The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte HIDEKI KANOH, MICHIO TAKUMA,and YOSHIAKI NAKAZATO _____________ Appeal No. 1999-1552 Application No. 08/678,255 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ 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 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007