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Election/Restrictions
Applicant’s election without traverse of claims 1-11 in the reply filed on 8/14/26 is acknowledged.
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) s 1-11 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102a1 as being anticipated by Cho et al (US 2021/0043134).
1. A display apparatus comprising:
a pixel electrode (Fig.7 (PXL) and [0190]) in which an emission area (Fig.7 (PDL) and [0190]) is defined;
a first horizontal conductive layer (Fig.7 (AD1) and [0172] or (Fig.7 (BRP) and [0189]) extending in a first direction (x-direction);
a first vertical conductive layer (Fig.7 (CH12-left) and [0189] or (Fig.7 (CH10-left) and [0172]) extending in a second direction (y direction) intersecting the first direction (x direction), and intersecting the first horizontal conductive layer (Fig.7 (AD1) and [0172] or (Fig.7 (BRP) and [0189]);
a second vertical conductive layer (Fig.7 (CH12-left) and [0189] or (Fig.7 (CH10-left) and [0172]) extending in the second direction (y direction) and intersecting the first horizontal conductive layer (Fig.7 (AD1) and [0172] or (Fig.7 (BRP) and [0189]); and
an insulating layer (Fig.7 (PSV) and [0188]) or (Fig.7 (IL3) and [0186]) disposed between the first horizontal conductive layer (Fig.7 (AD1) and [0172] or (Fig.7 (BRP) and [0189]) and the first vertical conductive layer (Fig.7 (CH12-left) and [0189] or (Fig.7 (CH10-left) and [0172]) and between the first horizontal conductive layer (Fig.7 (AD1) and [0172] or (Fig.7 (BRP) and [0189]) and the second vertical conductive layer (Fig.7 (CH12-right) and [0189] or (Fig.7 (CH10-right) and [0172]), wherein a first contact hole (Fig.7 (CH12-left) and [0189] or (Fig.7 (CH10) and [0172]) through which the first vertical conductive layer (Fig.7 (CH12-left) and [0189] or (Fig.7 (CH10-left) and [0172]) contacts the first horizontal conductive layer (Fig.7 (AD1) and [0172] or (Fig.7 (BRP) and [0189]) is defined in the insulating layer (Fig.7 (PSV) and [0188]) or (Fig.7 (IL3) and [0186]), and the first contact hole (Fig.7 (CH12-left) and [0189] or (Fig.7 (CH10) and [0172]) is spaced apart from the emission area (Fig.7 (PDL) and [0190]).
2. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein, in an area where the first horizontal conductive layer (Fig.7 (BRP) and [0189]) and the second vertical conductive layer (Fig.7 (CH10-left) and [0172]) intersect each other, the insulating layer (Fig.7 (PSV) and [0188]) covers the first horizontal conductive layer (Fig.7 (BRP) and [0189]).
3. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein an area where the first horizontal conductive layer (Fig.7 (AD1) and [0172] or (Fig.7 (BRP) and [0189]) and the second vertical conductive layer (Fig.7 (CH12-left) and [0189] or (Fig.7 (CH10-left) intersect each other is spaced apart from a center portion of the emission area (Fig.7 (PDL) and [0190]).
4. The display apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: a second horizontal conductive layer (Fig.7 (BRP) and [0189]) extending in the first direction (x-direction) and intersecting the first vertical conductive layer (Fig.7 (CH12-left) and [0189]) and the second vertical conductive layer (Fig.7 (CH12-right) and [0189]), wherein a second contact hole (Fig.7 (CH12-right) and [0172]) through which the second horizontal conductive layer (Fig.7 (BRP) and [0189]) contacts the second vertical conductive layer (Fig.7 (CH12-right) and [0189]) is defined in the insulating layer (Fig.7 (PSV) and [0188])), and the second contact hole (Fig.7 (CH12-right) and [0172]) is spaced apart from the emission area (Fig.7 (PDL) and [0190]).
5. The display apparatus of claim 4, wherein a third contact hole (Fig.7 (CH10-left) and [0172]) through which the second horizontal conductive layer (Fig.7 (BRP) and [0189]) contacts the first vertical conductive layer (Fig.7 (CH12-left) and [0189]) is defined in the insulating layer (Fig.7 (IL3) and [0186]), and the third contact hole (Fig.7 (CH10-left) and [0189]) is spaced apart from the emission area (Fig.7 (PDL) and [0190]).
6. The display apparatus of claim 4, wherein the first horizontal conductive layer (Fig.7 (AD1) and [0172] , the second horizontal conductive layer (Fig.7 (BRP) and [0189]), the first vertical conductive layer (Fig.7 (CH12-left) and [0189]), and the second vertical conductive layer (Fig.7 (CH12-right) and [0189]) form a mesh structure (Fig.9).
7. The display apparatus of claim 6, wherein a constant voltage is applied to the mesh structure [0086].
8. The display apparatus of claim 4, wherein the emission area comprises a first sub-emission area and a second sub-emission area, and the second contact hole is disposed between the first sub-emission area and the second sub-emission area (Fig. 7-9) and [0194-0197].
9. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein each of the emission area (Fig.3 (E) and [0122-0124]) and the pixel electrode (Fig.3 (PXL/PXA) and is provided in plurality, and each of pixel groups including two or more emission areas are spaced apart from each other in the second direction (Fig. 3 (E/PXL) and [0122-0124].
10. The display apparatus of claim 9, wherein emission areas, which belong to a same pixel group and are adjacent to each other, are arranged to be spaced apart from each other by a first distance, emission areas, which belong to different pixel groups and are adjacent to each other, are spaced apart from each other by a second distance, and the first distance is less than the second distance (Fig.3 (PXL/PXA) and [0117-0122]).
11. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the pixel electrode is provided in plurality, and a plurality of pixel electrodes are arranged in a zigzag manner in the first direction (Fig.3 (PXL/PXA) and [0117-0122]).
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. Choi et al (US 20240431162); Byun et al (US 20240431162); and Lee et al (US 20230213975) teach similar pixel and emission regions.
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/LAURA M MENZ/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2813
9/5/26
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