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
Current Status of Claims
This action is response to communication of March 17, 2025. Claims 1 to 19 are currently active in the application.
Specification
The abstract of the disclosure is objected to because the abstract is identical to the abstract of parent application with Serial No. 18/245,538 issued as US Patent 12,282,637. A corrected abstract of the disclosure is required and must be presented on a separate sheet, apart from any other text. See MPEP § 608.01(b).
Allowable Subject Matter
The closest reference to Wang et al. (US Patent Publication Application Publication 2023/0049340 A1) does not disclose the touch display panel as currently claimed. Specifically, the prior art of the record does not show “… first conductive bridge of a plurality of first conductive bridges; and the plurality of first conductive bridges are arranged in an array; wherein the plurality of first mesh blocks comprises a border mesh block adjacent to a truncated region in which a touch control structure is absent; and the touch display panel comprises a displaced conductive bridge which is displaced from the array of the plurality of first conductive bridges; wherein the border mesh block is in a corner region of the touch display panel; and the truncated region is a region outside the touch control structure and adjacent to the corner region”.
Double Patenting
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Claims 1-19 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1-17 of U.S. Patent No. 12,282,637. Although the claims at issue are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because both inventions are related to the touch display panel with a plurality of first mesh electrodes and a plurality of second mesh electrodes comprising a plurality of first mesh blocks consecutively electrically connected along a first direction, wherein two adjacent first mesh blocks of the plurality of first mesh blocks are electrically connected to each other through a respective first conductive bridge of a plurality of first conductive bridges and arranged in an array. The plurality of first mesh blocks includes a border mesh block adjacent to a truncated region in which a touch control structure is absent.
Instant Application 19/082,152
Conflicting Patent No. 12,282,637
1. A touch display panel, comprising a plurality of first mesh electrodes and a plurality of second mesh electrodes; wherein a respective one of the plurality of first mesh electrodes comprises a plurality of first mesh blocks consecutively electrically connected along a first direction; two adjacent first mesh blocks of the plurality of first mesh blocks are electrically connected to each other through a respective first conductive bridge of a plurality of first conductive bridges; and the plurality of first conductive bridges are arranged in an array; wherein the plurality of first mesh blocks comprises a border mesh block adjacent to a truncated region in which a touch control structure is absent; and the touch display panel comprises a displaced conductive bridge which is displaced from the array of the plurality of first conductive bridges; wherein the border mesh block is in a corner region of the touch display panel; and the truncated region is a region outside the touch control structure and adjacent to the corner region;wherein the displaced conductive bridge comprises one or more fourth conductive extensions electrically connected to the border mesh block, the one or more fourth conductive extensions extending away from the border mesh block toward the region outside the touch control structure; andthe one or more fourth conductive extensions are electrically connected to a second trace line, the second trace line electrically connected to a touch control integrated circuit.
2. The touch display panel of claim 1, wherein the displaced conductive bridge further comprises a fourth capacitance compensating conductive plate directly connected to at least one mesh line of the border mesh block; the fourth capacitance compensating conductive plate is electrically connected to the one or more fourth conductive extensions; the one or more fourth conductive extensions are in a first mesh line layer; andthe border mesh block, the fourth capacitance compensating conductive plate, and the second trace line are in a second mesh line layer.
3. The touch display panel of claim 1, further comprising a third trace line electrically connected to a mesh block of the plurality of second mesh electrodes; wherein the third trace line is between the second trace line and the border mesh block; and the one or more fourth conductive extensions cross over the third trace line.
4. The touch display panel of claim 1, wherein the displaced conductive bridge is displaced from an array position to a non-array position; the array position and positions of the plurality of first conductive bridges are arranged in rows and columns; and the non-array position is displaced from the array of rows and columns.
5. The touch display panel of claim 4, wherein the array position is where the touch display panel has a slope greater than an average slope of the touch display panel; and the non-array position is where the touch display panel has a slope smaller than the slope of the touch display panel at the array position.
