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`15/981,837
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`05/16/2018
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`So Young LEE
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`P7395US00
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`6816
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`H.C. PARK & ASSOCIATES, PLC
`1894 PRESTON WHITE DRIVE
`RESTON, VA 20191
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`ELAHL TOWFIQ
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`ART UNIT
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`2625
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`09/17/2019
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`ELECTRONIC
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`0/7709 A0170” Summary
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`Application No.
`15/981,837
`Examiner
`TOWFIQ ELAHI
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`Applicant(s)
`LEE etal.
`Art Unit
`2625
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`AIA (FITF) Status
`Yes
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`adjustment. See 37 CFR 1.704(b).
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`Status
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`1). Responsive to communication(s) filed on 5/16/2018.
`[:1 A declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/were filed on
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`2a)D This action is FINAL.
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`2b)
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`This action is non-final.
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`3)[:] An election was made by the applicant in response to a restriction requirement set forth during the interview on
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`4)[:] Since this application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
`closed in accordance with the practice under Expat/7e Quay/e, 1935 CD. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`Disposition of Claims*
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`Claim(s)
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`1—43 is/are pending in the application.
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`5a) Of the above claim(s)
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`is/are withdrawn from consideration.
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`Claim(s) M is/are allowed.
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`Claim(s) 1—4,8,10—11,18—19 and 23—25 is/are rejected.
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`Claim(s) 5—7,9,12—17,20—22 and 26—29 is/are objected to.
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`are subject to restriction and/or election requirement
`E] Claim(s)
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`Application Papers
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`10)D The specification is objected to by the Examiner.
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`is/are: a)C] accepted or b)l:] objected to by the Examiner.
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
`12). Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
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`1.. Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
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`21:] Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No.
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`Notice of References Cited (PTO-892)
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`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`3) C] Interview Summary (PTO-413)
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`PTOL-326 (Rev. 11-13)
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`Office Action Summary
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`Part of Paper No./Mai| Date 20190912
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`Application/Control Number: 15/981,837
`Art Unit: 2625
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`Page 2
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`Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
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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 § 103
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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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`Claims 1, 2, 4, 8, 10, 11, 18, 19, 23-25 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as
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`being unpatentable over Zhang (US 20100150513) in view of Huang (US
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`20110069014)
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`Regarding claim 1 Zhang teach a dispiay device {[0013} Fifi. 2 is a diagram of a
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`top emitting CELEB dispiay device with a Eight sxtrastisn fifrri), comprising:
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`a substrate (fig. lifters 204 substrate also fig. 2, item 140);
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`a first iigtttsrnitting eiement (fig. 4,iterri 200, see [0004] A bottom emitting OLED
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`may be thought of as consisting... organic layers for light generation, fig. 2, item 136)
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`dispesed or: tits substrate (fig. 4,itam 204 substrate);
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`an encapsufaiion fayer (fig. 4, 195 optional thin film encapsulant layer, fig. 2, 134
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`optional thin film encapsulant layer) disposed on the first tight—emitting efement;
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`wherein the diffraction pattern faysr (fig. 4, item 184} cemprisss a piurafity of diffraction
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`patterns arranged to have a first period in arts directiari.
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`But Zhang does not expressly teach an input sensing ieyer disnesee en the
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`eneepsuietien Sayer; and
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`a dititactien pattern iayei' disposed en the input sensing iayer.
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`Hewever Huang teach an input sensing Eeyer (Fig. ‘i, item 12 which is part et item
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`it”); disnesed en the enesesuiatien Eeyet (fig, i, eemhinetien of item i4 and item ti};
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`and
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`a diitrsetien pattern isyet (Fig. i, item :39) diseesee en the input sensing iayer
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`(Fig. 1; item tit}.
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`Theteiere it weuiti have been envious te ene 03‘ the ordinary skiiieti in the art te
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`cembine Zhang in tight et Huang so that it may ineiucie an input sensing iayer diseased
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`en the eneansuietien iayer; and
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`a diitreeiien pattern ieyer eisneeee en the input sensing ieyer.
