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The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
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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 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.
In reply to the Final Office Action mailed on 8/21/2025, the applicant has filed a Request for Continued Examination (RCE) on 12/22/2025, amending claims 1-2. Claims 3, 10, 12 and 19 have been cancelled. No claim has been added. Claims 1-2, 4-9, 11, 13-18 and 20-22 are pending in this application.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
A patent for a claimed invention may not be obtained, notwithstanding that the claimed invention is not identically disclosed as set forth in 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 ordinary skill in the art to which the claimed invention pertains. Patentability shall not be negated by the manner in which the invention was made.
Claims 1, 9 and 11 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Nakamura et al. (US 2010/0134735), in view of Kitchens et al. (US 2014/0354905), Paull et al. (US 5,945,981) and Kim et al. (US 2023/0067179), and further in view of Shai (WO 2010/032223).
Regarding claim 1, Nakamura discloses an electronic device (see Figs. 8, 11 and 17) comprising a display device (see active matrix display device provided with an area sensor in Figs. 8 and 11) and an input device (see pointer 293 in Fig. 11),
wherein the display device includes a display portion including a plurality of pixels (see display portion 21 including pixels 22, as shown in Fig. 8; para[0169]) ,
wherein each of the plurality of pixels comprises a light-receiving device configured to detect light (see photodiode 252 in Figs. 8, 9 and 11),
wherein the input device includes a light source (para[0220]; see 293 in Fig. 11 includes a light source (e.g. laser light source)),
wherein the input device is configured to emit light from the light source while being used to provide inputs (para[0220]; para[0280]; para[0284]; see Fig. 11 laser pointer 293 emits light from its laser light source such that “coordinate information can be input by pointing the display surface by… laser pointer 293”), and
wherein when the light emitted from the light source is detected by the light-receiving device, display on the display portion is changed (para[0208]; para[0220]; para[0280]-para[0284]; see Figs. 11 and 17A; “Here, light approaching a plane of the substrate on which the amplifier circuit and the nip photodiode are formed is received by the photodiode 252 and is converted into electrical signals”; “if the display device provided with an area sensor is used as a display device and also as an input device of a device capable of two-way communication, such as a computer or a cable television; coordinate information input to the photoelectric conversion element and coordinate information output to the display element can be associated” in order to execute changes and operations on what is displayed; “The television device having the display device provided with an area sensor can not only display images at high quality without unevenness, but also be used for two-way communication by utilizing an area sensor”; “By pointing to the display device provided with an area sensor with a laser pointer or the like which is mounted on the remote control and selecting displayed images, data can be input from a distance”).
However, Nakamura does not appear to expressly disclose the display device includes a power feeding coil provided to overlap the display portion, wherein each of the plurality of pixels comprises a first subpixel having a first light-emitting device configured to emit red light, a second subpixel having a second light-emitting device configured to emit green light, a third subpixel having a third light-emitting device configured to emit blue light, and a fourth subpixel having a light-receiving device configured to detect infrared light, wherein the fourth subpixel is provided adjacent to the third subpixel in each of the plurality of pixels, wherein the input device includes a ring shaped housing, a battery, and an antenna, wherein the input device is configured to be worn on a user’s finger when in use, wherein the input device is configured to receive radio waves transmitted from the power feeding coil at the antenna and charge the battery electrically connected to the light source, wherein the input device is configured to emit infrared light from the light source while wirelessly charging the battery when the battery is not charged in advance, wherein when the infrared light emitted from the light source is detected by the light-receiving device, display on the display portion is changed.
Kitchens discloses each of a plurality of pixels comprises a first subpixel having a first light-emitting device configured to emit red light, a second subpixel having a second light-emitting device configured to emit green light, a third subpixel having a third light-emitting device configured to emit blue light, and a fourth subpixel having a light-receiving device configured to detect infrared light, wherein the fourth subpixel is provided adjacent to the third subpixel in each of the plurality of pixels (para[0028]; para[0067]; see in Fig. 14T, each pixel 1,2 comprising display sub-pixels 18a-c corresponding to red, green and blue color sub-pixels, respectively, that is, “three sub-pixels (red, green and blue) of an LCD or OLED display pixel”, and an infrared sensor sub-pixel 20c adjacent to the blue sub-pixel 18c).
Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention, to combine the teachings in Nakamura’s invention, with the teachings in Kitchens’ invention, to have each of the plurality of pixels comprises a first subpixel having a first light-emitting device configured to emit red light, a second subpixel having a second light-emitting device configured to emit green light, a third subpixel having a third light-emitting device configured to emit blue light, and a fourth subpixel having a light-receiving device configured to detect infrared light, wherein the fourth subpixel is provided adjacent to the third subpixel in each of the plurality of pixels, for the advantage of realizing a multifunctional pixel that includes more components and functionality (para[0004]; para[0023]-para[0024]).
However, Nakamura and Kitchens do not appear to expressly disclose the display device includes a power feeding coil provided to overlap the display portion, wherein the input device includes a ring shaped housing, a battery, and an antenna, wherein the input device is configured to be worn on a user’s finger when in use, wherein the input device is configured to receive radio waves transmitted from the power feeding coil at the antenna and charge the battery electrically connected to the light source, wherein the input device is configured to emit infrared light from the light source while wirelessly charging the battery when the battery is not charged in advance, wherein when the infrared light emitted from the light source is detected by the light-receiving device, display on the display portion is changed.
Paull discloses an input device includes a light source and a battery, the battery electrically connected to the light source (see pen 130 in Figs. 2-3 includes a rechargeable battery 165 electrically connected to “A light-emitting element 140, located proximate to the pen's tip”; column 1, lines 47-52; column 4, lines 35-44 and 50-63; column 5, lines 16-19; column 6, lines 11-15), wherein the input device is configured to emit infrared light from the light source (“The LED 140 emits infrared light”; column 4, line 62).
Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention, to combine the teachings in Nakamura’s and Kitchens’ combination, with the teachings in Paull’s invention, to have the input device includes a light source and a battery, the battery electrically connected to the light source, wherein the input device is configured to emit infrared light from the light source, and as a consequence of the combination, when the infrared light emitted from the light source is detected by the light-receiving device, display on the display portion is changed, for the known advantage of e.g. suitable wireless cursor control, selection of options and navigation through windows and applications (column 1, lines 41-42 and 47-52).
