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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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`17/859,594
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`07/07/2022
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`Jae Ho AHN
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`SD-220119-PKD
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`9697
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`KILE PARK REED & HOUTTEMAN PLLC
`JAE Y PARK
`1101 30th Street, N.W.
`Suite 500
`Washington, DC 20007
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`KRIM,PETER
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`PAPER NOM
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`2841
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`08/07/2024
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`ELECTRONIC
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`The time period for reply, if any, is set in the attached communication.
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`Notice of the Office communication was sent electronically on above-indicated "Notification Date" to the
`following e-mail address(es):
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`email @kilepark.com
`info@kilepark.com
`jpark @kilepark.com
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`PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`Office Action Summary
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`Application No.
`17/859,594
`Examiner
`PETER KRIM
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`Applicant(s)
`AHN etal.
`Art Unit
`2841
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`AIA (FITF) Status
`Yes
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`-- The MAILING DATEof this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address --
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`date of this communication.
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`- Failure to reply within the set or extended period for reply will, by statute, cause the application to become ABANDONED (35 U.S.C. § 133).
`Any reply received by the Office later than three months after the mailing date of this communication, evenif timely filed, may reduce any earned patent term
`adjustment. See 37 CFR 1.704(b).
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`Status
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`1) Responsive to communication(s)filed on 03 July 2024.
`C) A declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/werefiled on
`2a)[¥) This action is FINAL.
`2b) (J This action is non-final.
`3) An election was madeby the applicant in responseto a restriction requirement set forth during the interview
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`4)(2) 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 Exparte Quayle, 1935 C.D. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`Disposition of Claims*
`1-5,7-13 and 15-20 is/are pending in the application.
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`Claim(s)
`5a) Of the above claim(s) _ is/are withdrawn from consideration.
`C} Claim(s)__ is/are allowed.
`Claim(s) 1-5,7-13 and 15-20 is/are rejected.
`(] Claim(s)__ is/are objectedto.
`C] Claim(s
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
`12)7) Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d)or (f).
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`1.1.) Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
`2.2) Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No.
`3.1.) Copies of the certified copies of the priority documents have been receivedin this National Stage
`application from the International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)).
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`(LJ Interview Summary (PTO-413)
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`PTOL-326 (Rev. 11-13)
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`Application/Control Number: 17/859,594
`Art Unit: 2841
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`1.
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`The presentapplication,filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first
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`Notice of Pre-AlA orAIA Status
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`inventorto file provisions of the AIA.
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`Response to Arguments
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`2.
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`Applicant's argumentsfiled 07/03/2024 have been fully considered but they are not persuasive.
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`Applicant’s first argumentis as follows:
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`“Knopp doesnotrelate to display devices, but rather discusses conveyer belts. Knopp, Abstract.It is
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`respectfully submitted that one of ordinary skill in the art would not have been motivated to consider
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`conveyorbelts at the time of the present invention.”
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`Examiner’s Response: Knoppdiscloses in [0011], [0015], [0018] a bearing side of a conveyor belt (i.e.,
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`rotation belt) is resilient and planar (i.e., flat), which is analogous to the rotation belt in the instant
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`application, and therefore, would have prompted one of ordinary skill in the art to modify “Kim” in view
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`of “Han” with “Knopp” in a predictable manner to obtain the result of the claimed invention.
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`Applicant’s arguments with respect to amended claim(s)1 and 9 have been considered but are moot
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`because the new ground of rejection does not rely on any reference applied in the prior rejection of
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`record for any teaching or matter specifically challengedin the argument.
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`1.
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`The following is a quotation of the first paragraph of 35 U.S.C. 112(a):
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
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`(a) INGENERAL.—The specification shall contain a written description of the invention, and
`of the manner and process of making and usingit, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to
`enable any person skilled inthe art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to
`make and use the same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor or joint
`inventor of carrying out the invention.
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`The following is a quotation of the first paragraph of pre-AlA 35 U.S.C. 112:
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`The specification shall contain a written description of the invention, and of the manner and
`process of making and usingit, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person
`skilledin the art to whichit pertains, or with which itis most nearly connected, to make and use the
`same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor of carrying out his invention.
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`2.
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`Claim 1 and 9 (andby virtue of dependence,all the claims) are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(a)
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`or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AlA), first paragraph,as failing to comply with the enablement requirement. The
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`claim(s) contains subject matter which was not described in the specification in such a way as to enable
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`oneskilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make and/or use
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`the invention. Claim 1, line 9 cites “and the display panel wraps aroundthe rotation belt repeatedly”.
