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 .
Continued Examination Under 37 CFR 1.114
A request for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, including the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e), was filed in this application after final rejection. Since this application is eligible for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, and the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e) has been timely paid, the finality of the previous Office action has been withdrawn pursuant to 37 CFR 1.114. Applicant's submission filed on 12/11/25 has been entered.
Applicant's amendment/arguments filed on 12/11/25 as being acknowledged and entered. By this amendment claim 20 is canceled, claims 21 has been added and claims 1-19 and 21 are pending and claims 4, 6-10, and 12-19 are withdrawn.
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)(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use, on sale, or otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claim(s) 1-3, 5, 11 and 21 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Takahashi et al. (US PGPub 2018/0219025).
Claim 1: Takahashi teaches (Fig. 4-5) electronic device, comprising: multiple electronic component groups (101a, 101b); a control circuit, electrically connected the electronic component groups, and including multiple control units (151a,151b); and a circuit substrate (113) having an active area (101) and an inactive area (area around 101) adjacent to the active area; wherein a number of the control units is the same as a number of the electronic component groups, and the control units are electrically connected to the electronic component groups on a one-to-one basis; wherein one of the electronic component groups receives two power signals from one of the control units circuit through a first signal receiving end, a second signal receiving end, and a third signal receiving end (130a-c); wherein the circuit substrate has a first transmission circuit (102) and a second transmission circuit (103), which are respectively electrically connected to the one of the electronic component groups; wherein the first transmission circuit has multiple first wires (SLs) and multiple second wires (GLs) electrically connected to the first wires; wherein the second transmission circuit has multiple third wires (SLs) and multiple fourth wires (GLs) electrically connected to the third wires; wherein the first wires and the third wires extend along a first direction, the second wires and the fourth wires extend along a second direction, and the first direction is different from the second direction ;wherein the one of the electronic component groups comprises multiple electronic components, and some of the multiple electronic components do not correspond to the second wires or the fourth wires [0118-129].
Claim 2: Takahashi teaches (Fig. 4-5) wherein the electronic component groups are disposed on the active area, the first signal receiving end, the second signal receiving end, and the third signal receiving end are disposed on the inactive area and adjacent to one side of the one of the electronic component groups [0118-129]. The receiving ends are outside of area (101)
Claim 3: Takahashi teaches (Fig. 4-5) the second signal receiving end is located between the first signal receiving end and the third signal receiving end, the first signal receiving end receives a first power signal, and the second signal receiving end receives a second power signal [0118-129].
Claim 5: Takahashi teaches (Fig. 4-5) the first transmission circuit is electrically connected to the first signal receiving end and the third signal receiving end, the second transmission circuit is electrically connected to the second signal receiving end; the first transmission circuit has multiple first wires and multiple second wires electrically connected to the first wires; the second transmission circuit has multiple third wires and multiple fourth wires electrically connected to the third wires; wherein the one of the electronic component groups comprises multiple electronic components, and some of the multiple electronic components do not correspond to the second wires or the fourth wires [0118-129].
Claim 11: Takahashi teaches (Fig. 4-5) some of the multiple electronic components do not receive the first power signal through the second wires, or do not receive the second power signal through the fourth wires [0118-129].
Claim 21: Takahashi teaches (Fig. 4-5) teaches the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction.
Conclusion
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