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`48. The liquid crystal display of claim 24, wherein the luminophoric medium
`comprises an inorganic /uminophor.
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`The prior art of Menda in view of either of Morkog and Tadatomo, or Menda in view
`of Imamuraand either of Morkocg and Tadatomo, as explained above, discloses each
`of the features of claim 24. Menda does not, however, teach that the luminophoric
`medium comprises an inorganic luminophor. Instead, Menda’s PL layers 43, 44,
`45 are organic.
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`Uehara, like Menda, teaches a backlight for a LCD, wherein UV light is converted to
`visible light using electroluminescent or fluorescent compounds, one for each of red
`(R), green (G), and blue (B). The distinction is that Uehara uses inorganic
`compounds. In these regard, Uehara states,
`
`The liquid crystal color display device shown in FIG. 5 includesthe liquid
`crystal unit 35 as illustrated in FIGS. 1 through 4. ...
`
`A fluorescentlayer 143 positioned below the color filter 141 contains
`fluorescent materials capable of emitting fluorescent lights in R, G, B,
`respectively. The color filter 141 and the fluorescent layer 143 are supported
`on the opposite sides of a transparent plate 145 interposed therebetween.
`
`A lamp 151 serving as an energy source for emitting fluorescent light is
`disposed. below the fluorescent layer 143. The lamp 151 and the
`fluorescent layer 143 jointly serve as a fluorescent light source.
`As shownin FIG. 6, when the lamp 151 is energized, the fluorescent
`materials in the fluorescent layer 143 are excited to emit lights in R,
`G, B in the directions of the arrows...
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`(Uehara, col. 7, lines 45-68; emphasis added)
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`As can be seen in Uehara’s Fig. 6 (reproduced below), the lamp 151 emits UV
`electromagnetic radiation; thus, the “fluorescent materials capable of emitting
`fluorescent lights in R, G, B” (id.) convert UV light to visible light of each of the
`primary colors, which mix to produce white light, just as in Menda.
`
`With regard to the inorganic materials, Uehara states,
`
`The EL materials are used principally in the form of powder. Examples of the
`EL material for emitting red light include Y,02S:Eu (yttrium
`oxysulfide:europium), Y202:Eu (yttrium oxide:europium), (Zn Cd) S:Ag (zinc
`sulfide, cadmium:doped with silver), and GaP:In (gallium phosphide: doped
`with indium). Examples of the EL material for emitting green light include
`ZnSiO3 (Mn) (manganese-dopedzinc silicate), ZnS:CuAl (zinc sulfide:doped
`with copper and aluminum), (Zn Cd) S:Cu (zine sulfide, cadmium:doped with
`copper), (Zn Cd) S:Ag (zinc sulfide, cadmium:doped with silver) (the amount
`of CdS is smaller than that of the EL material for emitting red light), and
`ZnO:Zn (zinc oxide:doped with zinc). Examples of the EL material for emitting
`blue include ZnS:Ag (zinc sulfide: doped with silver), (ZnS, ZnO):Ag (zinc
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`sulfide, zinc oxide:doped with silver), and SnO2 Eu (tin oxide:doped with
`europium).
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`(Uehara, col. 6, lines 36-53)
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`(Uehara, Fig. 6)
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`In addition, Uehara makesclear that the EL materials and fluorescent materials are
`the same:
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`The fluorescent materials are used principally in the form of powder, and
`may be the same as the various examples for the EL materials given above
`because the fluorescent and EL materials are only different in their light-
`emitting mechanism, but are of the same substances.
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`(Uehara, col. 10, lines 49-54; emphasis added)
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`The only distinctions between the backlights of Menda and Uehara are (1) the
`source of UV light, Menda using, inter alia, a UV LED and Uehara using a UV lamp,
`and (2) the materials used to convert the UV light to visible light, Menda using
`organic materials, and Uehara using inorganic materials.
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art, at the time of the
`invention to use Uehara’s inorganic materials instead of organic materials as a
`matter of simple substitution of one known element (organic compounds) for
`another (inorganic compounds) to obtain predictable results (UV light-stimulated
`emission of visible light).
