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`Reply responsiveto final Office Action dated April 10, 2024
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`Amendments to the Claims:
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`This listing of claims will replace all prior versions, and listings, of claims in the application:
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`Listing of Claims:
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`1.
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`(Currently Amended) A display device comprising:
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`a display panel including a substrate supporting pixels and transistors to display
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`an image, the display panel including a first area and a second area;
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`a fingerprint sensor disposed under on a rear surface of the substratein the first
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`area and in a different layer than the transistors;
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`a touch sensor to sense a touch position according to a touch of a user on the
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`display panel in the first area and the second area;
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`a sensor control circuit to control an operation of the fingerprint sensor by
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`sensing light variation or ultrasonic wave variation and the touch sensor by sensing
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`capacitance; and
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`a display driving circuit to control an image display operation of the display panel
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`by generating an image driving signal,
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`wherein the sensor control circuit sequentialyersimutaneeusly is configured to
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`drive the touch sensor andthe fingerprint sensor_ sequentially or simultaneously, and
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`wherein the first area is enclosed by the second area in a plan view.
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`2.
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`(Previously Presented) The display device of claim 1, further comprising a
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`chip onfilm,
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`wherein the fingerprint sensor is connected to the sensor control circuit through
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`the chip on film.
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`3.
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`(Currently Amended) A display device comprising:
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`a display panel including a substrate supporting pixels and transistors to display
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`an image, the display panel including a first area and a second area;
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`Reply responsiveto final Office Action dated April 10, 2024
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`Amendments to the Claims:
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`This listing of claims will replace all prior versions, and listings, of claims in the application:
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`Listing of Claims:
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`1.
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`(Currently Amended) A display device comprising:
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`a display panel including a substrate supporting pixels and transistors to display
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`an image, the display panel including a first area and a second area;
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`a fingerprint sensor disposed under on a rear surface of the substratein the first
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`area and in a different layer than the transistors;
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`a touch sensor to sense a touch position according to a touch of a user on the
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`display panel in the first area and the second area;
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`a sensor control circuit to control an operation of the fingerprint sensor by
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`sensing light variation or ultrasonic wave variation and the touch sensor by sensing
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`capacitance; and
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`a display driving circuit to control an image display operation of the display panel
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`by generating an image driving signal,
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`wherein the sensor control circuit sequentialyersimutaneeusly is configured to
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`drive the touch sensor andthe fingerprint sensor_ sequentially or simultaneously, and
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`wherein the first area is enclosed by the second area in a plan view.
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`2.
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`(Previously Presented) The display device of claim 1, further comprising a
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`chip onfilm,
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`wherein the fingerprint sensor is connected to the sensor control circuit through
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`the chip on film.
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`3.
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`(Currently Amended) A display device comprising:
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`a display panel including a substrate supporting pixels and transistors to display
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`an image, the display panel including a first area and a second area;
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`a fingerprint sensor disposed under on a rear surface of the substratein the first
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`area and in a different layer than the transistors;
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`a touch sensor to sense a touch position according to a touch of a user on the
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`display panel in the first area and the second area; and
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`a control circuit to control an operation of the fingerprint sensor by sensing light
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`variation or ultrasonic wave variation, the touch sensor by sensing capacitance, and the
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`display panel by generating an image data signal,
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`wherein the control circuit sequentalh-oersimutaneously is configured to drive
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`the touch sensor, the fingerprint sensor, and the display panel sequentially or
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`simultaneously, and
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`wherein the first area is enclosed by the second area in a plan view.
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`4.
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`(Previously Presented) The display device of claim 3, further comprising a
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`chip onfilm,
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`wherein the fingerprint sensor is connected to the control circuit through the chip
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`on film.
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`5.
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`(Currently Amended) A display device comprising:
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`a display panel including a substrate supporting pixels and transistors to display
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`an image, the display panel including a first area and a second area;
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`a fingerprint sensor disposed uAder on a rear surface of the substratein the first
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`area and in a different layer than the transistors;
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`a touch sensor to sense a touch position according to a touch of a user on the
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`display panel in the first area and the second area;
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`a sensor control circuit to control an operation of the fingerprint sensor by
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`sensing light variation or ultrasonic wave variation and the touch sensor by sensing
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`capacitance; and
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`a display driving circuit to control an image display operation of the display panel
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`by generating an image driving signal,
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`wherein the sensor control circuitsequentiallyorsimutanecuslyis configured to
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`drive the touch sensor andthe fingerprint sensor_sequentially or simultaneously, and
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`wherein the first area is enclosed by the second area in a plan view.