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`Claim 9, line 13 cites the same limitation. The Applicant’s disclosure does not provide sufficient detail on
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`how the display panel is mounted to the accommodating portion or how therolling/unrolling of the
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`display panel around the rotation belt is performed. If the display panel is released from the rotation
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`belt, then it not understood howit can be returnedto being reattached and repeatedly wrapped around
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`the rotation belt. Therefore, it cannot be understood how theclaim limitations of “the display panel is
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`extended by being released from the rotationbelt ina first direction” and “the display panel wraps
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`aroundthe rotation belt repeatedly” are performed within Applicant’s invention. Examiner will interpret
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`the limitation as “and the display panel wraps aroundthe rotation belt”, for the purpose of examination.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`3.
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all obviousness rejections
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`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 forthin 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 ordinaryskill 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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`Application/Control Number: 17/859,594
`Art Unit: 2841
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`Page 4
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`Claims 1-5, 9-13, 18-20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Kim etal. (US
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`10671124 B2 “Kim” hereinafter), in view of Han et al. (Han-IDS provided by applicant US 10573695 B2;
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`“Hans”hereinafter), and further in view of Luo et al (US 20220253104 A1; Luo” hereinafter).
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`Regarding claim 1 Kim teachesa display device (Kim Col. 1 Lines 45-46 discloses a rollable
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`display device (i.e., display device)) comprising: a first roller (Kim, Col. 6 lines 59-62 fig 1“RM1”,
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`disclosesa first rotation member(i.e., first roller)) and a second roller (Kim Col. 6 lines 59-62 fig 1
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`“RM2”, discloses a second rotation member{i.e., second roller) spaced apart from each other
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`(Kim Col. 6 lines 59-62 disclosesa first rotation member (i.e., first roller) and a second rotation
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`member(i.e., second roller) spaced apart from each other)); anda display panel (DM, Kim Col. 8 lines
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`65-70 discloses a display panel), wherein the display panel is extended by being released from the
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`rotation belt in a first direction (Kim Col. 10 lines 8-10 discloses a handle that the user maypullto
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`expose (i.e., extend) the display module{i.e., display panel) outside the housing inafirst direction (fig
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`6 “DRI”)).
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`Kim does not explicitly disclose a rotation belt surrounding the first roller and the second
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`roller, it does not explicitly disclose a portion of the display panel disposed on the rotation belt, and it
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`doesnot explicitly disclose a surface of the rotation belt that extends to the first roller and the second
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`roller and thatis parallel to the first direction is flat, and the display panel wraps around the rotation
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`belt. However, Han teaches a rotation belt surrounding thefirst roller and the second roller (Han Col. 2
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`lines 5-7, discloses a driving wheel, a driven wheel(i.e., first roller, second roller), surrounded bya
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`transmission belt (i.e., rotation belt, fig 1 and fig. 3); including a portion disposed on the rotation belt
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`(Han Col. 2 lines 9-11 disclosesa flexible display (i.e., display panel) supported by a transmission belt
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`{i.e., rotation belt, fig 1 and fig. 3).
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinaryskill in the art before the effectivefilling date of
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`the claimed invention to replace each of Kim’s rotation members RM1 and RM2 with a rotation belt and
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`pair of rollers (Han’s 510, 520, 600), for the advantage of supporting the display panel, in order to
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`achieve rotational display, as disclosed by Han (Col. 2 Lines 1-5, Lines 44-47).
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`Kim in view of Han doesnot explicitly disclose: a surface of a rotation belt that extends to thefirst
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`roller and the second roller and that is parallel to the first direction is flat, and the display panel wraps
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`around the rotation belt.
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`However, Luo teaches: a surface of a rotation belt (4, fig. 6) that extendsto the first roller (2, fig. 6) and
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`the secondroller (3, fig. 6) and that is parallel to the first directionis flat (see annotatedfig. 6 below),
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`and the display panel wraps around the rotation belt (as understood upon examination offig. 6 and
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`paragraph [0024]).
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`MILIILIALILLELE
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`flat surfsce
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`LOCHPHLEALELLE
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effectivefilling date of
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`the claimed invention to modify the combination of Kim and Han as defined above, in order to define a
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`flat surface of the rotation belt between the two rollers, and a display panel rolled around the rotation
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`belt , for the advantage of reducing damage asa result of local stress concentration onthe display panel,
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`as taught by Luo (paragraph [0024]-[0025]).
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`Regarding claim 2, Kim in view of Han and Luo teachesthe display device of claim 1, wherein
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`the first roller and the second roller are spaced apart from each other in the first direction (Kim Col. 6
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`lines 59-62 disclosesafirst rotation member (i.e., first roller) and asecond rotation member{i.e.,
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`second roller) spaced apart from each other)).