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`In this regard, MPEP 2143, states,
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`B. Simple Substitution of One Known Element for Another To Obtain
`Predictable Results
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`To reject a claim based on this rationale, Office personnel must resolve the
`Graham factual inquiries. Then, Office personnel mustarticulate the following:
`
`(1) a finding that the prior art contained a device (method, product,
`etc.) which differed from the claimed device by the substitution of
`some components(step, element, etc.) with other components;
`
`(2) a finding that the substituted components and their functions were
`known in the art;
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`(3) a finding that one of ordinary skill in the art could have substituted
`one known element for another, and the results of the substitution
`would have been predictable; and
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`(4) whatever additional findings based on the Graham factual inquiries
`may be necessary, in view of the facts of the case under consideration,
`to explain a conclusion of obviousness.
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`(Emphasis in original.)
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`With regard to (1), as shown above, Menda discloses an LCD which differs from the
`claimed device only in using organic versus the claimed inorganic luminescent
`materials.
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`With regard to (2), as shown above, Uehara teaches that it was known atleast by
`1988 that inorganic luminescent materials, stimulated by UV light to produce
`visible light can be used as a backlight for a LCD.
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`With regard to (3), because both Menda and Uehara are directed to making
`backlights for LCD and because both use UV light-stimulated emission of visible
`light by luminescent materials, the only difference being that one uses organic and
`one uses inorganic, the substitution of Menda's organic compounds with Uehara’s
`inorganic compounds, would have produced that same predictable results, i.e.
`production of the same white light that Menda produced with the organic
`compounds.
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`With regard to (4), it is not believed that any addition findings are necessary to
`explain the conclusion of obviousness.
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`Proposed new claims 52-54 read,
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`52. The liquid crystal display of claim 48, wherein each said LED comprises
`material selected from the group consisting of gallium nitride andits alloys.
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`53. The liquid crystal display of claim 48, wherein each said LED comprises
`allium nitride.
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`54, The light-emission device of claim 48, wherein each said LED comprises
`gallium nitride alloy.
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`As explained above, Morkoc and Tadatomoteach the use of GaN-based
`semiconductor materials with which LEDs and semiconductor lasers are made. In
`this regard, Morkoc’s section entitled, “III. GaN-based III-V Nitride
`Semiconductors” Morkog explicitly calls the light emitters, “GaN p-n junction LEDs”:
`
`These advancesin material quality and processing have allowed researchers
`to demonstrate and commercialize GaN p-n junction LEDsgiving rise to
`optimism of a GaN-basedlaser soon to follow.
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`(Morkosc, p. 1379, right col. last full sentence; emphasis added)
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`This section discusses LEDs made from GaN and its alloys, e.g. InGaN (p. 1387).
`
`As noted above, Tadatomo indicates that the LED and LD are made from GaN based
`semiconductor materials (Tadatomo, e.g. Abstract, col. 8, lines 36-44).
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`The reasons for using Morkoc's or Tadatomo’s GaN-based LEDs as Menda's LEDsis
`the same as indicated above.
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`8. Claims 49-51 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over
`Menda in view of Uehara and either of Morkoc and Tadatomo as applied to claim
`48, above, and further in view of Abe or, in the alternative, over Menda in view
`of Imamura, Uehara, and either of Morkocg and Tadatomo as applied to claim 48,
`above, and further in view of Abe.
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`Proposed new claims 49-51 read,
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`49. The liquid crystal display of claim 48, wherein the inorganic luminophoris
`dispersed on or in a housing member.
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`50. The liquid crystal display of claim 48, wherein the inorganic luminophoris
`dispersed in a film on a surface of a housing member.
`
`51. The liquid crystal display of claim 48, wherein the inorganic luminophoris
`within a housing member.
`
`The prior art of Menda in view of Uehara and either of Morkog and Tadatomo, or
`Menda in view of Imamura, Uehara, and either of Morkog and Tadatomo, as
`explained above, discloses each of the features of claim 48. None of the above
`references discuss the housing for the LEDs.
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`Abe’s Fig. 1(a) (reproduced below) showsa light-emitting device, including a
`semiconductor laser elements 1 that emit ultra-violet light that is converted to
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`visible light using “fluophor layer 4” formed on the inside housing of the light
`device. In regard to Fig. 1(a), Abe states,
`
`Referring to FIG. 1(a), a plurality of semiconductor laser elements 1 are
`buried in or mounted on a heat sink (radiator) 2, a diffusion lens 3 is
`arrangedin front of each semiconductor laser element 1.
`In addition, a
`fluophor 4 is provided on the inside wall surface of a vacuum glass tube
`5 charged with argon gas or thelike. A laser beam Lo emitted from each
`semiconductor laser element 1 is diffused through the diffusion lens 3, and
`the fluorescent material of the fluophor 4 is excited by the diffused light
`L, to obtain visible light L.
