The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte DONALD B. DOHERTY, GREGORY S. PETTITT, VISHAL MARKANDEY and DANIEL J. MORGAN __________ Appeal No. 2002-1468 Application 09/038,219 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before HAIRSTON, FLEMING, and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges. FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 18 through 25, all the claims pending in the instant application. Claims 1 through 17 have been canceled. Invention The present invention relates to reducing contouring artifacts that use a spatial light modulator display device. See page 1 of Appellants’ specification. Figure 5 illustrates a 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007