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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 .
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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) 12-14 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by US 20220115476 A1 (Lee).
Re claim 12, Lee teaches display device including:
a plurality of pixels emitting light of different colors from each other (pixels in display Fig. 2 [0063-0064]), and each pixel among the plurality of pixels comprising:
a transistor (transistor controlled by Gat 1) through which electrical current is provided to the each pixel (Fig. 3);
a first light emitting diode (LED corresponding to EL1) connected to the transistor;
a second light emitting diode (LED corresponding to EL2) adjacent to the first light emitting diode and connectable to the first light emitting diode (electrically connectable through connection pattern SDP); and
a global transistor transistor controlled by gate connected to CE5 or transistor controlled by gate connected to CE6) which receives an electrical signal and is connected to the first light emitting diode (Fig. 3 [0057]).
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Re claim 13, Lee teaches wherein the global transistor is turned on by receiving the electrical signal and is turned off by absence of the electrical signal (conventional operation of conductors).
Re claim 14, Lee teaches wherein the global transistor which is turned off, disconnects the second light emitting diode from the first light emitting diode, and the electrical current flows in the first light emitting diode, and the global transistor which is turned on, connects the second light emitting diode to the first light emitting diode, and the electrical current flows in both the first light emitting diode and the second light emitting diode (Fig. 3 the connection pattern is connected to GAT1 portions that control the electrical current between the first and second light emitting diodes).
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1-11 are allowed.
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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BRIGITTE A. PATERSON
Primary Examiner
Art Unit 2896
/BRIGITTE A PATERSON/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2896
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