Appeal No. 2001-1723
Application No. 09/112,263
Claims 1 and 10 are representative of the subject matter on appeal and read as follows:
1. A substrate for carrying on an insulating surface thereof thin film circuit elements in a large
area electronic device, wherein the substrate comprises a thin sheet bonded to a layer of rigid,
cellular material.
10. A large area electronic device comprising a substrate on which thin film circuit elements are
carried, wherein the substrate comprises a substrate according to Claim 1, the thin film circuit
elements are carried on the surface of the thin glass sheet.
PRIOR ART
In support of his rejections, the examiner relies on the following prior art references:
Schnable et al. (Schnable)1 4,196,232 Apr. 1, 1980
Hotaling (Hotaling ‘364) 5,221,364 Jun. 22, 1993
Hotaling (Hotaling ‘776) 5,358,776 Oct. 25, 1994
Webster’s II New Riverside University Dictionary2, The Riverside Publishing Company, page 533,
(1994).
Appellants rely on the following reference:
Hackh’s Chemical Dictionary3, Fourth Edition, McGraw-Hill Book Company, pp 298-299
(unknown publication date).
REJECTION
1 The examiner relies on this patent for the purposes of interpreting the term “glass” in the
claims on appeal.
2 The examiner relies on this dictionary for the purposes of interpreting the term “glass”
in the claims on appeal.
3 The appellants rely on this dictionary for the purposes of interpreting the term “glass” in
the claims on appeal.
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