Appeal No. 2003-1519 2
Application No. 09/109,884
enclosure surrounding a side and rear surface. A case prepared from aluminum or an alloy
thereof is secured to the enclosure and electrically coupled to the LCD display module via
the metal frame. Additional limitations are described in the following illustrative claim.
THE CLAIM
Claim 1 is illustrative of appellant’s invention and is reproduced below:
1. A liquid crystal display apparatus, comprising:
a liquid crystal display module for displaying data a periphery of the
front surface of the liquid crystal display module being covered with a metal
frame;
an enclosure loaded with the liquid crystal display module and
substantially surrounding a side surface and a rear surface of the liquid crystal
display module; and
a case secured to the enclosure and the liquid crystal display module,
said case being made from aluminum or aluminum alloy to protect the
circumference of a display area in the liquid crystal display module and
electrically coupled to said liquid crystal display module via the metal frame.
THE REFERENCES OF RECORD
As evidence of obviousness, the examiner relies upon the following references:
Plesinger 5,146,354 Sep. 8, 1992
Kim 5,872,606 Feb. 16, 1999
Yeager et al. (Yeager) 6,002,582 Dec. 14, 1999
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1, 3, 17, 19, 23, 26, 30 through 32 and 34 through 37 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. §103(a) as being unpatentable over Yeager in view of Plesinger.
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