6. The touch display panel of claim 4, wherein the border mesh block has a structure different from at least one first mesh block of the plurality of first mesh blocks in that the border mesh block comprises an extended portion at the array position; and mesh lines of the extended portion are in a same layer as mesh lines of the border mesh block outside of the extended portion, and is in a different layer from a first conductive bridge electrically connected to the at least one first mesh block.
7. The touch display panel of claim 1, wherein the truncated region is a window region; the window region is at least partially surrounded by a touchcontrol region; and the touch control structure is limited in the touch control region and absent in the window region.
8. The touch display panel of claim 7, wherein the border mesh block comprises an extended portion; and the plurality of first conductive bridges are in a same array comprising rows and columns; and the extended portion and the plurality of first conductive bridges are at a plurality of array positions of the same array, respectively.
9. The touch display panel of claim 7, wherein the border mesh block comprises an extended portion; wherein the displaced conductive bridge comprises: one or more first conductive extensions electrically connected to the extended portion, the one or more first conductive extensions extending away from the extended portion toward the window region; andone or more first conductive plates connected to the one or more first conductive extensions, the one or more first conductive plates at least partially surrounding the window region; wherein the oneor more first conductive plates are electrically connected to a mesh block of the plurality of first mesh electrodes, the mesh block on a different side of the window region from the border mesh block.
10. The touch display panel of claim 9, wherein the one or more first conductive extensions are in a first mesh line layer; the one or more first conductive plates, the border mesh block, the mesh block, mesh blocks of the plurality of first mesh electrodes, and mesh blocks of the plurality of secondmesh electrodes are in a second mesh line layer; andthe touch display panel further comprises a touch insulating layer between the first mesh line layer and the second mesh line layer.
11. The touch display panel of claim 9, wherein the displaced conductive bridge further comprises a first capacitance compensating conductive plate along an edge of the extended portion adjacent to the window region; and the first capacitance compensating conductive plate is directly connected to at least onemesh line of the extended portion, and is connected to the one or more first conductive extensions through a via extending through a touch insulating layer.
12. The touch display panel of claim 9, wherein theborder mesh block spaces apart two adjacent second mesh blocks of a plurality of second mesh blocks of a respective one of the plurality of second mesh electrodes; and a first adjacent second mesh block of the two adjacent second mesh blocks, the border mesh block, and a second adjacent second mesh block of the two adjacent second mesh blocks sequentially surround portions of a perimeter of the window region.
13. The touch display panel of claim 12, wherein the respective one of the plurality of second mesh electrodes comprises a second capacitance compensating conductive plate, a second conductive plate, and a third capacitance compensating conductive plate sequentially connected; the second capacitance compensating conductive plate is directly connected to at least one mesh line of the first adjacent second mesh block; the third capacitance compensating conductive plate is directly connected to at least one mesh line of the second adjacent second mesh block; and the second conductive plate connects the second capacitance compensating conductive plate with the third capacitance compensating conductive plate.
14. The touch display panel of claim 13, wherein the second capacitance compensating conductive plate, the second conductive plate, and the third capacitance compensating conductive plate are parts of a unitary structure.
15. The touch display panel of claim 13, wherein the one or more first conductive extensions are in a first mesh line layer; the second capacitance compensating conductive plate, the second conductive plate, and the third capacitance compensating conductive plate are in a second mesh line layer; and the one or more first conductive extensions crosses over the second conductive plate.
16. The touch display panel of claim 12, wherein, on a first side, the first adjacent second mesh block, the border mesh block, and the second adjacent second mesh block are adjacent to the window region; on a second side, the first adjacent second mesh block, the border mesh block, and the second adjacent second mesh block are along an edge of the touch control structure;the touch display panel further comprises: a first trace line electrically connecting the border mesh block to a touch control integrated circuit, the first trace directly connected to at least one mesh line of the border mesh block; one ormore second conductive extensions electrically connected to the first adjacent second mesh block, the one or more second conductive extensions extending away from the first adjacent second mesh block away from the window region; one or more third conductive extensions electrically connected to the second adjacent second mesh block, the one or more third conductive extensions extending away from the second adjacent second mesh block away from the window region; and a connecting line connecting the one or more second conductive extensions with the one ormore third conductive extensions.
