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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 .
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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.
(a)(2) the claimed invention was described in a patent issued under section 151, or in an application for patent published or deemed published under section 122(b), in which the patent or application, as the case may be, names another inventor and was effectively filed before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claims 1-2 and 14-15 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1)/102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Suzuki et al (US 2015/0371591; provided by Applicant).
In regards to claims 1 and 15, Suzuki discloses a display pixel comprising a first memory (registers 51R, 51G, 51B) configured to store a digital color signal (intensity data IDR), a command circuit (control section 41) configured to perform write operations and read operations in the first memory, at least one light-emitting source (light emitting elements 48R, 48G, 48B), and a driver circuit (variable current sources 53R, 53G, 53B) configured to drive said light-emitting source based on the stored digital signal, wherein the command circuit is configured to operate as a finite-state machine to perform the write operations and the read operations (Figs. 4-5 and paragraphs 90, 92-93, 101).
In regards to claim 2, Suzuki discloses the display pixel according to claim 1, comprising a controllable current source supplying said light-emitting source with a current, and wherein the driver circuit is configured to turn on or off the controllable current source based on the stored digital signal (Fig. 4 and paragraphs 90-92, 95; variable current sources 53R, 53G, 53B and switches 54R, 54G, 54B).
In regards to claim 14, Suzuki discloses a display screen comprising display pixels according to claim 1 arranged in rows and in columns (Figs. 1-2 and paragraphs 67, 71-73).
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 3-13 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.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
Hussell (US 2020/0312226) discloses active control of light emitting diodes (LEDs) and LED packages within LED displays is disclosed. LED packages are disclosed that include a plurality of LED chips that form at least one LED pixel for an LED display or an LED panel. Each LED package may include an active electrical element that is configured to receive a control signal and actively maintain an operating state, such as brightness or grey level while other LED packages are being addressed. Active electrical elements are disclosed that are configured to provide both forward and reverse bias states to LEDs to detect adverse operating conditions including reverse leakage and deviations to forward voltage levels. LED packages are also disclosed that may self-configure based on the manner in which various input or output lines are connected.
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/MICHAEL PERVAN/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2629 January 9, 2026