DETAILED ACTION
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 .
Allowable Subject Matter
Claim 3, 4 allowed.
The subject matter of the independent claim could either not be found or was not suggested in the prior art of record. The subject matter not found was:
In claim 3: “wherein the second display region is provided along a first curved side surface and a rear surface of the housing, wherein the top surface and the rear surface are parallel to each other, wherein the third display region is in contact with the first display region, wherein the third display region is provided along a second curved side surface of the housing, wherein a side of the second display region and a side of the third display region form a corner where the housing is exposed, transistor, and semiconductor” in combination with the other elements (or steps) of the device/apparatus and method recited in the claim.
In claim 4: “wherein the top surface and the rear surface are parallel to each other, wherein the third display region is in contact with the first display region, wherein the third display region is provided along a second curved side surface of the housing, wherein a side of the second display region and a side of the third display region form a corner where the housing is exposed, wherein a flexible printed circuit is provided so as to face a rear surface of the display panel, transistor, and semiconductor” in combination with the other elements (or steps) of the device/apparatus and method recited in the claim.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
A patent for a claimed invention may not be obtained, notwithstanding that the claimed invention is not identically disclosed as set forth in section 102, if the differences between the claimed invention and the prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole would have been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the claimed invention pertains. Patentability shall not be negated by the manner in which the invention was made.
Claim(s) 2 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Sirpal et al. (2013/0080956) “Sirpal”.
As of claim 2, Sirpal teaches
A display panel comprising:
a first region ([0258], 770 Fig.7C);
a second region ([0258], 774 Fig.7C); and
a third region ([0258], 768 Fig.7C),
wherein at least one of the first region, the second region, and the third region is
configured to perform display ([0258] teaches window stack 760 that comprises windows 770, 774, and 768 of Fig.7C form a composite display),
wherein the first region comprises a first side and a second side (Fig.7C shows window 770 comprises a first side “the right side” and a second side “the top side”),
wherein the second region is provided so as to be in contact with the first side (Fig.7C shows the second region 774 is in contact with the first side of o the first region 770), and
In an obvious variation, Sirpal teaches
wherein the third region is provided so as to be in contact with the second side (Fig.7C shows the third region 764 is in contact with the second side of the first region 770 and the top side of 774, which would obvious to one ordinary skill in the before the effective filing date that this configuration of the window stack 760 reads on this claim limitation).
Therefore, it would be obvious to ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date to modify Sirpal’s apparatus and or window stacks configurations as shown above, so for display regions to form a composite display ([see 0258]).
Conclusion
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INSA . SADIO
Primary Examiner
Art Unit 2628
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