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`15/865,070
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`01/08/2018
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`Jeonghun Kim
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`P7705US00
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`6200
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`H.C. PARK & ASSOCIATES, PLC
`1894 PRESTON WHITE DRIVE
`RESTON, VA 20191
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`YEUNG LOPEZ, FEIFEI
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`ART UNIT
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`2899
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`PAPER NUIVIBER
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`10/15/2018
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`ELECTRONIC
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`Applicant(s)
`Application No.
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`Art Unit
`AIA (First Inventor to File)
`Office Action Summary
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`StatusYes FEI FEI YEUNG LOPEZ 2899
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`1)IZI Responsive to communication(s) filed on 1/8/18.
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`2b)|ZI This action is non-final.
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`4)|:| 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) fl) is/are pending in the application.
`5a) Of the above claim(s)
`is/are withdrawn from consideration.
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`6)IXI Claim(s) M) is/are allowed.
`7)|Z| Claim(s) 1,2,4 and8 is/are rejected.
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`8)IZI Claim(s) 3 5-79 and 10 is/are objected to.
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`are subject to restriction and/or election requirement.
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
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`12)IXI Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
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`Application/Control Number: 15/865,070
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`Art Unit: 2899
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`1.
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`The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined
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`under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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`2.
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`In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35
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`U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any
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`correction of the statutory basis for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of
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`rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be
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`the same under either status.
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`3.
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`The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that
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`form the basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
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`A person shall be entitled to a patent unless —
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`(a)(2) the claimed invention was described in a patent issued under section 151, or in an
`application for patent published or deemed published under section 122(b), in which the
`patent or application, as the case may be, names another inventor and was effectively filed
`before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
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`4.
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`Claim(s) 1 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Gao
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`et al (PG Pub 2018/0129106 A1).
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`5,
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`Regarding claim 1, Gao teaches a display.i apparatus, carnerising: a substrate
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`comprising a dispiay area and a peripheral area surrounding the display area, the
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`display area centprieihg: a main area (12, fig. 8) ieoated at a center ef the substrate; a
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`first protruding area (abeve 12, en the left} extending from the main area and pretrtiding
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`teward the peripheral area in a first directieh; a second protruding area (above 12, en
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`the right) extending frern the main area and pretrtidihg teward the peripheraf area in the
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`first diree‘tien, the second pretruding area being spaced apart frern the first pretrtidirig
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`area in a seoerid direction that intersects the first diree'tieri; and a greeve pertien (105)
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`dispdsed between the first protruding area and the secehd pretruding area; a dispiay
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`unit comprising a first light emitter (pixel ttfi) disposed en the first pretruding area and a
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`secphd light emitter {pixel 1 13} disposed on the second protruding area; a first lead
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`matching part {5) dispesed on a partioh at the peripherai area adjacent to the first itght
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`emitter and eieetrieaiiy cannected te the first tight emitter; and a seeand toad matehirig
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`part (5} disposed en a pertiert of the peripherai area adjacent te the seeend tight emitter
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`and eiectrically connected ta the second light emitter.
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`6.
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`Claim(s) 1 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Kim
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`et al (PG Pub 2017/0337876 A1).
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`The applied reference has a common assignee with the instant application.
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`Based upon the earlier effectively filed date of the reference, it constitutes prior art
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`under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2). This rejection under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) might be overcome
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`by: (1) a showing under 37 CFR 1.130(a) that the subject matter disclosed in the
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`reference was obtained directly or indirectly from the inventor or a joint inventor of this
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`application and is thus not prior art in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 102(b)(2)(A); (2) a
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`showing under 37 CFR 1.130(b) of a prior public disclosure under 35 U.S.C.
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`102(b)(2)(B) if the same invention is not being claimed; or (3) a statement pursuant to
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`35 U.S.C. 102(b)(2)(C) establishing that, not later than the effective filing date of the
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`claimed invention, the subject matter disclosed in the reference and the claimed
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`invention were either owned by the same person or subject to an obligation of
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`assignment to the same person or subject to a joint research agreement.
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`7”.
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`Regarding claim 1, Kim teaches a dispiay apparatus, eemprising: a substrate
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`eemprieing a dispiay area and a peripherai area euri‘etihding the diepiay area the
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`dispiay area eemprieing: a main area (with pixei PXLt, figs. fit and t 6) ieeated at a
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`center at the eebstrate; a first pretrtiding area {102) extending from the main area and
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`pretrtidirig teward the peripherai area in a first directieri; a second pretrading area (163)
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`extending them the main area and pretreding teward the peripherai area in the first
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`direction, the secehd pretrtidihg area being spaced apart freht the first pretrudihg area
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`in a eeeehd direction that triterseete the first directieh; and a greeve pertien (that)
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`dispesed between the first pretriidirig area and the seeend pretruding area; a dispiay
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`Lihit cemprising a first tight emitter (pixei PXLQ} dispesed en the first pretrtidihg area and
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`a eeeend Eight emitter (pixei PXLS) dispesed ah the seeded pretruding area; a first iead
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`matching part (are, fig. t6) dispersed en a pertien ef the peripherai area adjacent te the
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`first tight emitter and eieetrieaiiy eehheeted it: the first iight emitter; and a eeeehd iead
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`matching part {R51 fig. 16) diepeeed en a pertien ef the peripherai area adjacent te the
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`secend tight emitter and eieetrieaiiy eartheeted te the second tight emitter.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`8.