`
`While the structure of the semiconductor laser element 12 will be described
`later, the semiconductor laser element generally comprises an active layer
`(luminous layer) 100, clad layers 101, 102, and a substrate 103 as shown in
`FIG. 5. The crystal structure having the optimum wavelength for the
`conversioninto visible light due to the fluophor 4 is selected in the
`range from the infrared region to the ultraviolet region by the oscillation
`wavelength.
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`(Abe, col. 4, lines 22-38; emphasis added)
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`(Abe, Fig. 1(a))
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`In addition, Abe’s Table 1 in column 5 teaches that a laser element 1 can be chosen
`that emits light in the UV region, specifically the first semiconductor composition in
`the table (Abe, Table 1, col. 5). The far left side of Fig. 1(a) also shows the two
`leads for the array of semiconductor laser elements 1 use to apply power.
`
`Abe's Fig. 1(a) also showsthe luminophoric medium (called “fluophor 4”, id.) that
`converts the UV light to visible light (Id.). Again, Abe states, “The crystal structure
`having the optimum wavelength for the conversion into visible light due to the
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`fluophor4 is selected in the range from the infrared region to the ultraviolet
`region by the oscillation wavelength.” (Id.; emphasis added) Because UVlight
`(<400 nm) has a higher energy and shorter wavelengththat visible light (400 nm
`to 700 nm) wavelengths the UV light is down-converted by fluophor 4 with a
`corresponding increase in wavelength.
`
`Abe’s Table 2 (reproduced below) in column 5 teaches several inorganic
`fluorescent compoundsusedfor the fluophor 4 that produce the white light.
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`TABLE 2
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`FLUORESCENT SUBSTANCES AND LIGHT
`SOURCE COLORS
`
`FLUORESCENT SUBSTANCE
`LIGHT SOURCE COLOR
`
`
`Calcium tungstate
`Magnesium tungstate
`Zin silicate
`Calcium halophosphate
`
`Blue
`Bluish white
`Green
`White
`(daylight colar)
`Yellowish while
`Zine beryllium silicate
`Yellowish red
`Calcium Silicate
`Red
`Cadmium borate
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`(Abe, col. 5)
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`\
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`This arrangementis entirely consistent with the location of the fluorescent inorganic
`compounds in Uehara. In this regard, Uehara states that the fluorescent inorganic
`compounds maybe formed on the outer surface or inner surface of the UV lamp
`tube, i.e. the lamp housing:
`
`The color filter or the fluorescent layer may be disposed in the liquid crystal
`unit, and the fluorescent layer and the-color filter may be disposed on the
`outer or inner surface of the tube wall of the lamp.
`
`(Uehara, col. 9, lines 41-45; emphasis added)
`
`Thus, placing the Uehara’s inorganic compounds, like Abe’s inorganic compounds,
`on the inner surface of the LED lamp housing would have a reasonable expectation
`of success.
`
`It would have been obvious to oneof ordinary skill in the art, at the time of the
`invention to locate the inorganic luminophores within a housing member of the
`LEDs as a matter of design choice. Because Menda doesnotlimit the location of the
`luminophores, one ofordinary skill would locate the luminophores according to
`known methods, such as indicated in Abe.
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`F. Abe as a base reference
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`1. Claims 3, 4, and 34-37 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(e) as being
`anticipated by Abe.
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`Claim 3 reads,
`
`3. A light-emitting device, comprising:
`
`a semiconductor laser coupleable with a power supply to emit a primary
`radiation having a relatively shorter wavelength outside the visible light
`spectrum; and
`
`a down-converting luminophoric medium arranged in receiving relationship to
`said primary radiation, and which in exposure to said primary radiation
`responsively emits polychromatic radiation in the visible light spectrum, with
`different wavelengths of said polychromatic radiation mixing to produce a
`white light output.
`
`Abe’s Fig. 1(a) (reproduced below) showsa light-emitting device, including a
`semiconductor laser elements 1 that emit ultra-violet light.
`
`
`
`(Abe, Fig. 1(a))
`
`In regard to Fig. 1(a), Abe states,
`
`Referring to FIG. 1(a), a plurality of semiconductor laser elements 1 are
`buried in or mounted on a heat sink (radiator) 2, a diffusion lens 3 is
`arranged in front of each semiconductor laser element 1.
