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 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Kwon.
Regarding Claim 1, Kwon discloses “A display device comprising: a display panel including a pixel; a touch panel including a touch sensor” (Figure 2, Column 4, Lines 64-65, and Column 6 Lines 30-38 (Notice that Figure 2 shows a display device with display panel 100 with subpixels and built in touch panel with touch sensor.)), “and a display panel driver configured to perform a data writing operation to the pixel in an active period and perform a touch driving operation to the touch sensor in a blank period” (Figure 2 Items 700, 500, 400, and 300 (Notice in Figure 2 that the combined touch driving signal generator 500, data driving circuit 700, touch controller 400, and touch driving circuit 300 provide a display panel driver configured to perform a data writing operation to at least a pixel of the described display in an active display period via data driving circuit 700 (Column 7, Lines 45-47) and the described display panel driver is configured to perform touch driving operation via at least data driving circuit 700 in response to touch driving signal TDS (Column 12, Lines 4 – 9)), “wherein the display panel driver includes a touch driver configured to perform the touch driving operation” (Figure 2, Items 300, 400 (Notice that the combination of touch driving circuit unit 300 and touch controller 400 provide a touch driver configured to perform the touch driving operation.)), “and a driving controller configured to control an operation of the display panel and the touch driver” (Figure 2, Item 500 (Notice that touch driving signal generator 500 is configured to control an operation of the display panel via touch driving signal TDS sent to data driving circuit 700 and control the touch driver via TDS sent to touch driving unit 300.)), “and wherein the touch driver outputs a touch driving performing signal to the driving controller in the blank period” (Figures 2 and 3 (Notice that the touch controller 400 of the touch driver outputs a touch driving performing signal TSES to the driving controller 500 in the blank or non-display period of Figure 3.)), “and wherein the touch driving performing signal indicates that the touch driving operation was performed” (Column 8, Lines 25 – 28 (Notice that touch driving performing signal TSES indicates touch driving operation was performed from a determined touch.)).
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 12 – 13, 15 – 18, and 20 are allowable over the prior art of record for reasoning set forth in the Office Action mailed February 10, 2026.
Claims 2 – 11 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 Office Action mailed February 10, 2026.
Response to Applicants Amendments and Arguments
Applicants amendments and arguments filed August 25, 2026 have been fully considered.
First, the Examiner agrees that the amendments to independent Claim 1 have overcome the rejection of Claim 1 under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Shin as set forth and made record in the Office Action mailed June 2, 2026.
Second, new grounds for rejection of Claim 1 have been identified and set forth in the instant Office Action.
Conclusion
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/BRIAN M BUTCHER/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2627 September 17, 2026
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