However, Nakamura, Kitchens and Paull do not appear to expressly disclose the display device includes a power feeding coil provided to overlap the display portion, wherein the input device includes a ring shaped housing, and an antenna, wherein the input device is configured to be worn on a user’s finger when in use, wherein the input device is configured to receive radio waves transmitted from the power feeding coil at the antenna and charge the battery electrically connected to the light source, wherein the input device is configured to emit infrared light from the light source while wirelessly charging the battery when the battery is not charged in advance.
Kim discloses a display device includes a power feeding coil provided to overlap a display portion (para[0555]-para[0557]; para[0794]; para[0893]; para[1987]; regarding Figs. 2 and 47, see loop coil 264 disposed to correspond to the entire area of the touch screen 20 which comprises display panel 251 and touch sensor 261, wherein coil driver 263 applies a driving signal to the loop coil 264; “The loop coil 264 may… be composed of an antenna of a short-range communication module 212 such as RFID and NFC”, and “The driving signal may include an alternating voltage or alternating current having a predetermined frequency”; “the loop coil 264 may receive a driving signal from the coil driver 263 and transmit power to the outside”; “When the loop coil 264 generates a magnetic field by a driving signal…, the resonance circuit unit 12 of… stylus pens 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d, 10e resonates using a signal received through a change in a magnetic field”; see also e.g., antenna loop 241 included in loop coil 264 as shown in Figs. 228-231), wherein an input device includes a battery and an antenna (para[0779]; para[0782]-para[0783]; para[0785]; para[0787]-para[0788]; para[0790]-para[0794]; see stylus pen 10 in Figs. 1 and 30(b)-30(e), including battery 14 (or 50) and resonance circuit unit 12 (claimed antenna)), wherein the input device is configured to receive radio waves transmitted from the power feeding coil at the antenna and charge the battery (para[0779]; para[0781]-para[0783]; para[0788]; para[0790]; para[0794]; para[0798]; para[0800]; para[0803]; see Figs. 2, 29-30 and 47; since “The loop coil 264 may… be composed of an antenna of a short-range communication module 212 such as RFID and NFC”, and “The driving signal may include an alternating voltage or alternating current having a predetermined frequency”, “When the loop coil 264 generates a magnetic field…, the resonance circuit unit 12 of the stylus pens 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d, 10e resonates using a signal received through a change in a magnetic field and/or an electric field”; e.g., in the stylus pen 10b shown in Fig. 30b, “The resonant circuit unit 12 resonates using energy transferred from the loop coil 264, and the resonant energy is rectified in the rectifier 13 and can be used to charge the power storage 14”; “The power storage 14 includes a rechargeable battery or a capacitor such as an electric double layered capacitor (EDLC)”), and wherein the input device is configured to be used to provide inputs while wirelessly charging the battery when the battery is not charged in advance (para[0356]-para[0358]; para[0798]; “power required for the use of the stylus pen can be delivered at the same time as the use of the stylus pen without separate wireless charging”; that is, the stylus pen can be used even when not charged in advance because it can be charged while being used; “The resonant circuit unit 12 resonates using energy transferred from the loop coil 264, and the resonant energy is rectified in the rectifier 13 and can be used to charge the power storage 14”, with the “advantage of being able to wirelessly charge the stylus pen in use”).
Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention, to combine the teachings in Nakamura’s, Kitchens’ and Paull’s combination, with the teachings in Kim’s invention, to have the display device includes a power feeding coil provided to overlap the display portion, wherein the input device includes a light source, a battery, and an antenna, wherein the input device is configured to receive radio waves transmitted from the power feeding coil at the antenna and charge the battery electrically connected to the light source, wherein the input device is configured to emit infrared light from the light source while wirelessly charging the battery when the battery is not charged in advance, for the advantage of wirelessly delivering power required for the use of the input device at the same time as the use of the input device without separate wireless charging, and in a faster way (para[0356]-para[0358]).
However, Nakamura, Kitchens, Paull and Kim do not appear to expressly disclose the input device includes a ring shaped housing, wherein the input device is configured to be worn on a user’s finger when in use.
Shai discloses an input device includes a ring shaped housing, a battery and an antenna, wherein the input device is configured to be worn on a user’s finger when in use (see e.g. input device 610 in Fig. 6A, input device 2500 in Fig. 25F, or input device 2660 in Figs. 26D-26E, among many other ring shaped input devices through the disclosure of Shai; regarding e.g. Figs. 26D-26E, see “a finger wearing ring 2650 may be interacting with a touch-screen device” and includes communication unit 2668 which may be an antenna; the “several finger-worn devices described… may require a power-source (e.g. a battery) for supplying power to electric components of such devices”).
Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention, to combine the teachings in Nakamura’s, Kitchens’, Paull’s and Kim’s combination, with the teachings Shai’s in invention, to have the input device includes a ring shaped housing, wherein the input device is configured to be worn on a user’s finger when in use, for the advantage of a comfortable and visually attractive input device (page 116, third paragraph, of Shai).
Regarding claim 9, Nakamura, Kitchens, Paull, Kim and Shai disclose all the claim limitations as applied above (see claim 1). In addition, in the combination, Nakamura discloses the light-receiving device is capable of detecting light [the infrared light in the combination] emitted from the light source in a position where the input device is not in contact with the display device (para[0029]; para[0220]; para[0281]; para[0284]; see Fig. 11 and 17A; e.g. “By pointing to the display device provided with an area sensor with a laser pointer or the like which is mounted on the remote control and selecting displayed images, data can be input from a distance”).
Regarding claim 11, Nakamura, Kitchens, Paull, Kim and Shai disclose all the claim limitations as applied above (see claim 1). In addition, in the combination, Nakamura discloses light-emitting devices [e.g. the first to third in the combination] and the light-receiving device are electrically connected to a plurality of transistors (see organic light-emitting element 156 and photodiode 252 connected to transistors, as shown in Figs. 8-9 and 11),
wherein each of the transistors includes a metal oxide in a channel formation region (para[0196]-para[0197]; para[0201]-para[0202]; para[0219]; para[0221]; para[0236]; see in Fig. 11 thin film transistors including an oxide semiconductor layer in a channel formation, containing indium, gallium, and zinc; “main parts of the selection TFT 151, the amplifying TFT 152, the reset TFT 153, the EL-driving TFT 154, and the switching TFT 155 have the same structure”; see e.g. “first oxide semiconductor layer 113_1 is provided over the source electrode layer and the drain electrode layer (115a_1 and 115b_1) facing each other and overlaps with the gate electrode layer 111_1”; “The first oxide semiconductor layer is formed from… InGa--Zn—O-based non-single-crystal film”; “Note that while the selection TFT 151 is formed, the thin film transistors (152, 153, 154, and 155) are also formed in a similar manner”), and
wherein the metal oxide includes In, Zn, and M, M being at least one of Al, Ti, Ga, Ge, Sn, Y, Zr, La, Ce, Nd, and Hf (para[0196]-para[0197]; para [0201]-para[0202]; para[0219]; para[0221]; para[0236]; e.g. “The first oxide semiconductor layer is formed from… InGa--Zn—O-based non-single-crystal film”, that is, contains indium, gallium, and zinc, as claimed).
