CTNF 19/276,373 CTNF 85884 DETAILED ACTION Allowable Subject Matter 12-151-08 AIA 07-43 12-51-08 Claim s 2-5, 8-9, and 11-18 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. Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112 07-34-01 Claim 6-7, 10 and 20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA), second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor (or for applications subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, the applicant), regards as the invention. 07-34-03 AIA The term “ essentially ” in claim s 6-7, 10 and 20 is a relative term which renders the claim indefinite. The term “ essentially ” is not defined by the claim, the specification does not provide a standard for ascertaining the requisite degree, and one of ordinary skill in the art would not be reasonably apprised of the scope of the invention. Its unclear whether the widths which are referred to in the claims can be the same or not the same as essentially is unclear and should be amended to clarify the limitation . Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102 07-07-aia AIA 07-07 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 – 07-12-aia AIA (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. 07-15-aia AIA Claim(s) 1 and 19 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102 a2 as being anticpated by US Patent Pub. 2019/0235294 A1 to Wang et al (“Wang”) . As to claim 1, Wang et al (US 2019/0235294 A1) discloses an array substrate (See Fig. 1-5) , comprising: a substrate (100) ; a plurality of gate lines (Fig. 2, 210) and a plurality of data lines (220) positioned on the substrate, wherein the plurality of gate lines extend along a first direction and are arranged in a second direction different from the first direction, the plurality of data lines extend in the second direction and are arranged in the first direction, the plurality of gate lines intersect with the plurality of data lines to define a plurality of pixel areas (See Fig. 2) ; and a plurality of touch signal lines (130) positioned on the substrate, wherein the plurality of touch signal lines extend in the second direction, each of the plurality of touch signal lines (See Fig. 7) comprises a lower touch signal line (131) and an upper touch signal line (132) , the lower touch signal line is positioned in a same layer as the plurality of data lines (¶ 0045, “the second touch line segment 132 can be disposed on the same layer as the second signal line 220”) , the upper touch signal line is positioned above the lower touch signal line in a direction perpendicular to the array substrate (See Fig. 7) , and the upper touch signal line and the lower touch signal line are electrically connected each other (See Fig. 7, 131, 132) , wherein a projection of the lower touch signal line on the substrate at least partially overlaps with a projection of the upper touch signal line on the substrate (See Fig. 2 and 7; The projections over 131 and 132 overlap with each other.) . As to claim 19, Wang discloses all of the limitations of claim 1 and further discloses an opposite substrate opposite to the array substrate (¶ 0039, “the array substrate can be opposed to an opposite substrate o form a liquid crystal cell”) . Conclusion Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the examiner should be directed to NICHOLAS J LEE whose telephone number is (571)270-7354. The examiner can normally be reached Mon-Fri 10-6PM. Examiner interviews are available via telephone, in-person, and video conferencing using a USPTO supplied web-based collaboration tool. To schedule an interview, applicant is encouraged to use the USPTO Automated Interview Request (AIR) at http://www.uspto.gov/interviewpractice. If attempts to reach the examiner by telephone are unsuccessful, the examiner’s supervisor, Matthew Eason can be reached at 571-270-7230. The fax phone number for the organization where this application or proceeding is assigned is 571-273-8300. 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