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`The metivstien is te eemhine hiiewn etement et Huang te yieid nredietaete
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`resuits.
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`Regarding eieim 2 Zhang in View et Huang teach the ensensuiatinn ieyer irteitittes et
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`ieast ene et an organic iayei strict an ineigenis ieyer (Zhang: [9347]}; and
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`the input sensing iayei' (Huang: Fig. i, item i2 which is part at item iii?) is diseased
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`directiy en the ensensuiatien iayer (Huang: tigg in eemisihatien {if item 14 anti item it).
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`Regarding eiair‘n d Zitang in View at Huang teaen tne eneapeuiatien iayer (Huang: fig, 1,
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`eernbinatien at item i4 and item ti) eemprieee a giaee ineuiating Substrate (Huang:
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`[0914] the lower conductive glass 11); and
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`the input sensing iayer ie dieneaed dii‘eetiy en the giaee ineuiating eubatrate.
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`Regarding eiair’n 8 Zheng in View at Huang teach anti—retieetien iayer (Huang: iig.
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`1
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`item
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`49} disposed an the diiti'aetien pattern iayer (Huang: iig.
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`1
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`item 36).
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`Regarding eiair‘n “it;t Zhang in view at Huang teaeit iite antivreiieetien iayer eemgrieee a
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`peiarizing tiiin (Huang: See Abstract).
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`Regarding ciain‘t “it Zhang in View of Huang teach a windew iayer {Huangz fig. i. itern
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`2ft} diepeeed between the dii‘iraetien pattern Sayer (Huang: fig. 1; item 30) and the input
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`sensing iayer (Huang: fig. 1, item 'iii).
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`Siaim “id is eirniiar te eiairn t ed rejected same way.
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`Ciaii‘n 19 is eintitar ta ciairn 2 ea rejected earne way.
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`Ciain‘t 23 is eimiiar te eiaint 4 an rejected same way.
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`Ciaim 2a is eirniiar te ciairn 8 ea rejected earne way.
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`{Ziaim 25 ie eimiiar te eiairn it) Se rejected earne way.
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`Claim 3 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Zhang (US
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`20110069014) in view of Huang (US 20110069014) and further in view of Kim (US
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`20130335365).
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`Regarding eieim 3 Zhang in view of Huang does not teach the input sensing isyer
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`cen'ipnses e piuratity of sensing eieetroees and a first signei tine etectticaiiy connected
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`to the sensing eiecttecies; and the sensing eiectredes have a mesh shapes
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`However Kim teach the input sensing iayet comprises 22 piureiity of sensing eiecttedes
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`end a first signei tine eiectncaiiy connected tn the sensing eiectrodes ([0005) sensing
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`input signai etectrioaiiy connected with sensing input eiectrcdes); and
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`the sensing eiectredes have a mesh shape @0139} Referring to FIG. 23, a display
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`device according to an exemplary embodiment include a sensing
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`sensing input
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`electrode Tx_m and the sensing output electrode Rx_m may have a mesh shape),
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`However i<Zim tench the input sensing ieyer comprises a piuteiity oi sensing eieotrodes
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`and at first signei iine eieotrieeiiy connected to the sensing eieetredes; end the sensing
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`eieeti‘eeiee have a mesh shape.
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`Theretore it weuid have been envious te one of the ordinary skiiied in the art te
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`oernpine Zhang in tight ct him so that it may inciude the input sensing ieyer comprises a
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`piureiity of sensing eieetredes end a tirst signei tine eiectrioeiiy eenneeted to the sensing
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`eiectrodes; and the sensing eiectrodes have a mesh shape.
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`The metivation is te combine known eiement of Kim to yieid ptedictshie resuits.
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`Allowable Subject Matter
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`Claims 30-43 allowed.
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`Claims 5-7, 9, 12-17, 20-22, 26-29 objected to as being dependent upon a
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`rejected base claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all
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`of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
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`Conclusion
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