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`Regarding claim 3, Kim in view of Han and Luo teachesthe display device of claim 2, wherein a
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`distance between thefirst roller and the second roller is constant (Kim Col. 2 lines 47-50 discloses a
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`distance of the first rotation member(i.e., first roller) from the groovein the first direction may be
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`equal ({i.e., constant) to a distance of the second rotation memberfromthe grovein the first
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`direction)).
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`Regarding claim 4, Kim in view of Han and Luo teachesthe display device of claim 3, wherein
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`the first roller and the second roller rotate in a same direction (Kim Col. 6 lines 64-67 discloses that
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`each ofthe first and second rotation members(i.e., first roller, second roller) may rotate in a
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`clockwise or counterclockwise direction about a rotation axis )).
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`Regarding claim 5, Kim in view of Han and Luo teachesthedisplay device of claim 4, wherein
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`the first roller and the second roller are rotatable with respect to a rotation axis that is paralleltoa
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`second direction perpendicular to the first direction (Kim Col. 6 lines 58-67 discloses The first rotation
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`member RAUL {Le., first roller] and the second rotation member RMé {Le., second roller} may be
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`spaced apart fram each other in the first direction DRI f.e., first direction). Each ofthe first and
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`second rotation members RMI and RMZ may have a cylindrical shape extending in a second direction
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`DR2 i.e. second direction}. Each ofthe first and second rotation members RMI and RM2 may rotate
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`in a clockwise direction ora counterclockwise direction about arotation axis extending inthe secand
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`direction DR2Z land therefore perpendicular ta the first direction DRI iLe., first direction)})).
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`Regarding claim9 Kim teaches a display device comprising: an accommodating portion (Kim
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`Col6 lines 41-43 fig 1 “HS”, discloses housing(i.e., accommodating portion)) including a rolling
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`member (Kim, Col 6 lines 59-62 fig 1 “RM1”, discloses a first rotation member (i.e., first roller),) anda
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`secondroller (Kim Col 6 lines 59-62 fig 1 “RM2”, discloses a second rotation member(i.e., second
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`roller); and a display panel (Kim Col. 8 lines 65-70 discloses a display panel) that is accommodated in
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`the accommodating portion while being wound aroundthe rolling member of the accommodating
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`portion and that extends from the accommodating portion ina first direction while being unwound from
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`the rolling member (Kim Col 2 lines 5-17 and lines 31-34 describe a display module(i.e. display panel)
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`configured to enter and exit a housing (i.e. accommodating portion)in a first direction, while rolling or
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`sliding on the rotation members), wherein the rolling member includes: a first roller and a second roller
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`spaced apart from each other (Kim Col 6 lines 59-62 disclosesa first rotation member(i.e., first roller)
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`and a second rotation member (i.e., second roller) spaced apart from each other)); and the display
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`panel includes a portion on the rotation belt in the accommodating portion {Kim Col 2 lines 5-12 and
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`lines 31-34) describes a display module(i.e., display panel) that may enter and exit a housing (i.e.,
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`accommodating member).
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`Kim does not explicitly disclose a rotation belt surrounding the first roller and the second roller, and it
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`does not explicitly disclose a surface of the rotation belt that extends to the first roller and the second
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`roller and thatis parallel to the first direction is flat, and the display panel wraps around the rotation
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`belt.
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`However, Han Col. 2 lines 9-11 discloses a transmission belt (i.e., rotation belt, fig 1 and fig. 3)
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`and a rotation belt surrounding thefirst roller and the secondroller (Han Col 2 lines 5-7, discloses a
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`driving wheel, a driven wheel(i.e., first roller, second roller), surrounded by a transmission belt(i.e.,
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`rotation belt, fig 1 and fig. 3).
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effectivefilling date of
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`the claimed invention to modify Kim’s teaching with Han because incorporation of a rotation belt
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`surrounding the first roller and the secondroller in the rollable display device, would allow support of
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`the display panel in order to achieve rotational display, as disclosed by Han (Col. 2 Lines 5-1, Lines 44-
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`47).
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`Luo teaches a surface of a rotation belt (4, fig. 6) that extends to the first roller (2, fig. 6) and the second
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`roller (3, fig. 6) and that is parallel to the first direction is flat (see annotatedfig. 6 below) , and the
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`display panel wraps around the rotation belt (as understood upon examination offig. 6 and paragraph
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`[0024]).
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`MILIILIALILLELE
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`flat surfsce
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`LOCHPHLEALELLE
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effectivefilling date of
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`the claimed invention to modify Kim’s teaching to define a flat surface of the rotation belt between the
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`two rollers, and a display panel rolled around the rotation belt , for the advantage of reducing damage
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`asa result of local stress concentration onthe display panel, as taught by Luo (paragraph [0024]-
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`[0025]).
