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 .
DETAILED ACTION
Applicant’s election without traverse of claims 1-10 in the reply filed on 06/22/26 is acknowledged.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
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 1-10 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.
Claim 1 recites in line 11 the second limitation “ a partial region” is indefinite. It is unclear what the partial region is directed towards to since it is a repeated limitation. It is recommended to change the second “ a partial region” to “ a second partial region” or “ another partial region” to avoid any confusion. Appropriate correction is required.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1-10 are objected to but would be allowable if USC 112 rejection is overcome above in respect to the independent claim.
The following is an examiner's statement of reasons for allowance:
Regarding claims 1-10, The prior art of record neither anticipates norrenders obvious the claimed subject matter of the instant application as a whole eithertaken alone or in combination, in particular, prior art of record does not teach" a mesh wiring disposed on the first face of the substrate; a first adhesive layer situated on the first face side of the substrate; a second adhesive layer situated on a second face side of the substrate; and an intermediate layer situated in at least one of a position between the wiring board and the first adhesive layer and a position between the wiring board and the second adhesive, wherein the substrate has transparency, and a partial region of the substrate is disposed in a partial region between the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer " in combination with the remaining limitations of the claim 1.
Therefore, prior art of record neither anticipates nor renders obvious the instantapplication claimed invention as a whole either taken alone or in combination.
Any comments considered necessary by applicant must be submitted no laterthan the payment of the issue fee and, to avoid processing delays, should preferablyaccompany the issue fee. Such submissions should be clearly labeled "Comments onStatement of Reasons for Allowance."
Pertinent Art
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent toapplicant's disclosure.
Kim (US 2022/0158328 A1) discloses a image display device.
Anh et al. (US 2019/0014664 A1) discloses a display panel.
Jang (US 2021/0307174 A1) discloses a display panel device.
The above references are considered of particular relevance to the claimed invention but cannot be considered to teach the limitations or combined to being obvious to a person skilled in the art to disclose the claimed invention.
Conclusion
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/PETE T LEE/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2847
