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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 .
Withdrawn Allowable Subject Matter
The indicated allowability of previous dependent claim 3, now in amended independent claim 1, is withdrawn in view of the newly discovered reference(s) to Kwon (US 2024/0065041). Rejections based on the newly cited reference(s) follow.
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)(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, 2 and 16 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Kwon (US 2024/0065041).
Regarding claim 1, Kwon discloses a display module (Figs., 6A-6B and 7A-7B), comprising a display panel (114 or 120), wherein the display panel comprises a display portion (114 or 120), and the display portion is provided with a light-emitting structure (paragraphs [0053-0060]); a cover plate (140), wherein the cover plate is arranged at a side of the display portion in a thickness direction of the display portion; a support module (101 or 110), wherein the support module is arranged at a side of the display portion facing away from the cover plate (140), and in a direction parallel to a plane where the cover plate is located, the support module (101 or 110) and the cover plate (140) are arranged beyond the display panel (120 or 114) to form a slot-shaped structure (Fig. 2, 6A-6B and 7A-7B); and a sealing glue (adhesive 130 or 730), wherein the sealing glue (130 or 730) is at least partially located within the slot-shaped structure (Figs. 2, 6A-6B and 7A-7B), wherein the support module comprises a support layer (110 or 101) arranged to fit against the display portion, and a first sacrificial layer (102) at a side of the support layer facing away from the display portion (Figs. 6A and 7A), wherein an orthographic projection of the display portion on the cover plate covers an orthographic projection of the support layer on the cover plate (Figs. 2, 6A-6B and 7A-7B), and in the direction parallel to the plane where the cover plate is located, the first sacrificial layer (102) is arranged beyond the display panel (120 or 114) to form the slot-shaped structure.
Regarding claim 2, Kwon discloses wherein the support module comprises a support layer (110 or 101) arranged to fit against the display portion (120 or 114), and in the direction parallel to the plane where the cover plate (140) is located, the support layer (101 or 110) is arranged beyond the display portion (114 or 120) to form the slot-shaped structure (Figs. 2, 6A-6B and 7A-7B).
Regarding claim 16, Kwon discloses a display device (abstract).
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 4-15 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 indication of allowable subject matter: The closest prior art, Kwon (US 2024/0065041), fails to teach or reasonably suggest the distinct feature of “wherein the display panel comprises a bending portion connected to the display portion and a bound portion connected to the bending portion, wherein the bound portion is bent to the side of the display portion facing away from the cover plate through the bending portion, and in the direction parallel to the plane where the cover plate is located, the first sacrificial layer is arranged beyond at least one of the display portion or the bending portion”, as recited in dependent claim 4.
Conclusion
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CATHERINE A. SIMONE
Examiner
Art Unit 1781
/Catherine A. Simone/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 1781
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