Claims 2, 18 and 20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Nakamura et al. (US 2010/0134735), in view of Kitchens et al. (US 2014/0354905), Paull et al. (US 5,945,981), Hicks et al. (US 2014/0253469) and Kim et al. (US 2023/0067179), and further in view of Shai (WO 2010/032223).
Regarding claim 2, Nakamura discloses an electronic device (see Figs. 8, 11 and 17) comprising a display device (see active matrix display device provided with an area sensor in Figs. 8 and 11) and an input device (see pointer 293 in Fig. 11),
wherein the display device includes a display portion including a plurality of pixels (see display portion 21 including pixels 22, as shown in Fig. 8; para[0169]),
wherein each of the plurality of pixels comprises a light-receiving device configured to detect light (see photodiode 252 in Figs. 8, 9 and 11),
wherein the input device includes a light source (para[0220]; see 293 in Fig. 11 includes a light source (e.g. laser light source)),
wherein the input device is configured to emit light from the light source while being used to provide inputs (para[0220]; para[0280]; para[0284]; see Fig. 11 laser pointer 293 emits light from its laser light source such that “coordinate information can be input by pointing the display surface by… laser pointer 293”), and
wherein when the light emitted from the light source is detected by the light-receiving device, display on the display portion is changed (para[0208]; para[0220]; para[0280]-para[0284]; see Figs. 11 and 17A; “Here, light approaching a plane of the substrate on which the amplifier circuit and the nip photodiode are formed is received by the photodiode 252 and is converted into electrical signals”; “if the display device provided with an area sensor is used as a display device and also as an input device of a device capable of two-way communication, such as a computer or a cable television; coordinate information input to the photoelectric conversion element and coordinate information output to the display element can be associated” in order to execute changes and operations on what is displayed; “The television device having the display device provided with an area sensor can not only display images at high quality without unevenness, but also be used for two-way communication by utilizing an area sensor”; “By pointing to the display device provided with an area sensor with a laser pointer or the like which is mounted on the remote control and selecting displayed images, data can be input from a distance”).
However, Nakamura does not appear to expressly disclose the display device includes a first communication circuit and a power feeding coil provided to overlap the display portion, wherein each of the plurality of pixels comprises a first subpixel having a first light-emitting device configured to emit red light, a second subpixel having a second light-emitting device configured to emit green light, a third subpixel having a third light-emitting device configured to emit blue light, and a fourth subpixel having a light-receiving device configured to detect infrared light, wherein the fourth subpixel is provided adjacent to the third subpixel in each of the plurality of pixels, wherein the input device includes a ring shaped housing, a second communication circuit, a battery, and an antenna, wherein the input device is configured to be worn on a user’s finger when in use, wherein the input device is configured to receive radio waves transmitted from the power feeding coil at the antenna and charge the battery electrically connected to the light source, wherein the input device is configured to emit infrared light from the light source while wirelessly charging the battery when the battery is not charged in advance, wherein when the input device is in a state of being authenticated by the display device through the second communication circuit and the first communication circuit and the infrared light emitted from the light source is detected by the light-receiving device, display on the display portion is changed.
Kitchens discloses each of a plurality of pixels comprises a first subpixel having a first light-emitting device configured to emit red light, a second subpixel having a second light-emitting device configured to emit green light, a third subpixel having a third light-emitting device configured to emit blue light, and a fourth subpixel having a light-receiving device configured to detect infrared light, wherein the fourth subpixel is provided adjacent to the third subpixel in each of the plurality of pixels (para[0028]; para[0067]; see in Fig. 14T, each pixel 1,2 comprising display sub-pixels 18a-c corresponding to red, green and blue color sub-pixels, respectively, that is, “three sub-pixels (red, green and blue) of an LCD or OLED display pixel”, and an infrared sensor sub-pixel 20c adjacent to the blue sub-pixel 18c).
Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention, to combine the teachings in Nakamura’s invention, with the teachings in Kitchens’ invention, to have each of the plurality of pixels comprises a first subpixel having a first light-emitting device configured to emit red light, a second subpixel having a second light-emitting device configured to emit green light, a third subpixel having a third light-emitting device configured to emit blue light, and a fourth subpixel having a light-receiving device configured to detect infrared light, wherein the fourth subpixel is provided adjacent to the third subpixel in each of the plurality of pixels, for the advantage of realizing a multifunctional pixel that includes more components and functionality (para[0004]; para[0023]-para[0024]).
However, Nakamura and Kitchens do not appear to expressly disclose the display device includes a first communication circuit and a power feeding coil provided to overlap the display portion, wherein the input device includes a ring shaped housing, a second communication circuit, a battery, and an antenna, wherein the input device is configured to be worn on a user’s finger when in use, wherein the input device is configured to receive radio waves transmitted from the power feeding coil at the antenna and charge the battery electrically connected to the light source, wherein the input device is configured to emit infrared light from the light source while wirelessly charging the battery when the battery is not charged in advance, wherein when the input device is in a state of being authenticated by the display device through the second communication circuit and the first communication circuit and the infrared light emitted from the light source is detected by the light-receiving device, display on the display portion is changed.
Paull discloses an input device includes a light source and a battery, the battery electrically connected to the light source (see pen 130 in Figs. 2-3 includes a rechargeable battery 165 electrically connected to “A light-emitting element 140, located proximate to the pen's tip”; column 1, lines 47-52; column 4, lines 35-44 and 50-63; column 5, lines 16-19; column 6, lines 11-15), wherein the input device is configured to emit infrared light from the light source (“The LED 140 emits infrared light”; column 4, line 62).
Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention, to combine the teachings in Nakamura’s and Kitchens’ combination, with the teachings in Paull’s invention, to have the input device includes a light source and a battery, the battery electrically connected to the light source, wherein the input device is configured to emit infrared light from the light source, and as a consequence of the combination, when the infrared light emitted from the light source is detected by the light-receiving device, display on the display portion is changed, for the known advantage of e.g. suitable wireless cursor control, selection of options and navigation through windows and applications (column 1, lines 41-42 and 47-52).
