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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 .
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.
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 1-7 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Choi et al. (US PG-Pub No.: 2016/0322595 A1, hereinafter, “Choi”).
Regarding claim 1, Choi discloses a method of manufacturing a display apparatus (see Choi, FIGs. 1-9), the method comprising:
disposing a display substrate (80, FIG. 4) and a mask assembly (¶¶ [0037] and [0039]) in a chamber (it is inherent that this fabrication is inside a chamber);
aligning positions of the display substrate (80) and the mask assembly (¶¶¶ [0020]-[0022]); and
forming, in a first display area (a first row, FIG. 1) of the display substrate (80), a plurality of opposite electrodes (220, FIG. 3) respectively corresponding to a plurality of pixel areas (P) spaced apart from each other (FIGs. 1 and 3); and
forming a bridge electrode (60, FIG. 3) that electrically connects two opposite electrodes (220) among the plurality of opposite electrodes (220, FIGs. 1 and 3).
Regarding claim 2, Choi discloses the method of claim 1, the forming the bridge electrode (60) comprises: forming a varied thickness of the bridge electrode (60 thicker in the middle and thinner at the two ends) between the opposite electrodes (220) electrically connected to each other (FIG. 3).
Regarding claim 3, Choi discloses the method of claim 1, the forming the bridge electrode (60) comprises: forming a thickest portion (middle) of the bridge electrode (60) between the opposite electrodes (220) electrically connected to each other (FIG. 3).
Regarding claim 4, Choi discloses the method of claim 1, further comprising: forming another opposite electrode (220) in a second display area (a second row, FIG. 1) of the display substrate (80) when forming the plurality of opposite electrodes (220) and the bridge electrode (60) in the first display area (a first row).
Regarding claim 5, Choi discloses the method of claim 1, the forming the plurality of opposite electrodes (220) and the forming the bridge electrode (60) comprise: forming each of the plurality of opposite electrodes (20) integrally with the bridge electrode (60 and 220 are connected and integrated to one electrode, FIG. 3).
Regarding claim 6, Choi discloses the method of claim 4, wherein a light transmittance of the first display area (a first row) is different from a light transmittance of the second display area (a second row; both rows have transmitted area and pixel area with different transmittance, FIG. 1).
Regarding claim 7, Choi discloses the method of claim 1, further comprising disposing a component (210, FIG. 3) in the first display area (a first row).
Conclusion
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/XIA L CROSS/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2892
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