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 Arguments
Applicant’s arguments with respect to claim(s) rejected have been considered but are moot because the new ground of rejection does not rely on any reference applied in the prior rejection of record for any teaching or matter specifically challenged in the argument.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the statutory basis (i.e., changing from AIA to pre-AIA ) for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status.
The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that form the basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
A person shall be entitled to a patent unless –
(a)(2) the claimed invention was described in a patent issued under section 151, or in an application for patent published or deemed published under section 122(b), in which the patent or application, as the case may be, names another inventor and was effectively filed before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claims 1 and 15-17 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Choi et al. 20210193963.
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Regarding claim 1, fig. 2 of Choi disclose a display module, comprising:
a display panel 300, having a display area DA and a peripheral area NDA located outside the display area;
a protective layer (combination of 520/600/710a/710/100), disposed on a backlight side of the display panel (see 100 on backlight side), wherein the protective layer covers at least a part of the peripheral area and the display area; and
the protective layer comprises a conductive heat dissipation layer 710 (par [0077] - heat occurring in the pad part 710 may be transferred to the second metal layer 520 by the resin layer 600, and thus, may be discharged to the outside of the display apparatus – as such 520 dissipates heat to 600 to 520);
a cover plate (740/740a/720/720c/720a), disposed on a side of the display panel away from the protective layer (away is outside of and outside of something is away from that something); and
a conductive medium 730, wherein the cover plate (720 is part of the cover plate) is electrically connected with the heat dissipation layer (which is 710) through the conductive medium 730.
Regarding claim 15, fig. 2 of Choi discloses wherein the cover plate has a body area (portion of 743 over DA) and a surrounding area (other portions) located outside the body area; the body area covers the display area, and the surrounding area covers the peripheral area, the conductive medium 730 is connected to the surrounding area; the conductive medium connects the cover plate and the heat dissipation layer across an edge of the display panel from an outer side of the edge of the display panel.
Regarding claim 16, fig. 2 of Choi discloses wherein the surrounding area comprises a plurality of contact areas (areas which make contact with 520 and 100) spaced apart along a circumferential direction of the body area, and the conductive medium is connected to the contact areas (all areas are directly or indirectly connected).
Regarding claim 17, fig. 2 of Choi discloses wherein an outer peripheral surface (those surfaces of 740a and 720c) of the cover plate is surrounded by a plurality of side surfaces (all surface around 740a and 720c) distributed in a circumferential direction, and a junction between two adjacent side surfaces is a corner; any of the corners is located within one of the contact areas; the conductive medium connected to any of the contact areas covers the corner in the contact area (all areas are directly or indirectly connected).
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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/VONGSAVANH SENGDARA/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2893