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`Regarding claim 10, Kim in view of Han and Luo teachesthe display device of claim 9, wherein
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`the first roller and the second roller are spaced apart from each other in the first direction (Kim Col. 6
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`lines 59-62 disclosesa first rotation member (i.e., first roller) and asecond rotation member{i.e.,
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`second roller) spaced apart from each other)).
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`Regarding claim 11, Kim in view of Han and Luo teachesthedisplay device of claim 10, wherein
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`a distance between thefirst roller and the second roller is constant (Kim Col. 2 lines 47-50 discloses a
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`distance of the first rotation member(i.e., first roller) from the groovein the first direction may be
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`equal ({i.e., constant) to a distance of the second rotation memberfromthe grovein the first
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`direction)).
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`Regarding claim 12, Kim in view of Han and Luo teachesthedis play device of claim 11, wherein
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`the first roller and the second roller rotate in a same direction (Kim Col. 6 lines 64-67 discloses that
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`each ofthe first and second rotation members(i.e., first roller, second roller) may rotate in a
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`clockwise or counterclockwise direction about a rotation axis)).
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`Regarding claim 13, Kim in view of Han and Luo teachesThedisplay device of claim 12, wherein
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`the first roller and the second roller are rotatable with respect to a rotation axis that is parallelto a
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`second direction perpendicular to the first direction (Kim Col. 6 lines 58-67 discloses The first rotation
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`member RM1 (i.e., first roller) and the second rotation member RM2 {i.e., second roller) may be
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`spaced apart from each otherin the first direction DR1 (i.e., first direction). Each of the first and
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`second rotation members RM1 and RM2 may havea cylindrical shape extending in a second direction
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`DR2({i.e., second direction). Each of the first and second rotation members RM1 and RM2 may rotate
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`in a clockwise direction ora counterclockwise direction about a rotation axis extending in the second
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`direction DR2 (and therefore perpendicular to the first direction DR1 (i.e., first direction) )).
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`Regarding claim 18, Kim in view of Han and Luo teachesthedisplay device of claim 9, wherein
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`the display panel includes a driving area (Kim fig 4 “MA”discloses a mounting area(i.e., driving area
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`“PA”) to which driving circuits (Kim fig. 4 “130” discloses a driving substrate(i.e., driving circuits) are
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`electrically connected, and the driving area is disposed in the accommodatingportion (Kim Col 6 lines
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`41-43, fig. 1-2 discloses a housing (i.e., accommodating portion) where the display module may be
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`stored).
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`Regarding claim 19, Kim in view of Han and Luo teachesthedisplay device of claim 9, further
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`comprising: a handle portion facing the accommodating portion in the first direction (Kim Col. 10 lines
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`6-11,fig.6 discloses a display device accordingto an embodiment of the invention mayfurtherinclude
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`a handle coupled to the display module. A user maypullthe handle such that the display moduleis
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`exposed to the outside of the housing (i.e., in the first direction )).
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`Regarding claim 20, Kim in view of Han and Luo teachesthedisplay device of claim 19, wherein
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`the display panel includes a driving area (Kim fig 4 “MA” discloses a mounting area ({i.e., driving area
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`“PA”) to which driving circuits (Kim fig. 4 “130” discloses a driving substrate (i.e., driving circuits) are
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`electrically connected, and the driving area is disposed in the handle portion (Kim Col. 10 lines 12-14,
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`discloses that the driving substrate(i.e., driving circuits) may be located in the handle).
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`Claims 7-8, 15-17 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Kim in view of
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`Hanand Luo as applied to claims 1-5 above, and further in view of Knopp (US 20200087072 A1, “Knopp”
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`hereinafter).
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`Regarding claim 7, Kim in view of Han and Luo teachesthe display device of claim 1. However,
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`the combination fails to explicitly teach how grooveportions or convex portions are disposed ona
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`surfaceofthe first roller and a surface of the second roller with respect to the surface of the rotation
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`belt. However, Knopp teaches wherein groove portions or convex portions are disposed on a surface of
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`the first roller and a surface of the second roller, and a surface of the rotation belt includes: convex
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`parts inserted into the groove portions of the first and second rollers; or groove parts into which the
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`convexportions of the first and secondrollers are inserted (Knopp paragraphs [0051]-[0052] discloses
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`the notches(i.e., Convex portions) and ridges(i.e., groove parts) can be configured for example having
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`a semi-circular cross section (i.e., convex, transversely to the longitudinal axis thereof).
