The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written
for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte
DENNIS L. MATTHIES
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Appeal No. 2005-1037
Application No. 09/904,269
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ON BRIEF
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Before HAIRSTON, CRAWFORD, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.
CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 20. These are the
only claims in the application.
The claimed invention is a method for manufacturing displays for electronic
devices (specification page 1). Displays for electronic devices are made from a plurality
of layers. When the layers or sheets are non-flat or warped, making good electrical
connections between them is difficult and contacts can fail (specification page 2). The
present invention corrects this problem by using vacuum chucks to temporarily flatten
the individual sheets while they are processed (specification page 4). Other sheets are
secured to the first sheet while it is held in a flattened configuration.
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