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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 .
Double Patenting
A rejection based on double patenting of the “same invention” type finds its support in the language of 35 U.S.C. 101 which states that “whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process... may obtain a patent therefor...” (Emphasis added). Thus, the term “same invention,” in this context, means an invention drawn to identical subject matter. See Miller v. Eagle Mfg. Co., 151 U.S. 186 (1894); In re Vogel, 422 F.2d 438, 164 USPQ 619 (CCPA 1970); In re Ockert, 245 F.2d 467, 114 USPQ 330 (CCPA 1957).
A statutory type (35 U.S.C. 101) double patenting rejection can be overcome by canceling or amending the claims that are directed to the same invention so they are no longer coextensive in scope. The filing of a terminal disclaimer cannot overcome a double patenting rejection based upon 35 U.S.C. 101.
Claim 1 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101 as claiming the same invention as that of claim 1 of prior U.S. Patent No. 11,797,117 B2 (cited by the Examiner in parent application 18/476,973 and listed on IDS filed May 09, 2025. This is a statutory double patenting rejection.
Prior Art of Record
In the prior art of record, namely Gao et al. (cited by the Examiner in parent application 17/614,292 and listed on the IDS filed 05/09/2025, China Patent Document CN 108598125A, translation and original document provided in response to parent application 17/614,292), it has been shown to provide a display device of panel form (Figures 10 – 12) having a base 160 that provides a plurality of islands (sub-base plates 161) and a connecting region 162 along a first direction, where pixels are in each island (Figure 10) and are covered by color filtering units 121. However, Gao et al. does not provide for an input sensing layer with sensing patterns and connection patterns and does not provide for the specific relative disposing of sensing patterns with regard to the display structure as claimed. Also, see the prior art of Park et al. (cited by the Examiner in parent application 17/614,292 and listed on the IDS filed 05/09/2025, Korea Patent Document KR 20170110209, translation and original document provided in response to parent application 17/614,292), which describes a similar structure to Gao et al. with the addition of the disposition of display signal lines with regard to a displaying structure, but does not provide for an input sensing layer with sensing patterns and connection patterns and does not provide for the specific relative disposing of sensing patterns with regard to the display structure as claimed.
Conclusion
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/BRIAN M BUTCHER/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2627
01/06/2026
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