17. The touch display panel of claim 16, wherein the one or more second conductive extensions, the connecting line, and the one or more third conductive extensions are parts of a unitary structure in a first mesh line layer; and the first trace line, the first adjacent second mesh block, the border mesh block, and the second adjacent second mesh block are in a second mesh line layer.
18. The touch display panel of claim 1, wherein a line width of mesh lines of the displaced conductive bridge is greater than a line width of mesh lines of the plurality of first conductive bridges.
19. A display apparatus, comprising a display panel and the touch display panel of claim 1.
1. A touch display panel, comprising a plurality of first mesh electrodes and a plurality of second mesh electrodes; wherein a respective one of the plurality of first mesh electrodes comprises a plurality of first mesh blocks consecutively electrically connected along a first direction; two adjacent first mesh blocks of the plurality of first mesh blocks are electrically connected to each other through a respective first conductive bridge of a plurality of first conductive bridges; and the plurality of first conductive bridges are arranged in an array; wherein the plurality of first mesh blocks comprises a border mesh block adjacent to a truncated region in which a touch control structure is absent; and the touch display panel comprises a displaced conductive bridge which is displaced from the array of the plurality of first conductive bridges; wherein the displaced conductive bridge is displaced from an array position to a non-array position; the array position and positions of the plurality of first conductive bridges are arranged in rows and columns; and the non-array position is displaced from the array of rows and columns; wherein the border mesh block has a structure different from at least one first mesh block of the plurality of first mesh blocks in that the border mesh block comprises an extended portion at the array position; and mesh lines of the extended portion are in a same layer as mesh lines of the border mesh block outside of the extended portion, and is in a different layer from a first conductive bridge of the plurality of first conductive bridges electrically connected to the at least one first mesh block, the first conductive bridge being at an array position in the array of rows and columns.
2. The touch display panel of claim 1, wherein the truncated region is a window region; the window region is at least partially surrounded by a touch control region; and the touch control structure is limited in the touch control region and absent in the window region.
3. The touch display panel of claim 1, wherein the plurality of first conductive bridges are in a same array comprising rows and columns; and the extended portion and the plurality of first conductive bridges are at a plurality of array positions of the same array, respectively.
4. The touch display panel of claim 2, wherein wherein the displaced conductive bridge comprises: one or more first conductive extensions electrically connected to the extended portion, the one or more first conductive extensions extending away from the extended portion toward the window region; and one or more first conductive plates connected to the one or more first conductive extensions, the one or more first conductive plates at least partially surrounding the window region; wherein the one or more first conductive plates are electrically connected to a mesh block of the plurality of first mesh electrodes, the mesh block on a different side of the window region from the border mesh block.
5. The touch display panel of claim 4, wherein the one or more first conductive extensions are in a first mesh line layer; the one or more first conductive plates, the border mesh block, the mesh block, mesh blocks of the plurality of first mesh electrodes, and mesh blocks of the plurality of second mesh electrodes are in a second mesh line layer; and the touch display panel further comprises a touch insulating layer between the first mesh line layer and the second mesh line layer.
6. The touch display panel of claim 4, wherein the displaced conductive bridge further comprises a first capacitance compensating conductive plate along an edge of the extended portion adjacent to the window region; and the first capacitance compensating conductive plate is directly connected to at least one mesh line of the extended portion, and is connected to the one or more first conductive extensions through a via extending through a touch insulating layer.
