DETAILED ACTION
Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
Response to Amendment
The Amendment filed on January 6, 2026 has been entered. No claim(s) has/have been canceled or added. Therefore, claim(s) 1-20 continue to be pending in the application.
Claim Objections
Claims 5-14 is/are objected to because of the following informalities:
With respect to claim 5, in lines 2-3 of the claim “at least one of” should read “at least one power line of” in order for the claim language to be consistent throughout the claims. Claims 6-14 which either directly or indirectly depend from claim 5 and which inherit issue of claim 5 are objected to for similar reasons.
Appropriate correction is required.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112(b):
(b) CONCLUSION.—The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor regards as the invention.
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph:
The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the applicant regards as his invention.
Claims 6 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor (or for applications subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, the applicant), regards as the invention.
With respect to claim 6, as currently amended the claim requires that “the at least two different power line include a first power line … and a second power line (lines 35-36, claim 1) and that “the at least one power line [of the at least two different power line] includes a first power line and a second power line” (lines 1-2, claim 6). It is unclear form the claim language whether the second recited “first power line” and “second power line” were intended to relate back to “a first power line” and “a second power line” (lines 35-36, claim 1) or to set forth an additional “first power line” and “second power line”. For purpose of compact prosecution, it will be assume that the second recited “a first power line” and “a second power line” were intended to set forth additional elements of the claim.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1-4 and 15-20 are allowed. Claim(s) 5-14 would be allowable if rewritten or amended to overcome the objections and rejection(s) under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), 2nd paragraph, set forth in this Office action.
The following is an examiner’s statement of reasons for indication of allowable subject matter:
Regarding claim 1, the prior art of record, alone or in combination, and to the examiner’s knowledge does not teach, disclose, suggest, or render obvious, at least to the skilled artisan, the instant invention regarding a display device, particularly characterized by at least two different voltage/power lines arranged directly on a same layer in a bending area of the display device, located between a data driving portion and an active area of the display device, wherein a first voltage line and a second voltage line of the two different voltage/power lines supply voltage at different levels, in combination with all other elements of the display device recited in the claim(s). The closest prior art of record to Kim et al. (US 20150041769) in view of Park et al. (US 2014/0132487) and Yamashita et al. (US 2008/0198104) fails to disclose the above noted elements of the claim. Claim(s) 2-4 and 15-20, which either directly or indirectly depend from claim(s) 1, and which include all of the limitations recited in claim(s) 1, is/are allowed for the similar reasons.
Response to Arguments
Applicant’s arguments, filed on January 6, 2026, with respect to the rejection(s) of claim(s) 1-20 under 35 USC 112 have been fully considered and are persuasive. Therefore, the rejection has been withdrawn. However, upon further consideration, a new ground(s) of rejection is made in view of the amendments.
Conclusion
Applicant's amendment necessitated the new ground(s) of rejection presented in this Office action. Accordingly, THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. See MPEP § 706.07(a). Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37 CFR 1.136(a).
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Examiner, Art Unit 2893
/SUE A PURVIS/Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 2893