Ex Parte KANOH et al - Page 1




            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            written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                               Ex parte HIDEKI KANOH,                                 
                                  MICHIO TAKUMA,and                                   
                                  YOSHIAKI NAKAZATO                                   
                                   _____________                                      
                                Appeal No. 1999-1552                                  
                             Application No. 08/678,255                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before HAIRSTON, LALL, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges               
          LALL, 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 and 2, which constitute              
          all the pending claims in the application.                                  
               According to appellants, the disclosed invention relates to            
          a signal line drive circuit for an “LCD” display having a reduced           
          chip size and circuit scale.  Due to the nature of the display              



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