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Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
1. 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
2. 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and the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e) has been timely paid, the finality of the previous Office action has been withdrawn pursuant to 37 CFR 1.114.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 April 9, 2026 has been entered.
Response to Amendment
3 The amendment filed April 9, 2026 has been entered. Claims 1-3, 6-11, and 14-19 remain pending in the application. Applicant’s amendments to the Claims overcome the 35 U.S.C. 103 Rejection previously forth in the Non-Final Office Action mailed January 9, 2026.
Response to Arguments
4. Applicant’s arguments, see Remarks, filed April 9, 2026, with respect to claim 1 have been fully considered and are persuasive. The Rejection of January 9, 2026 has been withdrawn.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
5. 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.
6. Claims 1-3, 6-11, and 14-19 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.
7. Regarding claim 1, lines 18-21 claim “synthesize the received content having the second resolution and the graphical content having an adjusted size to form a synthesized image; and control the display panel to display the synthesized image at a second frame rate that is greater than the first frame rate”. However, it is unclear to the examiner whether this only occurs in the dual line gating mode or in both the dual line gating mode and normal mode.
The previous limitations on lines 10-17 distinguish the limitations between the two modes but lines 18-21 do not. Furthermore, the last two steps in lines 18-21 would not be possible in normal mode since claim 1 does not specify whether the received content is adjusted to a second resolution in normal mode, and requires that the graphical content size is maintained and not adjusted.
The Examiner advises the Applicant to clarify the last two steps in lines 18-21 only occur in dual line gating mode and not in normal mode to overcome the rejection.
Independent claims 9 and 15 are also rejected for similar reasons to claim 1.
8. Regarding claim 8, the limitations in claim 8 teach displaying the one pixel line in the received content having the resolution adjusted to the second resolution through the two adjacent gate lines. However, it is not clear whether this occurs only in dual line gating mode or in both dual line gating and normal modes. The Examiner advises the Applicant to clarify the limitation in claim 8 only occurs in dual line gating mode and not in normal mode to overcome the rejection.
Claims 2-3, 6-8, 10-11, 14, and 16-19 are also rejected by dependency on independent claims 1, 9, and 15.
Allowable Subject Matter
9. Claims 1-3, 6-11, and 14-19 would be allowable if rewritten or amended to overcome the 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 a statement of reasons for the indication of allowable subject matter: The cited prior art in combination or alone fail to teach “based on the received content being adjusted to the second resolution, adjust a size of the graphical content to correspond to the second resolution of the received content” and “synthesize the received content having the second resolution and the graphical content having an adjusted size to form a synthesized image; and control the display panel to display the synthesized image at a second frame rate that is greater than the first frame rate” as claimed in independent claims 1, 9, and 15.
Conclusion
10. The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
Maeda (U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 20160150205 A1) teaches generating the OSD image and superimposing it on the first image signal input to synthesize an image.
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/CHRISTINE YERA AHN/Examiner, Art Unit 2615
/ALICIA M HARRINGTON/Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 2615
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