The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 26 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte KATSUHIKO KISHIDA, HIROFUMI MIYAMOTO YOSHIAKI MARUYAMA and YUJI KAMIMOTO _____________ Appeal No. 2003-0502 Application No. 09/280,955 ______________ HEARD: June 10, 2003 _______________ Before HAIRSTON, KRASS and JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges. KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-4, all of the pending claims. The invention pertains to a matrix type liquid crystal display apparatus. In particular, the invention is directed to a narrow-frame structure for the placement of driving integrated circuit chips on a substrate in such apparatus, as set forth in independent claim 1, reproduced as follows: 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007