`In addition, a
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`fluophor 4 is provided on the inside wall surface of a vacuum glass tube 5
`charged with argon gasorthe like. A laser beam Ly emitted from each
`semiconductor laser element 1 is diffused through the diffusion lens 3, and
`the fluorescent material of the fluophor 4 is excited by the diffused light
`L, to obtain visible light L.
`
`While the structure of the semiconductor laser element 1 will be described
`later, the semiconductor laser element generally comprises an active layer
`(luminous layer) 100, clad layers 101, 102, and a substrate 103 as shown in
`FIG. 5. The crystal structure having the optimum wavelength for the
`conversion into visible light due to the fluophor 4 is selected in the
`range from the infrared region to the ultraviolet region by the oscillation
`wavelength.
`
`(Abe, col. 4, lines 22-38; emphasis added)
`
`In addition, Abe’s Table 1 in column 5 teaches that a laser element 1 can be chosen
`that emits light in the UV region, specifically the first semiconductor composition in
`the table (Abe, Table 1, col. 5). The far left side of Fig. 1(a) also shows the two
`leads for the array of semiconductor laser elements 1 use to apply power. Thus,
`Abe’s discloses a semiconductor laser coupleable with a power supply to emit a
`primary radiation having a relatively shorter wavelength outside the visible light
`spectrum.
`
`Abe’s Fig. 1(a) also shows the Iuminophoric medium (called “fluophor 4”, id.)
`arranged in receiving relationship to said primary radiation, that down converts the
`UV light to visible light (Id.). Again, Abe states, “The crystal structure having the
`optimum wavelength for the conversion into visible light due to the fluophor 4
`is selected in the range from the infrared region to the ultraviolet region by the
`oscillation wavelength.” (Id.; emphasis added) Because UV light (<400 nm) has a
`higher energy and shorter wavelength thatvisible light (400 nm to 700 nm)
`wavelengths the UV light is down-converted by fluophor 4 with a corresponding
`increase in wavelength.
`
`Abe's Table 2 (reproduced below) in column 5 teaches several fluorescent
`substances used for the fluophor 4 that produce the white light.
`©
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`TABLE 2
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`FLUORESCENT SUBSTANCES AND LIGHT
`SOURCE COLORS
`
`FLUORESCENT SUBSTANCE
`
`LIGHT SOURCE COLOR
`
`Calcium tungstate
`Magnesium tungstate
`Zin silicate
`Calcium helophosphate
`
`Zine beryllium silicate
`Calcium Silicate
`Cadmiom borate
`
`Blue
`Bluish white
`Green
`White
`(daylight colar)
`Yellowish while
`Yellowish red
`Red
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`The first, third, and fifth entries each produce white light. (Note that the fifth entry
`should state “white” instead of “while”.) Because white light necessarily requires a
`mixture of wavelengths of including the primary colors, Abe’s /uminophoric
`medium, fluophor 4, necessarily emits polychromatic radiation in the visible light
`spectrum, with different wavelengths of said polychromatic radiation mixing to
`produce a white light output.
`
`This is all of the features of claim 3.
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`Claim 4 reads,
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`4, A light-emitting device according to claim 3, wherein said semiconductor
`laser includes an active material selected from the group consisting of III-V
`alloys and II-VI alloys.
`
`The first entry in Abe’s Table 1 includes active UV light-emitting semiconductor
`material, ZnSeTe, which is a II-VI semiconductor material and also includes GaP
`clad layers which are a III-V semiconductor material.
`
`Proposed new claims 34-37 read,
`
`34. The light-emitting device of claim 3, wherein the Iuminophoric medium
`comprises an inorganic luminophor.
`
`35. The light-emitting device of claim 34, wherein the inorganic luminophoris
`dispersed on or in a housing member.
`
`36. The light-emitting device of claim 34, wherein the inorganic luminophoris
`dispersedin a film on a surface of a housing member.
`
`37. The light-emitting device of claim 34, wherein the inorganic luminophoris
`within a housing member.
`
`As shown above Abe’s Table 2, the /uminophoric medium 4 comprises an inorganic
`luminophor becauseall of the listed “Fluorescent Substances”are inorganic
`compounds. As shown in Abe’s Fig. 1(a), above, the /uminophoric medium 4 (1) is
`dispersed on or in a housing member5, (2) is dispersedin a film 4 on a surface of
`a housing member5, or (3) is within a housing member5.
