Appeal 2007-0996
Application 09/949,721
light creates a fair amount of mixing, particularly chromatic
mixing.
(Id. ll. 18-24.) For our part, we are unpersuaded that redirecting and
reflecting light from various directions constitutes supplying image signal
data. The absence of a data source for supplying image signal data to a flat-
shaped transmission display device negates anticipation.
V. OBVIOUSNESS ANALYSIS
"In rejecting claims under 35 U.S.C. § 103, the examiner bears the
initial burden of presenting a prima facie case of obviousness." In re
Rijckaert, 9 F.3d 1531, 1532, 28 USPQ2d 1955, 1956 (Fed. Cir. 1993)
(citing In re Oetiker, 977 F.2d 1443, 1445, 24 USPQ2d 1443, 1444 (Fed.
Cir. 1992)). "'A prima facie case of obviousness is established when the
teachings from the prior art itself would appear to have suggested the
claimed subject matter to a person of ordinary skill in the art.'" In re Bell,
991 F.2d 781, 783, 26 USPQ2d 1529, 1531 (Fed. Cir. 1993) (quoting In re
Rinehart, 531 F.2d 1048, 1051, 189 USPQ 143, 147 (CCPA 1976)).
Here, the Examiner does not allege, let alone show, that the addition
of Cole, AAPA, or Greene cures the aforementioned deficiency of Inbar.
Absent a teaching or suggestion of a data source for supplying image signal
data to a flat-shaped transmission display device, we are unpersuaded of a
prima facie case of obviousness.
VI. ORDER
For the aforementioned reasons, we reverse the rejections of claim 1;
of claims 2-18, which depend therefrom; and of claim 19.
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