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`6.
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`(Previously Presented) The display device of claim 5, further comprising a
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`chip onfilm,
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`wherein the fingerprint sensor is connected to the sensor control circuit through
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`the chip on film.
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`t.
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`(Original) The display device of claim 5, further comprising an
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`identification pattern disposed in a portion of the first area to recognize a position of a
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`fingerprint sensor area to the user.
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`8.
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`(Currently Amended) A display device comprising:
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`a display panel including a substrate supporting pixels and transistors to display
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`an image, the display panel including a first area and a second area;
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`a fingerprint sensor disposed under on a rear surface of the substratein the first
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`area and in a different layer than the transistors;
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`a touch sensor to sense a touch position according to a touch of a user on the
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`display panel in the first area and the second area; and
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`a control circuit to control an operation of the fingerprint sensor by sensing light
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`variation or ultrasonic wave variation, the touch sensor by sensing capacitance, and the
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`display panel by generating an image data signal;
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`wherein the control circuit sequentalh-oersimutaneously is configured to drive
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`the touch sensor, the fingerprint sensor, and the display panel_sequentially or
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`simultaneously, and
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`wherein the first area is enclosed by the second area in a plan view.
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`9.
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`(Previously Presented) The display device of claim 8, further comprising a
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`chip onfilm,
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`wherein the fingerprint sensor is connected to the control circuit through the chip
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`on film.
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`10.
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`(Original) The display device of claim 8, further comprising an
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`identification pattern disposed in a portion of the first area to recognize a position of a
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`fingerprint sensor area to the user.
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`11.
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`(Currently Amended) A display device comprising:
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`a display panel including a substrate supporting pixels and transistors to display
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`an image, the display panel including a first area and a second area;
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`a fingerprint sensor disposed under on a rear surface of the substratein the first
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`area and in a different layer than the transistors;
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`a touch sensor disposed on a front surface of the substrate to sense a touch
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`position according to a touch of a user on the display panel in the first area and the
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`second area:
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`a sensor control circuit to control an operation of the fingerprint sensor by
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`sensing light variation or ultrasonic wave variation; and
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`a display driving circuit to control an image display operation of the display panel
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`by generating an image driving signal,
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`wherein the first area is enclosed by the second area in a plan view.
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`12.
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`(Withdrawn) A display device comprising:
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`a substrate including, in a plan view, a first area and a second area adjacent to
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`the first area:
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`a plurality of pixels disposed on the substrate to display an image;
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`a fingerprint sensor disposedin the first area below the substrate;
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`a touch sensor to sense a touch position according to a touch of a user on the
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`substrate in the first area and the second area:
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`an insulating layer on the substrate;
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`a pixel defining layer on the substrate; and
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`a passivation layer on the substrate,
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`wherein the plurality of pixels include at least one first pixel in the first area and a
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`second pixel in the second area,
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`wherein thefirst pixel includes at least one first sub-pixel,
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`wherein the second pixel includes at least one second sub-pixel,
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`wherein each ofthe first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel emits one
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`wavelengthof light selected from the group of red light, green light, and blue light,
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`wherein the first sub-pixel comprises:
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`a first electrode disposed on the substrate;
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`an emission layer disposed on the first electrode; and
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`a second electrode disposed on the emission layer,
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`wherein the insulating layer is disposed between the substrate and the first
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`electrode,
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`wherein the insulating layer overlaps the pixel defining layer and the passivation
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`layer in the first area and in the second area in a plan view,
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`wherein the first sub-pixel further includes at least one structure selected from
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`the group of a hole injection layer, a hole transport layer, an electron transport layer,
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`and an electron injection layer, the at least one structure being disposed between the
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`first electrode and the second electrode,
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`wherein a size ofthe first pixel is substantially the same as a size of the second
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`pixel,
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`wherein the first area is enclosed by the second area in a plan view,
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`wherein the touch sensor is a self-capacitance type or a mutual-capacitance
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