Appeal No. 1999-0541
Application No. 08/599,436
with Appellants’ arguments (brief, pages 4 & 5) that Kobale fails
to teach an opaque matrix over the conductive layer wherein
luminescent material is formed in regions defined by the matrix.
Therefore, 35 U.S.C. § 103 rejection of independent claim 22 over
Kobale is not sustained. We also do not sustain the Examiner’s
35 U.S.C. § 103 rejection of claims 23 through 26 which all4
depend from claim 22 and recite additional features.
Lastly, with respect to the Examiner’s 35 U.S.C. § 103
rejection of claims 15 and 18 over Brodie in view of Kobale and
Ikeda, we note that as previously discussed, we found no teaching
in Brodie and Kobale that would have suggested the claimed matrix
formed over the conductive layer. Additionally, our review of
Ikeda confirms that the Ikeda merely pertains to a field emission
display having an operating voltage of 300 volts and provides no
teaching or suggestion that would have overcome the deficiencies
of Kobale related to forming the contrasting border layer over
the conductive layer. Accordingly, the Examiner’s rejection of
claims 15 and 18 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Brodie in view of
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