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`2. Claims 1, 2, 5, 23, 27-30, 41-44, 172, and 173 are rejected under 35
`U.S.C. 102(e) as being anticipated by Abe, as evidenced by LEDLASER.
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`Proposed amended claims 1 and 5 read,
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`1. A light emitting device, comprising:
`at least one single-die semiconductor light-emitting diode (LED) coupleable
`with a power supply to emit a primary radiation which is the same for each
`single-die semiconductor LED presentin the device, said primary radiation
`being a relatively shorter wavelength radiation outside the visible white light
`spectrum; and
`a down-converting luminophoric medium arrangedin receiving relationship to
`said primary radiation, and which in exposure to said primary radiation
`responsively emits radiation at a multiplicity of wavelengths and in the visible
`white light spectrum, with said radiationof said multiplicity of wavelengths
`
`mixing to produce a white light output, wherein each of the at least one
`single-die semiconductor light-emitting diode in interaction with luminophoric
`medium receiving its primary radiation produces white light output.
`
`5. A light-emitting device, comprising:
`
`at least one single-die semiconductorlight-emitting diode (LED) coupleable
`with a power supply to emit a primary radiation which is the same for each
`single-die LED present in the device, said primary radiation being a relatively
`shorter wavelength radiation; and
`
`a down-converting luminophoric medium arrangedin receiving relationship to
`said primary radiation, and which in exposure to said primary radiation, is
`excited to responsively emit a secondary, relatively longer wavelength,
`polychromatic radiation, with separate wavelengths of said polychromatic
`
`radiation mixing to produce a white light output, wherein each of the at least
`one single-die semiconductor light-emitting diode in interaction with
`luminophoric medium receiving its primary radiation produces white light
`output.
`
`These claims are distinguished from claim 3 essentially in that (1) the light emitter
`is any LED, not just specifically a laser, (2) the primary radiation is outside the
`visible white light spectrum, as opposed to outside the visible light spectrum, and
`(3) that each of the LED must produce white light.
`
`With regard to difference (1), a semiconductorlaser or “laser diode” is a species
`of LED, as evidenced by LEDLASER:
`
`Laser diodes(also called ‘injection lasers’) are in effect a specialised form of
`LED. Just like a LED, they’re a form of P-N junction diode with a thin depletion
`layer where electrons and holes collide to create light photons, when the
`diode is forward biased. ...
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`In other words, they end up ‘in sync’ and forming continuous-wave coherent
`radiation.
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`(LEDLASER,p. 2, right col.; emphasis in original)
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`Because the claims recite only “LED”, the species of LED disclosed in Abe, a laser,
`reads on the claimed genus, a LED.
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`With regard to difference (2), UV light is outside visible light and therefore outside
`of visible white light.
`
`With regard to difference (3), the light emitted by each of the LED 1 passes
`through the phosphor4, therefore, each of the at least one single-die
`semiconductorlight-emitting diode 1 in interaction with luminophoric medium 4
`receiving its primary radiation L; produces white light output Line, as newly
`claimed.
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`This is all of the additional features of claims 1 and 5.
`
`Claims 2 and 23 read,
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`2. A light-emitting device according to claim 1, comprising a two-lead
`array of single-die semiconductor LEDs.
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`23. A light-emitting device according to claim 5, comprising a two-lead
`array of single-die semiconductor LEDs.
`
`Abe's Fig. 1(a) showsan array of LEDs 1, and the array has only twoleads (not
`labeled but shown on the far left side of the figure). In addition, Abe’s Fig. 4f shows
`an array of LEDs 1 having only two leads (not labeled, but shown at the lowermost
`portion of the figure). (See Abe, col. 7, lies 1-8.)
`
`Proposed new claims 27-30 and 41-44 read,
`
`27. The light emitting device of claim 1, wherein the luminophoric medium
`comprises an inorganic Juminophor.
`
`28. The light emitting device of claim 27, wherein the inorganic luminophoris
`dispersed on or in a housing member.
`
`29. The light emitting device of claim 27, wherein the inorganic luminophoris
`dispersed in a film on a surface of a housing member.
`
`30. The light emitting device of claim 27, wherein the inorganic luminophoris
`within a housing member.
`
`Claim 41. The light-emitting device of claim 5, wherein the luminophoric
`medium comprises an inorganic luminophor.
`
`Claim 42. The light-emitting device of claim 41, wherein the inorganic
`fuminophoris dispersed on or in a housing member.