However, Nakamura, Kitchens and Paull do not appear to expressly disclose the display device includes a first communication circuit and a power feeding coil provided to overlap the display portion, wherein the input device includes a ring shaped housing, a second communication circuit and an antenna, wherein the input device is configured to be worn on a user’s finger when in use, wherein the input device is configured to receive radio waves transmitted from the power feeding coil at the antenna and charge the battery electrically connected to the light source, wherein the input device is configured to emit infrared light from the light source while wirelessly charging the battery when the battery is not charged in advance, and wherein when the input device is in a state of being authenticated by the display device through the second communication circuit and the first communication circuit, display on the display portion is changed.
Hicks discloses a display device that includes a first communication circuit (para[0002]; para[0027]-para[0028]; para[0057]-para[0059]; para[0063]-para[0066]; see display device 200 Figs. 1A, 3A and 3B; “The touchscreen display may be… implemented, for instance, with a light emitting diode (LED) screen”; “Device 200 may detect/sense contact of display 210 by stylus 100 using any of a wide range of touch-sensing techniques, such as:… infrared (IR) touch-sensing; optical imaging touch-sensing; and/or any combination thereof”, and thus, includes a light (IR light) receiving device; “device 200 may include communications componentry to aid in communicatively coupling device 200 and a stylus 100”; “device 200 may include, for example, receiver componentry, transmitter componentry, or transceiver componentry to provide one-way and/or two-way communication with stylus 100”),
an input device that includes a second communication circuit (para[0025]; para[0027]-para[0028]; para[0030]-para[0031]; para[0033]; para[0057]; para[0063]-para[0064]; para[0066]; see stylus 100 in Figs. 1A, 2A and 2B; “Device 200 may detect/sense contact of display 210 by stylus 100 using any of a wide range of touch-sensing techniques, such as:…; infrared (IR) touch-sensing; optical imaging touch-sensing; and/or any combination thereof”; “stylus 100 includes… a communications module”; “The communications module can be, for instance, any suitable module which allows for connection to the electronic computing device so that information may be passed between the device and the stylus”), and
wherein when the input device is in a state of being authenticated by the display device through the second communication circuit and the first communication circuit, display on the display portion is changed (para[0025]; para[0028]; para[0033]; para[0057]; para[0063]-para[0067]; “Device 200 may be, for example, a tablet, an eReader, a mobile phone, a laptop, a desktop, or any other mobile or non-mobile device that can be paired with the stylus 100”, after which “The stylus 100 is capable providing user input to the device 200 in a normal stylus fashion”; “Note that each of the stylus 100 and device 200 can be associated with a unique ID (e.g., MAC address, cell number, or other such identifier) that can be used to assist the communicative coupling of the stylus 100 and device 200”; once paired, “device 200 generally may be capable of translating direct and/or proximate contact of touch-sensitive display 210 by stylus 100 into an electronic signal that can be manipulated or otherwise used to trigger a UI action”; “stylus 100 may be capable of providing an input to a touch-sensitive device 200 either by direct contact or by proximate contact with a given touch-sensitive surface thereof (e.g., a touchscreen display 210)”; “Device 200 may detect/sense contact of display 210 by stylus 100 using any of a wide range of touch-sensing techniques, such as:… infrared (IR) touch-sensing; optical imaging touch-sensing; and/or any combination thereof”; “device 200 may be configured to display or otherwise provide to the user a touch-sensitive user interface (UI) (e.g., on a touch-sensitive display 210)”, managed/changed by inputs performed using the stylus 100, after pairing/identification/ authentication of stylus, to trigger a corresponding UI action).
Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention, to combine the teachings in Nakamura’s, Kitchens’ and Paull’s combination, with the teachings in Hicks’ invention, to have the display device includes a first communication circuit, the input device includes a second communication circuit, and wherein when the input device is in a state of being authenticated by the display device through the second communication circuit and the first communication circuit and the infrared light emitted from the light source is detected by the light-receiving device, display on the display portion is changed, for the advantage of better assisting communicative coupling between the input device and the display device over a network by using unique identifiers for pairing, and improving security by preventing or otherwise reducing misuse of the electronic device (para[0033]; para[0104]).
However, Nakamura, Kitchens, Paull and Hicks do not appear to expressly disclose the display device includes a power feeding coil provided to overlap the display portion, wherein the input device includes a ring shaped housing, and an antenna, wherein the input device is configured to be worn on a user’s finger when in use, wherein the input device is configured to receive radio waves transmitted from the power feeding coil at the antenna and charge the battery electrically connected to the light source, wherein the input device is configured to emit infrared light from the light source while wirelessly charging the battery when the battery is not charged in advance.
Kim discloses a display device includes a power feeding coil provided to overlap a display portion (para[0555]-para[0557]; para[0794]; para[0893]; para[1987]; regarding Figs. 2 and 47, see loop coil 264 disposed to correspond to the entire area of the touch screen 20 which comprises display panel 251 and touch sensor 261, wherein coil driver 263 applies a driving signal to the loop coil 264; “The loop coil 264 may… be composed of an antenna of a short-range communication module 212 such as RFID and NFC”, and “The driving signal may include an alternating voltage or alternating current having a predetermined frequency”; “the loop coil 264 may receive a driving signal from the coil driver 263 and transmit power to the outside”; “When the loop coil 264 generates a magnetic field by a driving signal…, the resonance circuit unit 12 of… stylus pens 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d, 10e resonates using a signal received through a change in a magnetic field”; see also e.g., antenna loop 241 included in loop coil 264 as shown in Figs. 228-231), wherein an input device includes a battery and an antenna (para[0779]; para[0782]-para[0783]; para[0785]; para[0787]-para[0788]; para[0790]-para[0794]; see stylus pen 10 in Figs. 1 and 30(b)-30(e), including battery 14 (or 50) and resonance circuit unit 12 (claimed antenna)), wherein the input device is configured to receive radio waves transmitted from the power feeding coil at the antenna and charge the battery (para[0779]; para[0781]-para[0783]; para[0788]; para[0790]; para[0794]; para[0798]; para[0800]; para[0803]; see Figs. 2, 29-30 and 47; since “The loop coil 264 may… be composed of an antenna of a short-range communication module 212 such as RFID and NFC”, and “The driving signal may include an alternating voltage or alternating current having a predetermined frequency”, “When the loop coil 264 generates a magnetic field…, the resonance circuit unit 12 of the stylus pens 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d, 10e resonates using a signal received through a change in a magnetic field and/or an electric field”; e.g., in the stylus pen 10b shown in Fig. 30b, “The resonant circuit unit 12 resonates using energy transferred from the loop coil 264, and the resonant energy is rectified in the rectifier 13 and can be used to charge the power storage 14”; “The power storage 14 includes a rechargeable battery or a capacitor such as an electric double layered capacitor (EDLC)”), and wherein the input device is configured to be used to provide inputs while wirelessly charging the battery when the battery is not charged in advance (para[0356]-para[0358]; para[0798]; “power required for the use of the stylus pen can be delivered at the same time as the use of the stylus pen without separate wireless charging”; that is, the stylus pen can be used even when not charged in advance because it can be charged while being used; “The resonant circuit unit 12 resonates using energy transferred from the loop coil 264, and the resonant energy is rectified in the rectifier 13 and can be used to charge the power storage 14”, with the “advantage of being able to wirelessly charge the stylus pen in use”).
Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention, to combine the teachings in Nakamura’s, Kitchens’, Paull’s and Hick’s combination, with the teachings in Kim’s invention, to have the display device includes a power feeding coil provided to overlap the display portion, wherein the input device includes a light source, a battery, and an antenna, wherein the input device is configured to receive radio waves transmitted from the power feeding coil at the antenna and charge the battery electrically connected to the light source, wherein the input device is configured to emit infrared light from the light source while wirelessly charging the battery when the battery is not charged in advance, for the advantage of wirelessly delivering power required for the use of the input device at the same time as the use of the input device without separate wireless charging, and in a faster way (para[0356]-para[0358]).
However, Nakamura, Kitchens, Paull, Hicks and Kim do not appear to expressly disclose the input device includes a ring shaped housing, wherein the input device is configured to be worn on a user’s finger when in use.
Shai discloses an input device includes a ring shaped housing, a battery and an antenna, wherein the input device is configured to be worn on a user’s finger when in use (see e.g. input device 610 in Fig. 6A, input device 2500 in Fig. 25F, or input device 2660 in Figs. 26D-26E, among many other ring shaped input devices through the disclosure of Shai; regarding e.g. Figs. 26D-26E, see “a finger wearing ring 2650 may be interacting with a touch-screen device” and includes communication unit 2668 which may be an antenna; the “several finger-worn devices described… may require a power-source (e.g. a battery) for supplying power to electric components of such devices”).
Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention, to combine the teachings in Nakamura’s, Kitchens’, Paull’s, Hicks’ and Kim’s combination, with the teachings Shai’s in invention, to have the input device includes a ring shaped housing, wherein the input device is configured to be worn on a user’s finger when in use, for the advantage of a comfortable and visually attractive input device (page 116, third paragraph, of Shai).
Regarding claim 18, Nakamura, Kitchens, Paull, Hicks, Kim and Shai disclose all the claim limitations as applied above (see claim 2). In addition, in the combination, Nakamura discloses the light-receiving device is capable of detecting light [the infrared light in the combination] emitted from the light source in a position where the input device is not in contact with the display device (para[0029]; para[0220]; para[0281]; para[0284]; see Fig. 11 and 17A; e.g. “By pointing to the display device provided with an area sensor with a laser pointer or the like which is mounted on the remote control and selecting displayed images, data can be input from a distance”).
Regarding claim 20, Nakamura, Kitchens, Paull, Hicks, Kim and Shai disclose all the claim limitations as applied above (see claim 2). In addition, in the combination, Nakamura discloses light-emitting devices [e.g. the first to third in the combination] and the light-receiving device are electrically connected to a plurality of transistors (see organic light-emitting element 156 and photodiode 252 connected to transistors, as shown in Figs. 8-9 and 11),
wherein each of the transistors includes a metal oxide in a channel formation region (para[0196]-para[0197]; para[0201]-para[0202]; para[0219]; para[0221]; para[0236]; see in Fig. 11 thin film transistors including an oxide semiconductor layer in a channel formation, containing indium, gallium, and zinc; “main parts of the selection TFT 151, the amplifying TFT 152, the reset TFT 153, the EL-driving TFT 154, and the switching TFT 155 have the same structure”; see e.g. “first oxide semiconductor layer 113_1 is provided over the source electrode layer and the drain electrode layer (115a_1 and 115b_1) facing each other and overlaps with the gate electrode layer 111_1”; “The first oxide semiconductor layer is formed from… InGa--Zn—O-based non-single-crystal film”; “Note that while the selection TFT 151 is formed, the thin film transistors (152, 153, 154, and 155) are also formed in a similar manner”), and
wherein the metal oxide includes In, Zn, and M, M being at least one of Al, Ti, Ga, Ge, Sn, Y, Zr, La, Ce, Nd, and Hf (para[0196]-para[0197]; para [0201]-para[0202]; para[0219]; para[0221]; para[0236]; e.g. “The first oxide semiconductor layer is formed from… InGa--Zn—O-based non-single-crystal film”, that is, contains indium, gallium, and zinc, as claimed).
Claim 4 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Nakamura et al. (US 2010/0134735), in view of Kitchens et al. (US 2014/0354905), Paull et al. (US 5,945,981), Kim et al. (US 2023/0067179) and Shai (WO 2010/032223), as applied to claim 1 above, and further in view of Perrault et al. (US 2018/0366045).
Regarding claim 4, Nakamura, Kitchens, Paull, Kim and Shai disclose all the claim limitations as applied above (see claim 1). However, Nakamura, Kitchens, Paull, Kim and Shai do not appear to expressly disclose each of the plurality of pixels further comprises a fifth subpixel having a fourth light-emitting device [[is]] configured to emit white light.
Perrault discloses each of a plurality of pixels comprises a fifth subpixel having a fourth light-emitting device configured to emit white light (see in Fig. 2, each of a plurality of pixels 204 comprises a red subpixel 210/222, a green subpixel 212/224, a blue subpixel 214/228, an IR photodiode 220, and a white subpixel 216/230; para[0018]).
Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention, to combine the teachings in Nakamura’s, Kitchens’, Paull’s, Kim’s and Shai’s combination, with the teachings in Perrault’s invention, to have each of the plurality of pixels further comprises a fifth subpixel having a fourth light-emitting device configured to emit white light, for the advantage of a achieving a combined light output perceived as a single “pixel” of a particular color in which intensity can be effectively controlled (para[0018]).
Claims 5-7 and 21 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Nakamura et al. (US 2010/0134735), in view of Kitchens et al. (US 2014/0354905), Paull et al. (US 5,945,981), Kim et al. (US 2023/0067179) and Shai (WO 2010/032223), as applied to claim 1 above, and further in view of Kobayashi et al. (WO 2020/075002), (Note: Kobayashi et al. US 2021/0374378 is used as translation and referenced throughout the rejection accordingly).
