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 .
Priority
Receipt is acknowledged of certified copies of papers required by 37 CFR 1.55.
Information Disclosure Statement
The information disclosure statement (IDS) submitted on 4/3/2024 and 10/24/2024 were filed after the mailing date of the Non-final rejection on 6/22/2026. The submission is in compliance with the provisions of 37 CFR 1.97. Accordingly, the information disclosure statement is being considered by the examiner.
Drawings
The formal drawings filed on 4/3/2024 have been approved by the examiner.
Specification
The title of the invention is not descriptive. A new title is required that is clearly indicative of the invention to which the claims are directed.
The following title is suggested: “DISPLAY DEVICE WITH A SEPARATOR MOUNTED ON A PIXEL DEFINITION LAYER.”
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 1 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being clearly anticipated Kim et al. (US 2013/0248867).
With respect to Claims 1, 25, and 26, Kim teaches a plurality of light emitting devices (i.e. OLED) each comprising a first electrode 115, a second electrode 117, and an intermediate layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and comprising a light emitting layer 116. A pixel definition layer 114 comprising a plurality of light emitting openings, each of the plurality of light emitting openings 122 to overlap the light emitting layer 116 of a corresponding one of the plurality of light emitting devices (i.e. OLED). A separator 121 disposed on the pixel definition layer 114 and comprising a plurality of division openings, each of the plurality of division openings to overlap a corresponding one of the plurality of light emitting openings 122. At least one spacer 118 (i.e. organic material made of polyimide) disposed on the pixel definition layer 114, wherein the second electrode 117 of each of the plurality of light emitting devices overlaps a corresponding one of the plurality of division openings and is electrically separated from each other by the separator 121. The at least one spacer 118 overlaps a portion of the separator in a plan view (see paragraphs 67-89; Figs. 1, 2, and 3A-3E).
Allowable Subject Matter
8. Claims 2-24, 27 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 allowance subject
matter: none of the prior art of record teaches or suggest the combination of
the at least one spacer is disposed between the pixel definition layer and the separator.
in claim 2.
The at least one spacer is disposed on the separator, and an entire area of the at least one spacer overlaps the separator in a plan view in claim 7
The separator comprises a division mesh line defining the plurality of division
openings, the division mesh line comprising a plurality of first lines extending in a first
direction and a plurality of second lines extending in a second direction. The separator comprises a plurality of intersecting portions where ones of the plurality of first lines intersect ones of the plurality of second lines in claim 9.
A first dummy layer disposed on the separator and spaced apart from the intermediate layer of each of the plurality of light emitting devices, the first dummy layer and the intermediate layer of each of the light emitting devices including a same material. A second dummy layer disposed on the first dummy layer and spaced apart from the second electrode of each of the plurality of light emitting devices. The second dummy layer and the second electrode of each of the plurality of light emitting devices including a same material in claim 27.
A plurality of transistors, each of the plurality of transistors is electrically connected to the second electrode of a corresponding one of the plurality of light emitting devices and a plurality of connection wirings. Each of the plurality of connection wirings electrically connecting a corresponding one of the plurality of transistors to the second electrode of a corresponding one of the plurality of light emitting devices. Each of the plurality of connection wirings comprises a light emitting connection part electrically connected to a corresponding second electrode of one of the plurality of light-emitting devices and spaced apart from a corresponding one of the plurality of light emitting openings. A driver connection part electrically connected to a corresponding transistor among the plurality of transistors claim 28.
Conclusion
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AC/June 22, 2026 /Alonzo Chambliss/
Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2897
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