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`43. The light-emitting device of claim 41, wherein the inorganic luminophoris
`dispersed in a film_on a surface of a housing member.
`
`44. The light-emitting device of claim 41, wherein the inorganic luminophoris
`within a housing member.
`
`These claims recite the same features as claims 34-37. As indicated abovein
`rejection claims 34-37, Abe discloses these features.
`
`Proposed new claims 172 and 173 read,
`
`172. The light-emitting device of claim 5, wherein the secondary,relatively
`longer wavelength, polychromatic radiation comprises a broad spectrum of
`frequencies.
`
`173. The light-emitting device of claim 5, wherein the single-die
`semiconductor light-emitting diode is on a support in an interior volume of a
`light-transmissive enclosure.
`
`Because Abe produces white light, the radiation down-converted by the recipient
`down-converting luminophoric medium comprises a broad spectrum of frequencies.
`
`Abe’s Fig. 1(a) shows the LED1 is on a support 2 in an interior volume ofa light-
`transmissive glass enclosure 5 (col. 4, line 26).
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`3. Claims 22, 26, 55-58, 176, and 177 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(e) as
`being anticipated by Abe, as evidenced by LEDLASER and M-H Encyclopedia.
`Claims 22 and 26 read,
`
`22. A light-emitting device according to claim 5, wherein each single-die
`semiconductor LED present in the device comprises a single-die two-lead
`semiconductor LED,
`
`26, A light-emission device, comprising
`
`a single-die, two-lead semiconductorlight-emitting diode emitting radiation;
`and
`
`a recipient down-converting luminophoric medium for down-converting the
`radiation emitted by the light-emitting diode, to a polychromatic white light.
`
`Independent claim 26 is broader than independent claims 1, 3, and 5 except for the
`feature that the LED has two leads. Thus, Abe, as discussed above, discloses each
`of the features of claim 26 and claims 21 and 22 except for explicitly indicating the
`number of leads of the semiconductor laser elements 1. Each of the laser elements
`is shown to be a single die, as shown in e.g. Figs. 1(a) and 4(f).
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`M-H Encyclopedia proves that a single LED requires two leads in order to provide
`power to the p-type and n-type semiconductor. M-H Fig. 1 (p. 61) showsthe
`structure of a typical LED having ohmic contacts to the p- and n-type
`semiconductor.
`In this regard, M-H states,
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`Ohmic contacts are made by evaporating metallic layers to both n- and p-type
`materials,
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`(M-H Encyclopedia, p. 61, left col., 1% full 4])
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`That a LED inherently has two leads is further demonstrated by Figs 2(a)-2(c) on p.
`62 of M-H Encyclopedia.
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`In order to provide power to the LED, then a lead is required to each ohmic contact;
`therefore, a single LED inherently has two leads, and Abe’s LED 1 necessarily has
`two leads, as required by each of claims 21, 22, and 26.
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`Proposed new claims 55-58 read,
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`55.The light-emission device of claim 26, wherein the luminophoric medium
`comprises an inorganic luminophor.
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`56. The light emitting device of claim 55, wherein the inorganic luminophoris
`dispersed on or in a housing member.
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`57. The light emitting device of claim_55, wherein the inorganic luminophoris
`dispersed in a film_on a surface of a housing member.
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`58. The light emitting device of claim 55, wherein the inorganic luminophoris
`within a housing member.
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`These claims recite the same features as claims 34-37. As indicated abovein
`rejection claims 34-37, Abe discloses these features.
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`Proposed new claims 176 and 177 read,
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`176. The light-emission device of claim 26, wherein radiation down-
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`converted by the recipient down-converting luminophoric medium comprises
`a broad spectrum of frequencies.
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`177. Thelight-emission device of claim 26, wherein the single-die, two-lead
`semiconductorlight-emitting diode is on a support in an interior volume of a
`light-transmissive enclosure.
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`Because Abe produces white light, the radiation down-converted by the recipient
`down-converting luminophoric medium comprises a broad spectrum of frequencies.
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`Abe's Fig. 1(a) shows the LED 1 is on a support 2 in an interior volume ofa light-
`transmissive glass enclosure 5 (col. 4, line 26).
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`4. Claims 11-13, 31-33, 38-40, 45-47, 59-63, 68, 69, 72, 74-80, 100, 101, 106,
`107, 110, 112, 113-117, 162, 164, 166, 167-171, and 178 are rejected under
`35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over Abe, as evidenced by LEDLASER,
`in view of Morkoc.