Regarding claim 5, Nakamura, Kitchens, Paull, Kim and Shai disclose all the claim limitations as applied above (see claim 1). In addition, in the combination, Nakamura discloses a light-emitting device [e.g. the third in the combination] (light-emitting element 156 in Fig. 11) comprises:
a first pixel electrode (see pixel electrode 139 in Fig. 11);
a light-emitting layer (see light-emitting layer 416 in Fig. 11); and
a first region of a common electrode (see in Fig. 11 a first region of common electrode 237 included in the light-emitting element 156),
wherein the light-receiving device (photodiode 252 in Fig. 11) comprises:
a second pixel electrode (see electrode 129 in Fig. 11);
a first layer over the second pixel electrode (see layer 252a over electrode 129 in Fig. 11);
a photoelectric conversion layer over the first layer (see layer 252b over layer 252a in Fig. 11; para[0205]; para[0208]);
a second layer over the photoelectric conversion layer (see layer 252c over layer 252b in Fig. 11);
a second region of the common electrode over the second layer (see in Fig. 11 a second region of common electrode 237 included in the photodiode 252, over layer 252c).
However, Nakamura, Kitchens, Paull, Kim and Shai do not appear to expressly disclose the third light-emitting device in the combination comprises: a first region of a first common layer over the first pixel electrode; the light-emitting layer over the first region of the first common layer; a first region of a second common layer over the light-emitting layer; and the first region of the common electrode over the first region of the second common layer; the light-receiving device comprises: a second region of the first common layer over the second pixel electrode; the photoelectric conversion layer over the second region of the first common layer; a second region of the second common layer over the photoelectric conversion layer; and the second region of the common electrode over the second region of the second common layer, and wherein the photoelectric conversion layer comprises an organic compound.
Kobayashi discloses a light-emitting device (light-emitting element 190 in Fig. 15A) comprises:
a first pixel electrode (see pixel electrode 191 in Fig. 15A);
a first region of a first common layer over the first pixel electrode (see first region of first common layer 112 over the pixel electrode 191 in Fig. 15A);
a light-emitting layer over the first region of the first common layer (see light-emitting layer 193 over the first region of the first common layer 112 in Fig. 15A);
a first region of a second common layer over the light-emitting layer (see first region of second common layer 114 over the light-emitting layer 193 in Fig. 15A); and
a first region of a common electrode over the first region of the second common layer (see in Fig. 15A a first region of common electrode 115 over the first region of the second common layer 114), and
a light-receiving device (light-receiving element 110 in Fig. 15A) comprises:
a second pixel electrode (see pixel electrode 111 in Fig. 15A);
a second region of the first common layer over the second pixel electrode (see second region of the first common layer 112 over the pixel electrode 111 in Fig. 15A);
a photoelectric conversion layer over the second region of the first common layer (see active layer 113 over the second region of the first common layer 112 in Fig. 15A);
a second region of the second common layer over the photoelectric conversion layer (see second region of the second common layer 114 over the active layer 113 in Fig. 15A); and
a second region of the common electrode over the second region of the second common layer (see in Fig. 15A a second region of the common electrode 115 over the second region of the second common layer 114) , and
wherein the photoelectric conversion layer comprises an organic compound (para[0146]; “The active layer 113 contains a first organic compound”).
Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention, to combine the teachings in Nakamura’s, Kitchens’, Paull’s, Kim’s and Shai’s combination, with the teachings in Kobayashi’s invention, to have the third light-emitting device comprises: a first region of a first common layer over the first pixel electrode; the light-emitting layer over the first region of the first common layer; a first region of a second common layer over the light-emitting layer; and the first region of the common electrode over the first region of the second common layer; the light-receiving device comprises: a second region of the first common layer over the second pixel electrode; the photoelectric conversion layer over the second region of the first common layer; a second region of the second common layer over the photoelectric conversion layer; and the second region of the common electrode over the second region of the second common layer, and wherein the photoelectric conversion layer comprises an organic compound, for the advantage of concurrently forming the light-receiving device with the formation of the third light-emitting device to incorporate a light-receiving element into e.g. a display device, or a light-emitting device, without significant increase in a number of manufacturing steps (para[0001]-para[0002]; para[0148]-para[0149]); because an organic photodiode is easily made thin, lightweight, and large in area and has a high degree of freedom for shape and design; and because an organic compound is preferable such that the light-emitting layer and the photoelectric conversion layer can be formed by the same method and thus a same manufacturing apparatus can be used (para[0076]; para[0227]).
Regarding claim 6, Nakamura, Kitchens, Paull, Kim, Shai and Kobayashi disclose all the claim limitations as applied above (see claim 5). In addition, in the combination, Nakamura discloses wherein the first region of the common electrode is configured to be a cathode of the light-emitting device [the third in the combination] (para[0027]; para[0176]; para[0181]; para[0212]-para[0213]; para[0239]; para[0245]-para[0246]; see Fig. 11; e.g. when “the pixel electrode layer 139 serves as an anode” of the organic light-emitting element 156, and upper electrode layer 237 serves as a cathode of the organic light-emitting element 156 and the photodiode 252), and
wherein the second region of the common electrode is configured to be an anode of the light-receiving device (para[0016]; para[0057]; para[0176]; para[0181]; para[0205]-para[0209]; para[0213]; para[0239]; para[0245]-para[0246]; see Fig. 11; e.g. “in the case where the pixel electrode layer 139 is used as a cathode” of the organic light-emitting element 156, the upper electrode layer 237 serves as an anode of the organic light-emitting element 156 and the photodiode 252).
Regarding claim 7, Nakamura, Kitchens, Paull, Kim, Shai and Kobayashi disclose all the claim limitations as applied above (see claim 5). In addition, in the combination, Nakamura discloses wherein the first region of the common electrode is configured to be a cathode of the light-emitting device [the third in the combination] (para[0027]; para[0176]; para[0181]; para[0212]-para[0213]; para[0239]; para[0245]-para[0246]; see Fig. 11; e.g. when “the pixel electrode layer 139 serves as an anode” of the organic light-emitting element 156, and upper electrode layer 237 serves as a cathode of the organic light-emitting element 156 and the photodiode 252), and
wherein the second region of the common electrode is configured to be a cathode of the light-receiving device (para[0016]; para[0057]; para[0176]; para[0181]; para[0205]-para[0209]; para[0213]; para[0239]; para[0245]-para[0246]; see Fig. 11; e.g. when “the pixel electrode layer 139 serves as an anode” of the organic light-emitting element 156, and upper electrode layer 237 serves as a cathode of the organic light-emitting element 156 and the photodiode 252).
