DETAILED ACTION
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
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)(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.
Claims 16-17 and 20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Chang et al. (US 2015/0002553).
Regarding claim 16, Chang discloses a display panel (100, fig. 1), comprising: a plurality of sub-pixels and a plurality of pixel circuits (111-153, fig. 1 and paragraph 0021 ,note: it’s inherent that the sub-pixels contain pixel circuits);
wherein the plurality of sub-pixels comprises a first sub-pixel (121, fig. 1), a second sub-pixel (113, fig. 1) and a third sub-pixel (124, fig. 1), the plurality of pixel circuit comprises a first pixel circuit (occupied in 121, fig. 1), a second pixel circuit (occupied in 113, fig. 1), and a third pixel circuit (occupied in 124, fig. 1), the first sub-pixel is electrically connected to the first pixel circuit (inherent), the second sub-pixel is electrically connected to the second pixel circuit (inherent), and the third sub-pixel is electrically connected to the third pixel circuit (inherent), the first pixel circuit and the second pixel circuit are disposed to be symmetric in structure (121 and 113, glide reflection symmetric with respect to 522), and the first pixel circuit and the third pixel circuit are disposed to be symmetric in structure (121 and 124, symmetric with respect to 512);
the first pixel circuit and the second pixel circuit are disposed in a glide reflection symmetry in structure (121 and 113, glide reflection symmetric with respect to 522); and
the first pixel circuit and the third pixel circuit are disposed to be axisymmetric in structure, and an axis of symmetry between the first pixel circuit and the third pixel circuit is a data signal line between the first pixel circuit and the third pixel circuit (121 and 124, symmetric with respect to 512).
Regarding claim 17, Chang further discloses a plurality of data signal lines, wherein at least two data signal lines (511, 512, fig. 1) are disposed between the first pixel circuit (121, fig. 1) and the third pixel circuit (124, fig. 1).
Regarding claim 20, Chang further discloses wherein the first pixel circuit is electrically connected to a first data signal line through a first connection point (121, connected to 522, fig. 1), and the second pixel circuit is electrically connected to a second data signal line through a second connection point (113, connected to 521, fig. 1), the first connection point and the second connection point are located on two opposite sides of a same column of pixel circuit (column defined by pixels 111-116, fig. 1).
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1-2, 4-9 and 12-15 are allowed.
The following is a statement of reasons for the indication of allowable subject matter:
Regarding claims 1-2 and 4-7, there is no teaching or suggestion in the art of record disclosing a display panel comprising the combination of limitations of claim 1, wherein in a case where every three adjacent sub-pixels form the pixel unit and three sub-pixels in a same pixel unit are a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel and a third sub-pixel, respectively, a color of the first sub-pixel is one of red, green, or blue, a color of the second sub-pixel is one of red, green, or blue, and a color of the third sub-pixel is one of red, green, or blue, and the color of the first sub-pixel, the color of the second subpixel and the color of the third sub-pixel are different from each other; two adjacent pixel units disposed in a same column are a first pixel unit and a second pixel unit, respectively, the first sub-pixel in the first pixel unit, the second sub-pixel in the first pixel unit and the third sub-pixel in the second pixel unit belong to the same sub-pixel column, and the third sub-pixel in the first pixel unit, the first sub-pixel in the second pixel unit and the second sub-pixel in the second pixel unit belong to a same sub-pixel column; and in each sub-pixel column, red sub-pixels and green sub-pixels share on data signal line, and blue sub-pixels belonging to a same sub-pixel column share one data signal line. Therefore, independent claim 1 is deemed allowable along with its dependent claims 2 and 4-7.
Regarding claims 8-9 and 12-15, there is no teaching or suggestion in the art of record disclosing a display panel comprising the combination of limitations of claim 8, wherein the plurality of sub-pixel columns comprises a second sub-pixel column, the second sub-pixel column comprises a plurality of third sub-pixels and the plurality of third sub-pixels comprises a first type of third sub-pixels and a second type of third sub-pixels alternately arranged in sequence; wherein the first type of third sub-pixels and the second type of third sub-pixels share one data signal line, or the plurality of data signal lines comprises a third data signal line and a fourth data signal line, wherein the third data signal line is electrically connected to the first type of third sub-pixels and the fourth data signal line is electrically connected to the second type of third sub-pixels. Therefore, independent claim 8 is deemed allowable along with its dependent claims 9 and 12-15.
Response to Arguments
Applicant's arguments filed 2/5/26 have been fully considered and are persuasive in part, as follows:
With regards to claims 1-2, 4-9 and 12-15, Examiner finds the arguments persuasive and the rejections have been withdrawn.
With regards to claims 16, 17 and 20, Examiner does not find the arguments persuasive as the broad scope of the amended claims is still anticipated by Chang, as mentioned in the above rejection. Applicant is advised to amend the claims to more distinctly support Applicant’s invention.
Conclusion
THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37 CFR 1.136(a).
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/DOUGLAS M MENZ/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2897 2/21/26