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`Proposed amended claims 11 and 12, and claim 13 read,
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`11. A light-emitting device according to claim 5, wherein each single-die
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`semiconductor LED present in the device is on a substrate in a multilayer
`device structure, and wherein said substrate comprises silicon carbide.
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`12. A light-emitting device according to claim 5, wherein each single-die
`semiconductor LED present in the deviceison a substrate in a multilayer
`device structure, and wherein said substrate comprises a material selected
`from the group consisting of sapphire, SiC, and InGaAIN.
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`13. A light-emitting device according to claim 12, wherein said multilayer
`device structure includes layers selected from the group consisting ofsilicon
`carbide, aluminum nitride, gallium nitride, gallium phosphide, germanium
`carbide, indium nitride, and their mixtures andalloys.
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`Abe discloses that the semiconductor laser (LED) has a multilayered structure,
`stating,
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`While the structure of the semiconductor laser element 1 will be described
`later, the semiconductor laser element generally comprises an active layer
`(luminous layer) 100, clad layers 101, 102, and a substrate 103 as shown in
`FIG, 5.
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`(Abe, col. 4, lines 31-35)
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`Thus, Abe’s LED 1 is a multilayer structure that includes a substrate. Fig. 5 shows
`that the substrate 103 is “metal”.
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`Abe does notteach that the substrate is includes S/C (claim 11) or includes one of
`sapphire, SiC, and InGaAIN (claim 12), or the multilayer LED includes layers
`selected from the group consisting ofsilicon carbide, aluminum nitride, gallium
`nitride, gallium phosphide, germanium carbide, indium nitride, and their mixtures
`and alloys (claim 13).
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`Morkog teaches UV light-emitting LED and lasers made from III-V materials such as
`GaN, from II-VI materials such as ZnSe, and from SiC:
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`For optical emitters and detectors, ZnSe, SiC, and GaN all have
`demonstrated operation in the green, blue, or ultraviolet (UV) spectra.
`Blue SiC light-emitting diodes (LEDs) have been on the market for several
`years, joined recently by UV and blue GaN-based LEDs. These products
`should find wide use in full color display and other technologies.... In laser
`development, ZnSe leads the way with more sophisticated designs having
`further improved performance being rapidly demonstrated. If the low damage
`threshold of ZnSe continues to limit practical laser applications, GaN appears
`poised to become the semiconductor of choice for short-wavelength lasers
`in optical memory and other applications.
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`(Morkoc, abstract; emphasis added)
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`Morkog indicates that GaN has been grown onsilicon carbide (SiC) and sapphire
`(single crystal Al,O3) substrates --as required by claims 11-13. (See Morkos,p.
`1382, sections entitled, “C. Substrates for nitride epitaxy” and “D. Buffer layers for
`nitride heteroepitaxy on sapphire”. Thus, GaN-based, UV LEDs and lasers can be
`fabricated on SiC and sapphire substrates --as required by claims 11-13.
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`In addition, Morkog states that GaN-based LED materials are better than the ZnSe
`materials used in Abe, specifically for UV light emission, stating,
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`III. G€AN-BASED III-V NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTORS
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`The III-V nitrides have long been viewed as a promising system for
`optoelectronic applications in the blue and UV wavelengths and more recently
`as a high-power, high- temperature semiconductor with electronic properties
`potentially superior to SiC; however, progress in the nitrides has been much
`slower than in SiC and ZnSe, and only recently have practical devices begun
`to be realized.
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`While ZnSe-based laser devicesare limited to the visible wavelengths by
`their relatively smaller band gaps, lasers based on AlGaN quantum wells
`(QW) could conceivably operate at energies up to 4 eV. The high
`thermal conductivity and superior stability of the nitrides and their
`substrates should eventually allow higher-power laser operation with
`less rapid degradation than in ZnSe.
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`(Morkoc, p. 1379; emphasis added)
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`One of the thermally stable substrates to which Morkog refers is SiC:
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`Manydifferent substrates have been tried, and the community has come to
`favor basal plane sapphire as the substrate of choice; however, substrates
`such as SiC, MgO, and ZnO, which have superior thermal and lattice
`matchesto the nitrides, are increasingly available and should become
`popular in the near future,
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`(Morkoc, p. 1381, sentence bridging left and right col.; emphasis added)
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`A laser cons