Regarding claim 21, Nakamura, Kitchens, Paull, Kim, Shai and Kobayashi disclose all the claim limitations as applied above (see claim 5). In addition, in the combination, Nakamura discloses wherein an end portion of the first pixel electrode and an end portion of the second pixel electrode are covered with a partition, and wherein a third region of the first common layer is located on the partition (in Nakamura: para[0211], see in Fig. 11 an end portion of pixel electrode 139 and an end portion of electrode 129 are covered with a bank/partition formed from the same material as the third interlayer insulating film 221, and a third region of layer 252a is located on the bank/ partition; in Kobayashi: see in Fig. 15A an end portion of pixel electrode 191 and an end portion of pixel electrode 111 are covered with a bank/partition 216, and a third region of first common layer 112 is located on the bank/partition).
Claim 8 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Nakamura et al. (US 2010/0134735), in view of Kitchens et al. (US 2014/0354905), Paull et al. (US 5,945,981), Kim et al. (US 2023/0067179) and Shai (WO 2010/032223), as applied to claim 1 above, and further in view of Murai et al. (US 2012/0241768).
Regarding claim 8, Nakamura, Kitchens, Paull, Kim and Shai disclose all the claim limitations as applied above (see claim 1). However, Nakamura, Kitchens, Paull, Kim and Shai do not appear to expressly disclose a visible-light cut-off filter is provided in a position overlapping the light-receiving device.
Murai discloses a visible-light cut-off filter is provided in a position overlapping a light- receiving device (para[0098]-para[0100]; para[0102]; see visible light blocking filter 35 in Fig. 3).
Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention, to combine the teachings in Nakamura’s, Kitchens’, Paull’s, Kim’s and Shai’s combination, with the teachings in Murai’s invention, to have a visible-light cut-off filter is provided in a position overlapping the light-receiving device, for the advantage of providing a configuration in which visible light components of external light are difficult to enter the light-receiving device, and as such, making possible to carry out a stable sensing operation under various circumstances without being adversely affected by external circumstances (such as external light intensity) (para[0100]).
Claim 13 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Nakamura et al. (US 2010/0134735), in view of Kitchens et al. (US 2014/0354905), Paull et al. (US 5,945,981), Hicks et al. (US 2014/0253469), Kim et al. (US 2023/0067179) and Shai (WO 2010/032223), as applied to claim 2 above, and further in view of Perrault et al. (US 2018/0366045).
Regarding claim 13, Nakamura, Kitchens, Paull, Hicks, Kim and Shai disclose all the claim limitations as applied above (see claim 2). However, Nakamura, Kitchens, Paull, Hicks, Kim and Shai do not appear to expressly disclose each of the plurality of pixels further comprises a fifth subpixel having a fourth light-emitting device [[is]] configured to emit white light.
Perrault discloses each of a plurality of pixels comprises a fifth subpixel having a fourth light-emitting device configured to emit white light (see in Fig. 2, each of a plurality of pixels 204 comprises a red subpixel 210/222, a green subpixel 212/224, a blue subpixel 214/228, an IR photodiode 220, and a white subpixel 216/230; para[0018]).
Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention, to combine the teachings in Nakamura’s, Kitchens’, Paull’s, Hicks’, Kim’s and Shai’s combination, with the teachings in Perrault’s invention, to have each of the plurality of pixels further comprises a fifth subpixel having a fourth light-emitting device configured to emit white light, for the advantage of a achieving a combined light output perceived as a single “pixel” of a particular color in which intensity can be effectively controlled (para[0018]).
Claims 14-16 and 22 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Nakamura et al. (US 2010/0134735), in view of Kitchens et al. (US 2014/0354905), Paull et al. (US 5,945,981), Hicks et al. (US 2014/0253469), Kim et al. (US 2023/0067179) and Shai (WO 2010/032223), as applied to claim 2 above, and further in view of Kobayashi et al. (WO 2020/075002), (Note: Kobayashi et al. US 2021/0374378 is used as translation and referenced throughout the rejection accordingly).
Regarding claim 14, Nakamura, Kitchens, Paull, Hicks, Kim and Shai disclose all the claim limitations as applied above (see claim 2). In addition, in the combination, Nakamura discloses a light-emitting device [the third in the combination] (light-emitting element 156 in Fig. 11) comprises:
a first pixel electrode (see pixel electrode 139 in Fig. 11);
a light-emitting layer (see light-emitting layer 416 in Fig. 11); and
a first region of a common electrode (see in Fig. 11 a first region of common electrode 237 included in the light-emitting element 156),
wherein the light-receiving device (photodiode 252 in Fig. 11) comprises:
a second pixel electrode (see electrode 129 in Fig. 11);
a first layer over the second pixel electrode (see layer 252a over electrode 129 in Fig. 11);
a photoelectric conversion layer over the first layer (see layer 252b over layer 252a in Fig. 11; para[0205]; para[0208]);
a second layer over the photoelectric conversion layer (see layer 252c over layer 252b in Fig. 11);
a second region of the common electrode over the second layer (see in Fig. 11 a second region of common electrode 237 included in the photodiode 252, over layer 252c).
However, Nakamura, Kitchens, Paull, Hicks, Kim and Shai do not appear to expressly disclose the third light-emitting device comprises: a first region of a first common layer over the first pixel electrode; the light-emitting layer over the first region of the first common layer; a first region of a second common layer over the light-emitting layer; and the first region of the common electrode over the first region of the second common layer; the light-receiving device comprises: a second region of the first common layer over the second pixel electrode; the photoelectric conversion layer over the second region of the first common layer; a second region of the second common layer over the photoelectric conversion layer; and the second region of the common electrode over the second region of the second common layer, and wherein the photoelectric conversion layer comprises an organic compound.
Kobayashi discloses a light-emitting device (light-emitting element 190 in Fig. 15A) comprises:
a first pixel electrode (see pixel electrode 191 in Fig. 15A);
a first region of a first common layer over the first pixel electrode (see first region of first common layer 112 over the pixel electrode 191 in Fig. 15A);
a light-emitting layer over the first region of the first common layer (see light-emitting layer 193 over the first region of the first common layer 112 in Fig. 15A);
a first region of a second common layer over the light-emitting layer (see first region of second common layer 114 over the light-emitting layer 193 in Fig. 15A); and
a first region of a common electrode over the first region of the second common layer (see in Fig. 15A a first region of common electrode 115 over the first region of the second common layer 114), and
a light-receiving device (light-receiving element 110 in Fig. 15A) comprises:
a second pixel electrode (see pixel electrode 111 in Fig. 15A);
a second region of the first common layer over the second pixel electrode (see second region of the first common layer 112 over the pixel electrode 111 in Fig. 15A);
a photoelectric conversion layer over the second region of the first common layer (see active layer 113 over the second region of the first common layer 112 in Fig. 15A);
a second region of the second common layer over the photoelectric conversion layer (see second region of the second common layer 114 over the active layer 113 in Fig. 15A); and
a second region of the common electrode over the second region of the second common layer (see in Fig. 15A a second region of the common electrode 115 over the second region of the second common layer 114) , and
wherein the photoelectric conversion layer comprises an organic compound (para[0146]; “The active layer 113 contains a first organic compound”).
Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention, to combine the teachings in Nakamura’s, Kitchens’, Paull’s, Hicks’, Kim’s and Shai’s combination, with the teachings in Kobayashi’s invention, to have the third light-emitting device comprises: a first region of a first common layer over the first pixel electrode; the light-emitting layer over the first region of the first common layer; a first region of a second common layer over the light-emitting layer; and the first region of the common electrode over the first region of the second common layer; the light-receiving device comprises: a second region of the first common layer over the second pixel electrode; the photoelectric conversion layer over the second region of the first common layer; a second region of the second common layer over the photoelectric conversion layer; and the second region of the common electrode over the second region of the second common layer, and wherein the photoelectric conversion layer comprises an organic compound, for the advantage of concurrently forming the light-receiving device with the formation of the third light-emitting device to incorporate a light-receiving element into e.g. a display device, or a light-emitting device, without significant increase in a number of manufacturing steps (para[0001]-para[0002]; para[0148]-para[0149]); because an organic photodiode is easily made thin, lightweight, and large in area and has a high degree of freedom for shape and design; and because an organic compound is preferable such that the light-emitting layer and the photoelectric conversion layer can be formed by the same method and thus a same manufacturing apparatus can be used (para[0076]; para[0227]).
Regarding claim 15, Nakamura, Kitchens, Paull, Hicks, Kim, Shai and Kobayashi disclose all the claim limitations as applied above (see claim 14). In addition, in the combination, Nakamura discloses wherein the first region of the common electrode is configured to be a cathode of the light-emitting device [the third in the combination] (para[0027]; para[0176]; para[0181]; para[0212]-para[0213]; para[0239]; para[0245]-para[0246]; see Fig. 11; e.g. when “the pixel electrode layer 139 serves as an anode” of the organic light-emitting element 156, and upper electrode layer 237 serves as a cathode of the organic light-emitting element 156 and the photodiode 252), and
wherein the second region of the common electrode is configured to be an anode of the light-receiving device (para[0016]; para[0057]; para[0176]; para[0181]; para[0205]-para[0209]; para[0213]; para[0239]; para[0245]-para[0246]; see Fig. 11; e.g. “in the case where the pixel electrode layer 139 is used as a cathode” of the organic light-emitting element 156, the upper electrode layer 237 serves as an anode of the organic light-emitting element 156 and the photodiode 252).
Regarding claim 16, Nakamura, Kitchens, Paull, Hicks, Kim, Shai and Kobayashi disclose all the claim limitations as applied above (see claim 14). In addition, in the combination, Nakamura discloses wherein the first region of the common electrode is configured to be a cathode of the light-emitting device [the third in the combination] (para[0027]; para[0176]; para[0181]; para[0212]-para[0213]; para[0239]; para[0245]-para[0246]; see Fig. 11; e.g. when “the pixel electrode layer 139 serves as an anode” of the organic light-emitting element 156, and upper electrode layer 237 serves as a cathode of the organic light-emitting element 156 and the photodiode 252), and
wherein the second region of the common electrode is configured to be a cathode of the light-receiving device (para[0016]; para[0057]; para[0176]; para[0181]; para[0205]-para[0209]; para[0213]; para[0239]; para[0245]-para[0246]; see Fig. 11; e.g. when “the pixel electrode layer 139 serves as an anode” of the organic light-emitting element 156, and upper electrode layer 237 serves as a cathode of the organic light-emitting element 156 and the photodiode 252).
Regarding claim 22, Nakamura, Kitchens, Paull, Hicks, Kim, Shai and Kobayashi disclose all the claim limitations as applied above (see claim 14). In addition, in the combination, Nakamura discloses wherein an end portion of the first pixel electrode and an end portion of the second pixel electrode are covered with a partition, and wherein a third region of the first common layer is located on the partition (in Nakamura: para[0211], see in Fig. 11 an end portion of pixel electrode 139 and an end portion of electrode 129 are covered with a bank/partition formed from the same material as the third interlayer insulating film 221, and a third region of layer 252a is located on the bank/ partition; in Kobayashi: see in Fig. 15A an end portion of pixel electrode 191 and an end portion of pixel electrode 111 are covered with a bank/partition 216, and a third region of first common layer 112 is located on the bank/partition).
Claim 17 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Nakamura et al. (US 2010/0134735), in view of Kitchens et al. (US 2014/0354905), Paull et al. (US 5,945,981), Hicks et al. (US 2014/0253469), Kim et al. (US 2023/0067179) and Shai (WO 2010/032223), as applied to claim 2 above, and further in view of Murai et al. (US 2012/0241768).
Regarding claim 17, Nakamura, Kitchens, Paull, Hicks, Kim and Shai disclose all the claim limitations as applied above (see claim 1). However, Nakamura, Kitchens, Paull, Hicks, Kim and Shai do not appear to expressly disclose a visible-light cut-off filter is provided in a position overlapping the light-receiving device.
Murai discloses a visible-light cut-off filter is provided in a position overlapping a light- receiving device (para[0098]-para[0100]; para[0102]; see visible light blocking filter 35 in Fig. 3).
Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention, to combine the teachings in Nakamura’s, Kitchens’, Paull’s, Hicks’, Kim’s and Shai’s combination, with the teachings in Murai’s invention, to have a visible-light cut-off filter is provided in a position overlapping the light-receiving device, for the advantage of providing a configuration in which visible light components of external light are difficult to enter the light-receiving device, and as such, making possible to carry out a stable sensing operation under various circumstances without being adversely affected by external circumstances (such as external light intensity) (para[0100]).
Response to Arguments
Applicant’s arguments with respect to claim(s) 1 and 2 have been considered but are moot because the new ground of rejection does not rely on any reference as applied in the prior rejection of record for any teaching or matter specifically challenged in the argument. Newly added limitations have now been treated on the merits and the rejection has been modified in the same fashion as the amended claims.
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