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 .
Specification
The title of the invention is not descriptive. A new title is required that is clearly indicative of the invention to which the claims are directed.
Election/Restrictions
Applicant’s election without traverse of claims 1-14 in the reply filed on 11/18/2025 is acknowledged.
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 14 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Kim (20220206314).
PNG
media_image1.png
367
562
media_image1.png
Greyscale
PNG
media_image2.png
739
506
media_image2.png
Greyscale
Regarding claim 1, Kim teaches a display apparatus (fig. 4: 10’) comprising:
a cover window (fig. 4: 300) comprising a window central area (please middle area of 300 in fig. 4), a first window area (please side area of 300 in fig. 4 and 6) connected to the window central area in a first direction (please see fig. 4 and 6 which shows this limitation) and bent based on an axis extending in a second direction crossing the first direction (please see fig. 4 and 6 above which shows this limitation), a second window area (please see fig. 4 and 6 which shows the face of 300 coming out of the page) connected to the window central area in the second direction and bent based on an axis extending in the first direction (please see fig. 4 and 6 which shows this limitation), and a window corner area (please see fig. 4-6 which shows four corners of LL) contacting a corner of the window central area; and
a display panel (fig. 4: 100) arranged below the cover window,
wherein, when a radius of curvature of a portion of the display panel arranged to overlap the first window area and bent based on the axis extending in the second direction is R.sub.B (R, Equation 6 below; please see the equation comparison below; please see fig. 13 and 16), and a length of the portion of the display panel arranged to overlap the first window area in a direction perpendicular to a portion of the display panel arranged to overlap the window central area is Z.sub.0, (please note that this distance can be derived using equation below, specifically using theta_P) a first width (W.sub.P1) (L_P, Equation 6 below; please see the equation comparison below) of the portion of the display panel in the first direction arranged to overlap the first window area satisfies the following equation:
PNG
media_image3.png
74
399
media_image3.png
Greyscale
Please note the form of the arc length of a quarter circle equation seen above is the same as that seen in claim 1. Comparing equation 6 above to that seen in claim 1, we see that:
Theta_P = π(1/2)×[cos-1([RB-Z0]/RB)]/90
R = R_B
L_P = W_P1
Please note that the equations seen in Equation 6 and claim 1 are mathematically identical, just rewritten using a normalized sector fraction.
Regarding claim 14, Kim teaches a display apparatus of claim 1, wherein a radius of curvature of a portion of the display panel arranged to overlap the second window area is the same as R.sub.B (please see fig. 13 showing this radius), a length of the portion of the display panel arranged to overlap the second window area in the direction perpendicular to the portion of the display panel arranged to overlap the window central area is the same as Z.sub.0 (please see fig. 13 showing this length), and a width of the portion of the display panel arranged to overlap the second window area in the second direction is the same as the first width (please see fig. 13 which shows width).
Allowable Subject Matter
Claim 2 objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
Claim 3, 4, 6, 8 is objected to based on its dependency on claim 2.
Claim 5 is objected to based on its dependency on claim 4.
Claim 7 is objected to based on its dependency on claim 6.
Claim 9 is objected to based on its dependency on claim 8.
. Claim 10 is objected to based on its dependency on claim 8.
Claim 11 is objected to based on its dependency on claim 10.
Claim 12 is objected to based on its dependency on claim 10.
Claim 13 is objected to based on its dependency on claim 12.
Conclusion
Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the examiner should be directed to CALEB E HENRY whose telephone number is (571)270-5370. The examiner can normally be reached Mon-Fri.
Examiner interviews are available via telephone, in-person, and video conferencing using a USPTO supplied web-based collaboration tool. To schedule an interview, applicant is encouraged to use the USPTO Automated Interview Request (AIR) at http://www.uspto.gov/interviewpractice.
If attempts to reach the examiner by telephone are unsuccessful, the examiner’s supervisor, Eva Montalvo can be reached at (571) 270-3829. The fax phone number for the organization where this application or proceeding is assigned is 571-273-8300.
Information regarding the status of published or unpublished applications may be obtained from Patent Center. Unpublished application information in Patent Center is available to registered users. To file and manage patent submissions in Patent Center, visit: https://patentcenter.uspto.gov. Visit https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/patent-center for more information about Patent Center and https://www.uspto.gov/patents/docx for information about filing in DOCX format. For additional questions, contact the Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 866-217-9197 (toll-free). If you would like assistance from a USPTO Customer Service Representative, call 800-786-9199 (IN USA OR CANADA) or 571-272-1000.
/CALEB E HENRY/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2818