In re Nolan

553 F.2d 1261, 193 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 641, 1977 CCPA LEXIS 153
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals·Decided May 5, 1977·No. Patent Appeal No. 76-672·Published·Cited by 6 cases

Opinion

MILLER, Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the Patent and Trademark Office Board of Appeals (board) affirming the rejection under 35 USC 103 of claims 1 through 9, all of the claims in application serial No. 396,337, filed September 11, 1973, for “Multiple Gas Discharge Display/Memory Panel and Method of Operating.” We affirm.

The Invention

The invention is an improvement in a gaseous discharge display/memory device having an electrical memory and the capability of producing a visual display and the method of operating same. The improvement resides in the specific ionizable gaseous medium (i. e., “99.5 to 99.99 percent atoms of neon and about .5- to .01 percent atoms of at least one minority rare gas selected from argon, krypton, and xenon”) used in the device.

The device is exemplified by Figures 3 and 4 of appellant’s drawings:1

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