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effectivefilling date of
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`the claimed invention to incorporate Knopp’s teaching into Kim as modified by Han, since the
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`implementation of notches (i.e., convex portions) and ridges(i.e., grooves) in the
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`rotation belt in order to optimize belt to roller grip, would prevent lateral slipping and reducefriction
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`losses (Knopp paragraphs [0005] and [0010]).
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`Regarding claim 8, Kim in view of Han, Luo and Knoppteaches the display device of claim 7,
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`wherein a planar shape of the groove portions or the convex portions and a planar shape of the convex
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`parts or the groove parts area same shape. (Knopp paragraph [0081] discloses ridges(i.e., groove
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`parts) and the notches{i.e., Convex portions) may be ofa shape thatis complementary ({i.e., same
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effectivefilling date of
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`the claimed invention to incorporate Knopp’s teaching into Kim as modified by Han, since the
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`implementation of notches (i.e., convex portions) and ridges(i.e., grooves) in the
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`rotation belt in order to optimize belt to roller grip, would prevent lateral slipping and reducefriction
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`losses (Knopp paragraphs [0005] and [0010]).
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`Regarding claim 15, Kim in view Han and Luo teachesthe display device of claim 9, but it does
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`not explicitly disclose: wherein a width of the surface of the rotation belt parallel to the first direction is
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`greater thana thickness of the rotation belt measuredin a direction perpendicular to the first direction.
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`However Knopp teachesa width of the surface of the rotation belt parallel to the first direction
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`is greater thana thickness of the rotation belt measuredin a direction perpendicular tothefirst
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`direction (Knopp paragraph [0015] discloses a “conveyorbelt”(i.e., rotation belt) within the meaning
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`of embodiments ofthe invention is a resilient, planar, for example substantially cuboid, body, the
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`extension (i.e., width of the surface of the rotation belt parallel) of which is substantially greater in
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`the conveyor belt plane (i.e., thickness of the rotation belt) than perpendicularly thereto), while
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`paragraph [0039] discloses A conveyor belt (i.e., rotation belt) thickness of the conveyor belt
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`perpendicularly to the conveying(i.e., first direction) plane.
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effectivefilling date of
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`the claimed invention to incorporate Knopp’s teaching into Kim as modified by Han,since a resilient low
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`wear rotation belt (i.e., conveyor belt) with a planar (i.e., flat) and cuboid surface, would allow support
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`of the display panel (Knopp paragraph [0014] and [0015]).
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`Regarding claim 16, Kim in view Han and Luo teachesthedisplay device of claim 9. However,
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`the combination fails to explicitly teach how grooveportions or convex portions are disposed ona
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`surfaceofthe first roller and a surface of the second roller with respect to the surface of the rotation
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`belt.
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`However, Knoppteaches wherein groove portions or convex portions are disposed on a surface
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`of the first roller and a surface of the second roller, and a surface of the rotation belt includes: convex
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`parts inserted into the groove portions of the first and second rollers; or groove parts into which the
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`convexportions of the first and secondrollers are inserted (Knopp paragraphs [0051]-[0052] discloses
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`the notches{i.e., Convex portions) and ridges{i.e., groove parts) can be configured for example having
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`a semi-circular cross section (i.e., convex, transversely to the longitudinal axis thereof).
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effectivefilling date of
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`the claimed invention to incorporate Knopp’s teaching into Kim as modified by Han, since the
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`implementation of notches(i.e., convex portions) and ridges(i.e., grooves) in the
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`rotation belt would to optimize belt to roller grip, and would prevent lateral slipping and reducefriction
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`losses (Knopp paragraphs [0005] and [0010]).
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`Regarding claim 17, Kim in view Han, Luo and Knopp teachesthedisplay device of claim 16,
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`wherein a planar shape of the groove portions or the convex portions and a planar shape of the convex
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`parts or the groove parts area same shape (Knopp paragraph [0081] discloses ridges (i.e., groove
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`parts) and the notches(i.e., Convex portions) may be of a shape that is complementary(i.e., same
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`shape).
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effectivefilling date of
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`the claimed invention to incorporate Knopp’s teaching into Kim as modified by Han, since the
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`implementation of notches(i.e., convex portions) and ridges(i.e., grooves) in the rotation belt would to
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`optimize belt to roller grip, and would prevent lateral slipping and reducefriction losses (Knopp
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`paragraphs [0005] and [0010]).
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`Conclusion
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`4.
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`Applicant's amendment necessitated the new ground(s) of rejection presentedin this Office
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`action. Accordingly, THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. See MPEP § 706.07(a). Applicant is reminded of the
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`/DANIEL C PUENTES/
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