).” (Examiner’s Answer at 5.)
For the reasons explained regarding the rejection over
Tanamachi, representative claim 1 requires inter alia
associating a group of pixels representing different colors
with a common data electrode. The applied prior art would
have suggested the limitations. More specifically, “FIGS. 24
and 25 [of Kitajima] are block diagrams illustrating two
different embodiments for the color display drive ....” Col.
3, ll. 10-11. In the embodiment of Figure 24, “color filters
of R (red), G (green) and B (blue) are arranged in the
vertical direction.” Col. 7, ll. 67 - col. 8, l. 1. The
appellant observes, “[i]n Fig. 24, the color filters are
arranged vertically (ie, R is associated with one column
(data) electrode, G with the next column electrode, and so
forth).” (Appeal Br. at 8.) In contrast, the embodiment of
Figure 25 shows a group of color filters (viz., a red filter,
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