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 .
Election/Restrictions
Applicant's request for reconsideration have been considered in view of amended claim 15 is persuasive and, therefore, the Restriction Requirement dated 11/13/2025 is hereby withdrawn.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
The following is a quotation of the first paragraph of 35 U.S.C. 112(a):
(a) IN GENERAL.—The specification shall contain a written description of the invention, and of the manner and process of making and using it, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make and use the same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor or joint inventor of carrying out the invention.
The following is a quotation of the first paragraph of pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112:
The specification shall contain a written description of the invention, and of the manner and process of making and using it, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make and use the same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor of carrying out his invention.
Claims 15-19, 21, 23-24 and 27 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(a) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), first paragraph, as failing to comply with the written description requirement. The claim(s) contains subject matter which was not described in the specification in such a way as to reasonably convey to one skilled in the relevant art that the inventor or a joint inventor, or for applications subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, the inventor(s), at the time the application was filed, had possession of the claimed invention.
Re amended claim 15, the phrase “according to claim 1, and the display panel having a display area and a peripheral area surrounding the display area, the display panel comprising: a substrate; a pixel definition layer disposed on the substrate, a material of the pixel definition layer including a hydrophilic material; a first encapsulation layer disposed on a side of the pixel definition layer away from the substrate; and a first insulating layer disposed on a side of the first encapsulation layer away from the substrate, a material of the first insulating layer including another hydrophilic material” was not described in the original specification. Note: the original specification at least fails to teach/show having an additional/another substrate, pixel definition layer, first encapsulation layer, first insulating layer, display area and/or peripheral area other than the ones recited in claim 1.
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112(b):
(b) CONCLUSION.—The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor regards as the invention.
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph:
The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the applicant regards as his invention.
Claims 15-19, 21, 23-24 and 27 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor (or for applications subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, the applicant), regards as the invention.
Re amended claim 15, the phrase “according to claim 1, and the display panel having a display area and a peripheral area surrounding the display area, the display panel comprising: a substrate; a pixel definition layer disposed on the substrate, a material of the pixel definition layer including a hydrophilic material; a first encapsulation layer disposed on a side of the pixel definition layer away from the substrate; and a first insulating layer disposed on a side of the first encapsulation layer away from the substrate, a material of the first insulating layer including another hydrophilic material” is unclear and indefinite. The instant recited elements/limitations appear to be the same as the ones already recited previously in claim 1.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1-5, 7 and 9-13 allowed.
The following is a statement of reasons for the indication of allowable subject matter: the prior art of record neither teach nor make obvious the claimed limitation of the instant application as a whole as recited in claim 1. In particular, the prior art does not teach or suggest a display motherboard having a plurality of display areas, peripheral areas each surrounding a single display area, and a cutting area located on a side of the peripheral areas away from the respectively display areas; the display motherboard having virtual barriers disposed on the substrate motherboard and in the cutting area; wherein a virtual barrier includes a planarization layer block and a pixel definition layer block that are stacked, and the pixel definition layer block is farther away from the substrate motherboard than the planarization layer block; a first encapsulation layer located in a display area and a peripheral area surrounding the display area and spaced from the virtual barriers; and a first insulating layer disposed on a side of the first encapsulation layer away from the substrate motherboard, covering the virtual barriers, and in contact with the pixel definition layer block.
Conclusion
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/JACK S CHEN/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2893