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`In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35
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`U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any
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`correction of the statutory basis for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of
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`rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be
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`the same under either status.
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`9.
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all
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`obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
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`A patent for a claimed invention may not be obtained, notwithstanding that the claimed
`invention is not identically disclosed as set forth in section 102, if the differences between the
`claimed invention and the prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole would have
`been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to a person having
`ordinary skill in the art to which the claimed invention pertains. Patentability shall not be
`negated by the manner in which the invention was made.
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`10.
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`The factual inquiries set forth in Graham v. John Deere Co., 383 U.S. 1, 148
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`USPQ 459 (1966), that are applied for establishing a background for determining
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`obviousness under 35 U.S.C. 103 are summarized as follows:
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`1. Determining the scope and contents of the prior art.
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`2. Ascertaining the differences between the prior art and the claims at issue.
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`3. Resolving the level of ordinary skill in the pertinent art.
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`4. Considering objective evidence present in the application indicating
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`obviousness or nonobviousness.
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`11.
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`Claims 2,4,8 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being obvious over Gao et al
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`(PG Pub 2018/0129106 A1).
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`12.
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`Regarding claim 2, Gate remains as applied in ciairn 1,
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`1:3.
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`Gao teaches the display apparatus of claim 1, wherein each at the first load
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`matching part and the Second load matching pert eemprises a first conductive layer
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`(502, fig. "I, paragraph {00683) dispose-cl en the substrate, a secent‘i conductive layer
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`{5W} dispoeed or: the first conductive iayer,
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`Fig. 7 does not teach a third cenductive iayer.
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`t5.
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`Gao teaches the number and position of the load matching part may be designed
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`according to the particular structure of the display device (paragraph [0044]).
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`i6.
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`Thus, it would have been obvious to the skilled in the art before the effective filing
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`date of the invention to include 3 third cehductive ieyer dispesed err the secend
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`conductive ieyer, according to a particular structure of the display device.
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`its inherent that “the third conductive ieyer is patterned in the first directien er the
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`secehd directieh” since we iive in a thr‘ee—dirrierisieriai wcrid.
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`i8.
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`Regarding claim 4. Gao teaches the dispiey apparatus cf ciairh 2, wherein: the
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`first cehductive Eeyer extends in the first directieri. and the second cecductive ia'y‘er
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`extends in the eecerid direction (fig. 7’, we iive in a threevdimeneiehei werid).
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`i9.
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`Regarding claim 8, Gao teaches the dispiey apparatus cf ciaim 2, wherein the
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`first iced matching part ahd the secerid iced matching part are eiectricaiiy ccrirrected te
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`each ether (threugh 41, fig. 8}.
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`20.
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`Claims 11-20 are allowed.
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`Allowable Subject Matter
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`21.
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`Claims 3,5-7,9,1O are objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base
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`claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the
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`limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
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`22.
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`The following is a statement of reasons for the indication of allowable subject
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`matter: Prior arts do not teach
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`“a part cf the third ccnductive ieyer cveriace the secehd cehductive iayer” (cieirn
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`“the first cenductive ieyer and the third cchductive ieyer are electriceiiy
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`connected it) each ether threugh a ccntact heie” (cieirh 5);
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`“the first eeheuetive iayer eemprieee a materiai that is; the earne as a rnateriai hi
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`the active pattern, the eeeehd eenduetive tayer eemprieea a materiai that is the same as
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`a materiai at the gate eteetrede, and the third cenduetive iayer eemprisee a materiai that
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`ie the same are a materiai et the source eieetrede er the drain eieetrede” (eiairh 5);
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`“the tiret wiring and the eeeene wiring eerneriee a materiai that ie the earhe as a
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`materiat at the second eehdtietive iayer” {eiaim 3’):
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`“the tiret iead matching part and the eecehd tead matching part are eieetrieaiiy
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`connected te eaeh ether by a eendeetive tiim" (claim 9);
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`“the first tight emitter, the eeeehe tight emitter, and the third tight emitter are
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`integrated with each ether” (claim 10); er
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`“a third teed matching part diepeeed en a pertien at the peripherai area between
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`the third tight emitter and the teurth tight emitter anti eieetrieaiiy connected te the third
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`light emitter and the hearth tight emitter” {eiaim it).
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`Conclusion
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