7. The touch display panel of claim 4, wherein the border mesh block spaces apart two adjacent second mesh blocks of a plurality of second mesh blocks of a respective one of the plurality of second mesh electrodes; and a first adjacent second mesh block of the two adjacent second mesh blocks, the border mesh block, and a second adjacent second mesh block of the two adjacent second mesh blocks sequentially surround portions of a perimeter of the window region.
8. The touch display panel of claim 7, wherein the respective one of the plurality of second mesh electrodes comprises a second capacitance compensating conductive plate, a second conductive plate, and a third capacitance compensating conductive plate sequentially connected; the second capacitance compensating conductive plate is directly connected to at least one mesh line of the first adjacent second mesh block; the third capacitance compensating conductive plate is directly connected to at least one mesh line of the second adjacent second mesh block; and the second conductive plate connects the second capacitance compensating conductive plate with the third capacitance compensating conductive plate.
9. The touch display panel of claim 8, wherein the second capacitance compensating conductive plate, the second conductive plate, and the third capacitance compensating conductive plate are parts of a unitary structure.
10. The touch display panel of claim 8, wherein the one or more first conductive extensions are in a first mesh line layer; the second capacitance compensating conductive plate, the second conductive plate, and the third capacitance compensating conductive plate are in a second mesh line layer; and the one or more first conductive extensions crosses over the second conductive plate.
11. The touch display panel of claim 7, wherein, on a first side, the first adjacent second mesh block, the border mesh block, and the second adjacent second mesh block are adjacent to the window region; on a second side, the first adjacent second mesh block, the border mesh block, and the second adjacent second mesh block are along an edge of the touch control structure; the touch display panel further comprises: a first trace line electrically connecting the border mesh block to a touch control integrated circuit, the first trace directly connected to at least one mesh line of the border mesh block; one or more second conductive extensions electrically connected to the first adjacent second mesh block, the one or more second conductive extensions extending away from the first adjacent second mesh block away from the window region; one or more third conductive extensions electrically connected to the second adjacent second mesh block, the one or more third conductive extensions extending away from the second adjacent second mesh block away from the window region; and a connecting line connecting the one or more second conductive extensions with the one or more third conductive extensions.
12. The touch display panel of claim 11, wherein the one or more second conductive extensions, the connecting line, and the one or more third conductive extensions are parts of a unitary structure in a first mesh line layer; and the first trace line, the first adjacent second mesh block, the border mesh block, and the second adjacent second mesh block are in a second mesh line layer.
13. The touch display panel of claim 1, wherein the border mesh block is in a corner region of the touch display panel; and the truncated region is a region outside the touch control structure and adjacent to the corner region.
14. The touch display panel of claim 13, wherein the displaced conductive bridge comprises one or more fourth conductive extensions electrically connected to the border mesh block, the one or more fourth conductive extensions extending away from the border mesh block toward the region outside the touch control structure; and the one or more fourth conductive extensions are electrically connected to a second trace line, the second trace line electrically connected to a touch control integrated circuit.
15. The touch display panel of claim 14, wherein the displaced conductive bridge further comprises a fourth capacitance compensating conductive plate directly connected to at least one mesh line of the border mesh block; the fourth capacitance compensating conductive plate is electrically connected to the one or more fourth conductive extensions; the one or more fourth conductive extensions are in a first mesh line layer; and the border mesh block, the fourth capacitance compensating conductive plate, and the second trace line are in a second mesh line layer.
16. The touch display panel of claim 14, further comprising a third trace line electrically connected to a mesh block of the plurality of second mesh electrodes; wherein the third trace line is between the second trace line and the border mesh block; and the one or more fourth conductive extensions cross over the third trace line.
17. A display apparatus, comprising a display panel and the touch display panel of claim 1.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure:
U.S. Patent Publication Application 2022/0350446 A1 to Song et al.
US Patent Publication Application 2022/0384533 A1 to Jang et al.
US Patent Publication Application 2021/0357079 A1 to Song et al.
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/OLGA V MERKOULOVA/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2621