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 .
Drawings
The drawings are objected to under 37 CFR 1.83(a). The drawings must show every feature of the invention specified in the claims. Therefore, the “at least one of the pixel groups comprises a normal subpixel connected to only a data line among the data line and a sensing line, and a compensation subpixel connected to the data line and a the sensing line, and the normal subpixel and the compensation subpixel emit light of different colors” must be shown or the feature(s) canceled from the claim(s). No new matter should be entered.
Corrected drawing sheets in compliance with 37 CFR 1.121(d) are required in reply to the Office action to avoid abandonment of the application. Any amended replacement drawing sheet should include all of the figures appearing on the immediate prior version of the sheet, even if only one figure is being amended. The figure or figure number of an amended drawing should not be labeled as “amended.” If a drawing figure is to be canceled, the appropriate figure must be removed from the replacement sheet, and where necessary, the remaining figures must be renumbered and appropriate changes made to the brief description of the several views of the drawings for consistency. Additional replacement sheets may be necessary to show the renumbering of the remaining figures. Each drawing sheet submitted after the filing date of an application must be labeled in the top margin as either “Replacement Sheet” or “New Sheet” pursuant to 37 CFR 1.121(d). If the changes are not accepted by the examiner, the applicant will be notified and informed of any required corrective action in the next Office action. The objection to the drawings will not be held in abeyance.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
The following is a quotation of the first paragraph of 35 U.S.C. 112(a):
(a) IN GENERAL.—The specification shall contain a written description of the invention, and of the manner and process of making and using it, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make and use the same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor or joint inventor of carrying out the invention.
The following is a quotation of the first paragraph of pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112:
The specification shall contain a written description of the invention, and of the manner and process of making and using it, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make and use the same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor of carrying out his invention.
Claims 1-15 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(a) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), first paragraph, as failing to comply with the written description requirement. The claim(s) contains subject matter which was not described in the specification in such a way as to reasonably convey to one skilled in the relevant art that the inventor or a joint inventor, or for applications subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, the inventor(s), at the time the application was filed, had possession of the claimed invention.
Regarding claim 1, the recitation of “at least one of the pixel groups comprises a normal subpixel connected to only a data line among the data line and a sensing line, and a compensation subpixel connected to the data line and a sensing the sensing line” is not descried in the specification (or drawings, as noted above) in such a way to reasonably convey to one of ordinary skill that the inventor was in possession of the claimed invention. Claim 1 requires a group of pixels’ normal subpixel to be connected to only “a data line” and not “a sensing line” and the compensation pixel to also be connected to “the data line”. It is unclear based on the figures and specification how the same data line is connected to a normal pixel and a compensation pixel in the same pixel group. Does applicant intend to claim a plurality of data lines in which a single (compensation) subpixel from each of the plurality/at least four groups of subpixels is connected to a one of the plurality of data lines and a sensing line, while the remaining (normal) subpixels of the group are each connected to only a different and respective another one of the plurality of data lines and not a sensing line subpixels within the respective group? Clarification is required.
Regarding claim 11 (and similarly claim14), the recitation of “a display panel comprising at least four pixel groups each including at least one normal subpixel connected to only a data line among the data line and a sensing line, and one compensation subpixel configured to emit light of a different color” is not descried in the specification (or drawings, as noted above) in such a way to reasonably convey to one of ordinary skill that the inventor was in possession of the claimed invention. Not all four groups have one pixel connected to only a data line and not a sensing line among the data line as only one data line common to each of the four group is required by the claims. Does applicant intend to claim a plurality of data lines in which a single (compensation) subpixel from each of the plurality/at least four groups of subpixels is connected to a one of the plurality of data lines and a sensing line, while the remaining (normal) subpixels of the group are each connected to only a different and respective another one of the plurality of data lines and not a sensing line subpixels within the respective group? Clarification is required.
Regarding claims 2-10, 12-13 and 15, each are rejected under 112a based on dependency.
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).
A shortened statutory period for reply to this final action is set to expire THREE MONTHS from the mailing date of this action. In the event a first reply is filed within TWO MONTHS of the mailing date of this final action and the advisory action is not mailed until after the end of the THREE-MONTH shortened statutory period, then the shortened statutory period will expire on the date the advisory action is mailed, and any nonprovisional extension fee (37 CFR 1.17(a)) pursuant to 37 CFR 1.136(a) will be calculated from the mailing date of the advisory action. In no event, however, will the statutory period for reply expire later than SIX MONTHS from the mailing date of this final action.
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/kenneth bukowski/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2621