Appeal No. 2003-1249
Application 09/386,972
THE INVENTION
The appellants claim a field emission device and a method
for making it. Claims 4 and 17 are illustrative:
4. A method of manufacturing a field emission device, the
method comprising:
operating the field emission device in a pressure of at most
about 10-8 Torr for at least approximately 15 minutes to remove
at least a portion of materials from within said field emission
device; and
sealing the field emission device;
17. A field emission device formed by a method comprising:
operating the field emission device in a pressure of at most
about 10-8 Torr for at least approximately 15 minutes to remove a
least a portion of outgassed materials through a tube before
pinching off the tube to seal the field emission device.
THE REFERENCES
Itoh et al. (Itoh) 5,564,958 Oct. 15, 1996
Watkins et al. (Watkins) 5,827,102 Oct. 27, 1998
Konuma 6,042,441 Mar. 28, 2000
(filed Apr. 2, 1998)
THE REJECTION
Claims 2, 4-7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 23
and 25-33 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Konuma in view of Itoh and Watkins.
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