DETAILED ACTION
Notice of 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 .
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the statutory basis (i.e., changing from AIA to pre-AIA ) for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status.
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.
Claims 1 and 11 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Zeng (China Patent Document CN 114882829 A, please see original document provided for Figure references and English translation of the original document provided for Page and Line references), hereinafter referenced as Zeng.
Regarding Claim 1, Zeng discloses “A display driving device, comprising: a panel” (Figures 3, 4, and Page 5, Lines 33 – 35 (Notice that a device with scan lines 41 and data lines 51 that drives a display panel is shown in Figure 3.)), “comprising: an output region, configured to output a detection signal” (Figures 3, 4, and 6 (Notice that scan lines 41 (411, 412, and 413) become output electrodes TX (TX1, TX2, TX2) that create an output region that outputs a detection signal shown in Figure 6 for touch periods 102.)), “a first region; a second region; and a third region, wherein the first region overlaps the output region, wherein the second region overlaps the output region, and wherein the third region overlaps the output region” (Figure 4 and 6 (Notice that receiving electrodes RX provide a first region of RX1, a second region of RX2, and a third region of RX3, where each region of RX1, RX2, and RX3 overlap the output region created by TX1, TX2, and TX3.)), “wherein in a first period, the second region and the third region output a point report signal according the detection signal while the first region is incapable of outputting any point report signal according to the detection signal” (Figure 6 (Notice is a first period which is a composite of the first 2 leftmost touch periods 102, the second region at the crossing of TX1 (topmost TX) and right to the leftmost RX (RX2) and the third region at the crossing of TX2 and the left to the rightmost RX (RX3) output a capacitive point report signal according to TX1 and TX2 while the first region at the crossing of TX3 (bottommost TX) and leftmost RX (RX1) are incapable of outputting a point report signal according to detection signal TX1 and TX2.), “wherein in a second period, the first region and the third region output the point report signal according the detection signal while the second region is incapable of outputting any point report signal according to the detection signal” (Figure 6 (Notice that a second period which is a composite of the last 2 rightmost touch periods 102, the first region at the crossing of TX3 (bottommost TX) and leftmost RX (RX1) and the third region at the crossing of TX2 (middle) and the left to the rightmost RX (RX3) output a capacitive point report signal according to TX2 and TX3 while the second region at the crossing of TX1 (topmost TX) and right to the leftmost RX (RX2) is incapable of outputting a point report signal according to detection signal TX2 (middle) and TX3 (bottommost).)), “wherein in a third period, the first region and the second region output the point report signal according the detection signal, while the third region is incapable of outputting any point report signal according to the detection signal” (Figure 6 (Notice in a third period which is a composite of the rightmost and leftmost touch periods 102, the first region at the crossing of TX3 (bottommost TX) and leftmost RX (RX1) and the second region at the crossing of TX1 (topmost TX) and right to the leftmost RX (RX2) output a capacitive point report signal according to TX1 and TX3 while the third region at the crossing of TX2 (middle TX) and left to the rightmost RX (RX3) are incapable of outputting a point report signal according to detection signal TX1 (middle) and TX3 (bottommost).)), “and wherein the second period is later than the first period” (Figure 6 (Notice that rightmost touch period 102 of the defined second period occurs later than the rightmost touch period 102 of the defined first period.)), “and wherein the third period is later than the second period” (Figure 6 (Notice that the rightmost touch period 102 of the define third period occurs later that the leftmost touch period 102 of the defined second period.))
Regarding Claim 11, Zeng discloses everything claimed as applied above (See Claim 1). Specifically, refer back the disclosure of Zeng with regard to the device of Claim 1 and notice that the device of Zeng performs the method of Claim 11.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 2 – 10 and 12 - 20 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 for reasoning set forth in the history of prosecution of the instant application.
Response to Applicants Amendments and Arguments
Applicants amendments and arguments filed January 20, 2026 have been fully considered.
First, the Examiner agrees that the amendments to each of Claims 1 and 11 overcome the 35 U.S.C. 102 (a)(2) rejections of Claims 1 - 20 set forth and made of record in the Office Action mailed October 21, 2025.
Second, new grounds for rejections have been identified with regard to Claims 1 and 11 above in response to the amendments of Claims 1 and 11.
Conclusion
Applicant's amendment necessitated the new ground(s) of rejection presented in this Office action. Accordingly, THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. See MPEP § 706.07(a). Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37 CFR 1.136(a).
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/BRIAN M BUTCHER/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2627 April 03, 2026