REMARKS
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`At the outset, the Examiner is thanked for the review and consideration of the pending
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`application. The Non-Final Office Action has been received and its contents reviewed.
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`The above amendments are made in response to the Office Action. Applicant does not
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`concede that the rejections are proper. However, the amendments are made to expedite the
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`prosecution of the instant application. Applicant reserves the right to pursue the original claims
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`in this and in any other applications. The Examiner’s reconsideration is respectfully requested
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`in view of the above amendments and the following remarks.
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`Bythis Response, claims 1, 10, 11, and 13 are amended, claims 9, 17, 19, and 20 are
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`canceled without prejudice or disclaimer, and new claim 21 is added. Support for the
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`amendments and new claim can be found throughout the claims, the specification, and the
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`drawingsas originally filed. The present amendment introduces no new matter, as support is
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`found throughoutthe originally filed specification, drawings and claims as noted.
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`Claims 1-8, 10-16, 18, and 21 are pending upon entry of the above amendments.
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`Claims 1, 13, and 21 are independent.
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`Allowable Subject Matter
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`Applicant deeply appreciates the indication of allowable subject matter in claims 9, 10,
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`and 17. By way of this Reply, claim 1 has been amended to now include the features of
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`“objected to” claim 9 (there are no intervening claims), as well as to address the “indefiniteness”
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`issue regarding claim 1. Thus, amended independent claim 1, as well as its dependent claims 2-
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`8 and 10-12, are now in allowable form based on the indications madein the Office Action
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`regarding claim 9.
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`Also, by way of this Reply, “independent claim 13 has been amended to now include
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`the features of “objected to” claim 17 (there are no intervening claims), as well as to address
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`the “indefiniteness” issue regarding claim 13. Thus, amended independentclaim 13, as well as
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`its dependent claims 14-16 and 18, are now in allowable form based on the indications made in
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`the Office Action regarding claim 17.
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`Rejections of Claims under 35 U.S.C. § 112(b)
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`Claims 1-18 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112(b) as being indefinite, for the reasons
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`set forth on pages 2 - 4 of the Office Action. Claim 1 and independent claim 13 have been
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`amended in accordance with the helpful suggestions provided by the Examiner on page4 of the
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`Office Action. It is respectfully submitted that presently pending claims 1-16 and 18 now fully
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`comply with 35 U.S.C. § 112(b)
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`Rejections of Claims under 35 U.S.C. §§ 102/103
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`Claim 19 is
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`rejected under 35 U.S.C.
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`§ 102(a)(1) over Yuan-Lin Wu.
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`2019/0181208); claims 1-4 and 6-8 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Yuan-Lin Wuin
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`view of Yoon Sun Umetal. (US 2015/0108486); claim 5 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
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`over Yuan-Lin Wuin view of Yoon Sun Um and Qing Luet al. (CN108877525A); claims 11
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`and 12 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Yuan-Lin Wu in view of Yoon Sun Um and
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`further in view of Yuan-Lin Wu (CN110648589A); and claims 13-15 and 18 are rejected under
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`35 U.S.C. § 103 over Yuan-Lin Wuin view of Qing Luet al. These rejections are respectfully
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`traversed with respect to the presently pending claims, for at least the reasons given below.
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`Due to the amendments made to independent claims 1 and 13 to respectively include
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`the features of “objected to” claims 9 and 17, as discussed above in the “Allowable Subject
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`Matter” section of these Remarks, these rejections have been rendered moot.
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`New Claim:
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`New independent claim 21 has been added, andrecites features regarding ‘the first
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`pixel electrode including one or more openingspositioned in an interiorofthe first pixel electrode
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`with respect to an outermost edge ofthe first pixel electrode, and the second pixel electrode not
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`including any opening positioned in an interior of the second pixel electrode with respect to an
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`outermost edge of the second pixel electrode’. Such features are seen for example in Figure 8 of the
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`drawings, which are features that are not believed to be disclosed, taught, or suggested by the
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`cited art of record, when taken as a whole.
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`Figure 8 of the drawings is provided below for the Examiner’s convenience:
`Figure 8 of the Drawings:
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`Conclusion
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`In view of the foregoing, it is respectfully submitted that the instant application is in
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`condition for allowance. Accordingly,
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`it is respectfully requested that this application be
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`allowed and a Notice of Allowance issued.
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`If the Examiner believes that a telephone conference with Applicant’s attorneys would
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`be advantageousto the disposition of this case, the Examineris cordially requested to telephone
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`the undersigned.
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`In the event the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks deems additional fees to be
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`due in connection with this application, Applicant’s attorney hereby authorizes that such fee be
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`charged to Deposit Account No. 50-5622.
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`Date: May 22, 2024
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /Phillip J. Articola/
`Phillip J. Articola
`USPTO Reg. No, 38,819
`B. Y. Mathis
`/B. Y. Mathis/
`USPTO Reg. No.: 44,907
`Jae Y. Park
`USPTO Reg. No.: 62,629
`Customer No. 82,727
`Attorneys for Applicant
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