`ExaminerInterview Agenda
`Interview Scheduled for January 3, 2024, 10 AM (EST)
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`Claims 1, 3, 8, 9, and 18-20 were rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as allegedly being
`unpatentable over U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2015/0078604, applied for by
`Seo, ef al. (“Seo”) in view of U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2015/0034413, applied
`for by Uetabira (“Uetabira’).
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`1. Adisplay device comprising:
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`a display panel;
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`a sound generator disposed on one surface of the display panel; and
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`a porous layer disposed adjacent to the sound generator,
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`wherein the porous layer includesa first coupling layer, a second coupling layer, and an
`intermediate layer interposed between the first and second coupling layers and including a
`plurality of air pockets, and
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`wherein te frsi
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`The following table lists the elements of Seo that are mapped to the claimed elements.
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`Resonator 76
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`Claim 1
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`Display device
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`Sound generator
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`Display panel 70
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`Sound element 27
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`First coupling layer
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`First cushion tape 75-1
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`Second coupling layer
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`Second cushion tape 75-2
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`Intermediate layer
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`Seo discloses that each of the alleged first coupling layer and the alleged second
`coupling layer includes a groove, in which the alleged sound generator 27 and the
`resonator 76 are formed, respectively. (See paragraph [0096]). This is clearly shownin
`FIG. 1 of Seo, wherea partial area of the allegedfirst coupling layer 75-1 is interposed
`between the alleged sound generator 27 and the alleged display device 70.
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`U.S. Appl. Ser. No. 17/549,624
`ExaminerInterview Agenda
`Interview Scheduled for January 3, 2024, 10 AM (EST)
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`<FIG. 1 of Seo>
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`As shown above, however,the allegedfirst coupling layer 75-1 of Seo overlaps the
`alleged sound generator 27 in a thickness direction as necessarily being positioned
`between the alleged sound generator 27 and the display panel 70.
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`In addition, the alleged intermediate layer 76 overlaps the alleged sound generator 27.
`(See also FIG. 2).
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`As such, Seoalsofails to disclose or suggest“the first coupling layer and the
`intermediate layer do not overlap the sound generator in a thickness direction of the
`display panel.”
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