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.
The following title is suggested:
DISPLAY PANELS AND DISPLAY DEVICES COMPRISING WINDING LINES AROUND CAMERA OPENING
Drawings
The drawings are objected to because the numbering of the portions of the claimed device are not clear. Corrected drawing sheets in compliance with 37 CFR 1.121(d) are required in reply to the Office action to avoid abandonment of the application. Any amended replacement drawing sheet should include all of the figures appearing on the immediate prior version of the sheet, even if only one figure is being amended. The figure or figure number of an amended drawing should not be labeled as “amended.” If a drawing figure is to be canceled, the appropriate figure must be removed from the replacement sheet, and where necessary, the remaining figures must be renumbered and appropriate changes made to the brief description of the several views of the drawings for consistency. Additional replacement sheets may be necessary to show the renumbering of the remaining figures. Each drawing sheet submitted after the filing date of an application must be labeled in the top margin as either “Replacement Sheet” or “New Sheet” pursuant to 37 CFR 1.121(d). If the changes are not accepted by the examiner, the applicant will be notified and informed of any required corrective action in the next Office action. The objection to the drawings will not be held in abeyance.
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, 10-11 and 20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Lee et al. [US PGPUB 20210210585] (hereinafter Lee).
Regarding claim 1, Lee teaches a display panel, comprising a functional area (OA, Para 59/191, Fig. 1), a package area (region from of OA region to the dashed line NDA1 or to region before CNT1, Para 56, Fig. 8) around the functional area (Fig. 1), a display area (DA, Para 56) around the functional area (Fig. 1), and comprising one or more winding lines (EL-E/plug in CNT1/ML/EL-C. Fig. 8/9) disposed in the display area (Fig. 8),
wherein each of the winding lines comprises a first linear section (EL-E to the left, Fig. 8/9) and a second linear section (EL-E to the right, Fig. 8/9) extending along a same direction (Fig. 8/9) and separated by the functional area and the package area (Fig. 8), and comprises a winding section (EL-C, Fig. 8/9) connecting the first linear section and the second linear section (Fig. 8/9);
the first linear section and the second linear section are arranged in a same layer (Fig. 8/9), and the winding section and the first linear section are arranged in different layers (Fig. 8/9); and
a projection of the winding section in a thickness direction (vertical direction, Fig. 9) of the display panel falls within a projection of other metal layers (ML, Para 155) of the display panel in the thickness direction of the display panel (Fig. 9).
Regarding claim 10, Lee teaches a display panel wherein the winding section is connected to the first linear section and the second linear section through via holes (CNT1, Para 156), and the via holes are located at a junction portion the display area and the package area (Fig. 8/9; wherein “at” can be understood as “in or near the location of”).
Regarding claim 11, Lee teaches a display panel wherein the display area comprises a pixel light-emitting area (Para 163) and a transition area (region where CNT1s are located), the transition area is disposed between the pixel light-emitting area and the package area (Fig. 8/9), and the via holes are located in the transition area (Fig. 8/9).
Regarding claim 20, Lee teaches a display device, comprising:
a housing (inherent because the display device is implemented with mobile phones, notebook computers, and smartwatches, Para 60); and
a display panel (10, Para 60) accommodation in the housing (Para 60),
a functional area (OA, Para 59/191, Fig. 1), a package area (region from of OA region to the dashed line NDA1, Para 56) around the functional area (Fig. 1), a display area (DA, Para 56) around the functional area (Fig. 1), and comprising one or more winding lines (EL-E/plug in CNT1/ML/EL-C. Fig. 8/9) disposed in the display area (Fig. 8),
wherein each of the winding lines comprises a first linear section (EL-E to the left, Fig. 8/9) and a second linear section (EL-E to the right, Fig. 8/9) extending along a same direction (Fig. 8/9) and separated by the functional area and the package area (Fig. 8), and comprises a winding section (EL-C, Fig. 8/9) connecting the first linear section and the second linear section (Fig. 8/9);
the first linear section and the second linear section are arranged in a same layer (Fig. 8/9), and the winding section and the first linear section are arranged in different layers (Fig. 8/9); and
a projection of the winding section in a thickness direction (vertical direction, Fig. 9) of the display panel falls within a projection of other metal layers (ML, Para 155) of the display panel in the thickness direction of the display panel (Fig. 9).
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 2-9 and 12-19 are 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.
The following is a statement of reasons for the objecting to the claims are as follows:
Claims 2-9 and 13-19 (where claims 3-9 and 13-19 depend of claim 2) are objected to because all prior arts of record and related prior arts not of record either singularly or in combination fail to anticipate or render obvious the limitation “wherein the winding section is disposed in the first metal layer, and an orthographic projection of the winding section on the substrate falls within an orthographic projection of the driving circuit layer and an orthographic projection of the second metal layer on the substrate,” as claimed in claim 2.
Claim 12 is objected to because all prior arts of record and related prior arts not of record either singularly or in combination fail to anticipate or render obvious the limitation “wherein the winding section is disposed at a position in the display area adjacent to the package area;
in the display area, the display panel further comprises a plurality of pixel units; and
a number of winding sections of the winding lines in a single one of the pixel units adjacent to the package area is one, two, three, or four.”
Conclusion
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/ISMAIL A MUSE/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2812