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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
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`CONF {MATION NO.
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`12/547,849
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`08/26/2009
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`Jae—Han LEE
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`P2789US00
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`58027
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`7590
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`03/16/2012
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`H.c.PARK&Assoc1ATEs,PLc
`8500 LEESBURG PIKE
`SUITE 7500
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`CHUNG, DAVID Y
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`2871
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`NOT *ICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`03/16/2012
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`ELECTRONIC
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`Please find below and/or attached an Office communication concerning this application or proceeding.
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`The time period for reply, if any, is set in the attached communication.
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`Notice of the Office communication was sent electronically on above—indicated "Notification Date" to the
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`PATENT@PARK-LAW.COM
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`PTOL—90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`Office Action Summary
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`Application No.
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`12/547,849
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`Examiner
`DAVID CHUNG
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`Applicant(s)
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`LEE ET AL.
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`Art Unit
`2871
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`WHICHEVER IS LONGER, FROM THE MAILING DATE OF THIS COMMUNICATION.
`Extensions of time may be available under the provisions of 37 CFR1. 136( a).
`In no event however may a reply be timely filed
`after SIX () MONTHS from the mailing date of this communication.
`If NO period for reply is specified above, the maximum statutory period will apply and will expire SIX (6) MONTHS from the mailing date of this communication.
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`- Failure to reply within the set or extended period for reply will, by statute, cause the application to become ABANDONED (35 U.S.C. § 133).
`Any reply received by the Office later than three months after the mailing date of this communication, even if timely filed, may reduce any
`earned patent term adjustment. See 37 CFR 1.704(b).
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`Status
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`1)I:I Responsive to communication(s) filed on
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`2a)I:l This action is FINAL.
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`2b)IZ| This action is non-final.
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`3)I:I An election was made by the applicant in response to a restriction requirement set forth during the interview on
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`; the restriction requirement and election have been incorporated into this action.
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`4)|:l Since this application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
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`closed in accordance with the practice under Exparte Quay/e, 1935 CD. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`Disposition of Claims
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`5)IZI Claim(s) 1-12is/are pending in the application.
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`5a) Of the above claim(s) _ is/are withdrawn from consideration.
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`6)I:I Claim(s) _ is/are allowed.
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`7)|Zl Claim(s)_1-12 is/are rejected.
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`8)I:I Claim(s) _ is/are objected to.
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`9)I:l Claim(s) _ are subject to restriction and/or election requirement.
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`Application Papers
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`10)I:I The specification is objected to by the Examiner.
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`11)|X| The drawing(s) filed on 26 August 2009 is/are: a)IX| accepted or b)|:l objected to by the Examiner.
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`Applicant may not request that any objection to the drawing(s) be held in abeyance. See 37 CFR 1.85(a).
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`Replacement drawing sheet(s) including the correction is required if the drawing(s) is objected to. See 37 CFR 1.121 (d).
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`12)I:I The oath or declaration is objected to by the Examiner. Note the attached Office Action or form PTO-152.
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
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`13)IZ| Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
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`a)lX| All
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`b)I:I Some * c)|:l None of:
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`1.IZI Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
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`2.I:I Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No. _
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`3.|:I Copies of the certified copies of the priority documents have been received in this National Stage
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`application from the International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)).
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`* See the attached detailed Office action for a list of the certified copies not received.
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`Attachment(s)
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`1) X Notice of References Cited (PTO-892)
`2) D Notice of Draftsperson‘s Patent Drawing Review (PTO-948)
`3) IZI Information Disclosure Statement(s) (PTO/SB/OS)
`Paper No(s)/Mai| Date 26 Au ust 2009.
`US. Patent and Trademark Office
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`4) D Interview Summary (PTO-413)
`Paper N°(5 )/Mai| Date. _
`5)I:I Notice of Informal Patent Application
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`PTOL-326 (Rev. 03-11)
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`Office Action Summary
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`Part of Paper No./Mai| Date 20120312
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`Application/Control Number: 12/547,849
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`Art Unit: 2871
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103(a) which forms the basis for all
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`obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
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`(a) A patent may not be obtained though the invention is not identically disclosed or described as set
`forth in section 102 of this title, if the differences between the subject matter sought to be patented and
`the prior art are such that the subject matter as a whole would have been obvious at the time the
`invention was made to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which said subject matter pertains.
`Patentability shall not be negatived by the manner in which the invention was made.
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`Claim 1-12 rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over Lin
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`et al. (US 2007/0206126) in View of Sah et al. (US 2004/0075800).
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`As to claims 1, 7 and 10, Lin discloses in figure 2: a flexible circuit film 206a; a
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`printed circuit board 207; a thin film transistor array panel connected to the flexible
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`circuit film and having a display area and a peripheral area enclosing the display area; a
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`driving circit chip 205 disposed on the flexible circuit film; a repair line 208a and a repair
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`bar 208c disposed in the peripheral area of the thin film transistor array panel; a repair
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`input line 208b; and a repair output line 208d. See paragraph [0018].
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`Lin does not disclose a repair amplifier. Sah teaches adding an output amplifier
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`on the repair line path in order to avoid the distortion of the image signal caused by a
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`long transmitting path. See paragraph [0033].
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`It would have been obvious to one of
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`ordinary skill in the art at the time of invention to add a repair amplifier due to the
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`benefits taught by Sah.
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`Art Unit: 2871
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`As to claims 2 and 8, Lin nor Sah teach additional an additional amplifier on a
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`side opposite the first amplifier. However, this was well known and obvious for the
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`purpose of obtain the same benefits for additional repair lines. Therefore, it would have
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`been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of invention to add an
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`additional amplifier to gain the benefits for additional repair lines.
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`As to claims 3 and 9, Lin nor Sah discloses the additional repair lines as claimed.
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`However, it was well known to add these lines in order to provide repairs on the
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`opposite side of the display. Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary
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`skill in the art at the time of invention to add the additional claimed repair lines in order
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`to provide repair benefits to the opposite side of the display.
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`As to claims 4 and 11, repair line 208a comprises a first portion on the left side
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`which would be connected to a first amplifier and a second portion on the right side
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`which would be connected to a second amplifier.
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`As to claims 5 and 12, Lin discloses in figure 2: a plurality of gate lines 202 and a
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`plurality of data lines 203. There are pixel electrodes (not shown). See paragraph
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`[0017]. The pixel electrodes have a first edge parallel to the gate lines and a second
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`edge parallel to the data lines and it was common for the first edge to be longer than the
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`second edge.
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`Application/Control Number: 12/547,849
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`Art Unit: 2871
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`As to claim 6, the claimed ratio is a result effective variable which determined the
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`aperture ratio and contrast.
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art
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`at the time of invention to optimize the claimed ratio because optimization of a result
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`effective variable has been deemed obvious to those of ordinary skill.
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`Conclusion
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`Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the
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`examiner should be directed to David Y. Chung whose telephone number is (571) 272-
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`2288. The examiner can normally be reached Monday thru Friday from 8:30 am to 5:00
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`pm.
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`If successive attempts to contact the examiner are unsuccessful, the examiner’s
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`supervisor Ed Glick can be reached at (571) 272-2490.
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`/David Y. Chung/
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`Examiner, Art Unit 2871
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`/Richard H Kim/
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`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2871
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