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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) 1-12 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102a1 as being anticipated by Hwang et al (US 2018/0166507).
A display device, comprising:
a substrate (Fig.3 (380) and [0064-0065]) which includes a non-display area and a display area including a first optical area and a normal area [0064-0065];
a planarization layer (Fig.3 (PL) and [0068/0075]) disposed on the substrate (Fig.3 (380) and [0064-0065]) in the display area [0064-0065];
a plurality of light emitting diodes (Fig.3 (EDL) and [0068/0078]) disposed on the planarization layer (Fig.3 (PL) and [0068/0075]) and including an anode (Fig.3 (E1) and [0076]), an emission layer (Fig.3 (EDL) and [0068/0078]), and a cathode (Fig.3 (E2) and [0081]) ;
a bank (Fig.3 (BL) and [0077]) disposed to cover an end of the anode (Fig.3 (E1) and [0076]) on the planarization layer (Fig.3 (PL) and [0068/0075]);
an encapsulation unit (Fig.3 (330) and [0083]) disposed to cover the plurality of light emitting diodes (Fig.3 (EDL) and [0068/0078]) and the bank (Fig.3 (BL) and [0077]);
a touch sensing unit (Fig.3 (350) and [0095]) and disposed on the encapsulation unit (Fig.3 (330) and [0083]) and including a plurality of touch electrodes (Fig.3 (353/355/TE1/TE2) and [0097/0101-0102]); and
a plurality of shielding patterns ( Fig.3 (340-341;343;345) and [0094]) disposed between the encapsulation unit (Fig.3 (330) and [0083]) and the plurality of touch electrodes (Fig.3 (353/355) and [0097]) in the first optical area, wherein the first optical area includes a plurality of transmission areas in which the cathode (Fig.3 (E2) and [0081]) exposes the bank (Fig.3 (BL) and [0077]- see also [0082- cathode is transparent- hence it exposes the bank]).
2. The display device according to claim 1, further comprising an optical electronic device disposed to overlap with the first optical area below the substrate [0108].
3. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of shielding patterns ( Fig.3 (340-341;343;345) and [0094]) overlap with the plurality of touch electrodes (Fig.3 (353/355/TE1/TE2) and [0097/0101-0102]) in a boundary area of the plurality of transmission areas and the plurality of light emitting diodes.
4. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the touch sensing unit (Fig.3 (353/355/TE1/TE2) and [0097/0101-0102]) includes a touch buffer film, a touch interlayer insulating layer disposed on the touch buffer film, a plurality of touch electrodes (Fig.3 (353/355/TE1/TE2) and [0097/0101-0102]) disposed on the touch interlayer insulating layer [0097-0100] and disposed in a first direction and a second direction intersecting the first direction, and a bridge electrode [0103/0222-0223]]which connects the plurality of touch electrodes (Fig.3/16 (353/355/TE1/TE2/TE3/TE4) and [0097/0101-0102]) disposed in the first direction, and wherein the bridge electrode [0103/0222-0223] is disposed on a same layer as the plurality of shielding patterns ( Fig.3 (340-341;343;345) and [0094]).
5. The display device according to claim 1, wherein a width of the plurality of shielding patterns ( Fig.3 (340-341;343;345) and [0094]) is larger than a width of the plurality of touch electrodes (Fig.3 (353/355/TE1/TE2) and [0097/0101-0102]).
6. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of shielding patterns is grounded [0089]).
7. The display device according to claim 6, further comprising a ground line [0093] which is connected to the plurality of shielding patterns [0089/0103]).
8. The display device according to claim 7, wherein the ground line [0089/0093] is disposed on a same layer and formed of a same material as the plurality of touch electrodes (Fig.3 (353/355/TE1/TE2) and [0103]).
9. The display device according to claim 7, further comprising a connection line which connects the ground line and the plurality of shielding patterns ( Fig.3 (340-341;343;345) and [0094]).
10. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of transmission areas has one of a circular shape, a triangular shape, an oval shape, a rectangular shape, and a polygonal shape [0217].
11. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the first optical area includes a center area (Fig.1-2 (A) and a bezel area (Fig.1 (100) a bezel is a frame) located on the outer periphery of the center area, the plurality of transmission areas (Fig.1-3 (A)) is located in the center area, and no transistor is disposed in the center area, and a light emitting diode (Fig.3 (EDL) and [0068/0078]) of the plurality of light emitting diodes disposed in the center area is electrically connected to a transistor disposed in the bezel area (Fig.2 (700).
12. The display device according to claim 4, wherein the bridge electrode [0222] is formed of a same material as the plurality of shielding patterns ([0222-0223]).
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. Hwang et al (EP 3333682); Baek et al (US 2021/0135166) and Cho et al (EP 4181649) teach similar structures.
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/LAURA M MENZ/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2813
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