DETAILED ACTION
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.
Claim(s) 1 and 15-18 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Oh (2018/0263142).
Regarding Claim 1: Oh teaches an electronic display assembly with ventilation, said electronic display assembly comprising: a cover layer (front portion of 110 in fig. 2); an electronic display layer (120) located rearward of the cover layer (fig. 2); a closed loop airflow pathway (1511) extending within the electronic display assembly (fig. 2); one or more fans (141a and 141b) located within the closed loop airflow pathway (figs. 5-8) for moving circulating gas within the closed loop airflow pathway when activated (figs. 5-8); and one or more vents (113) fluidly interposed between the closed loop airflow pathway and an ambient environment (fig. 2).
Regarding Claim 15: Oh teaches wherein: each of the said one or more vents are located adjacent to a negative pressure side of the one or more fans (figs. 6-7 and 10).
Regarding Claim 16: Oh teaches wherein: a first one of the one or more vents is located adjacent to a first side of said one or more fans (figs. 6-7 and 10); and a second one of the one or more vents is located adjacent to a second side of said one or more fans (figs. 6-7 and 10).
Regarding Claim 17: 17. The electronic display assembly of claim 1 wherein: a first portion of said closed loop airflow pathway extends between said cover and said electronic display layer (figs. 2-10), a second portion of said closed loop airflow pathway extends rearward of said electronic display layer (figs. 2-10); said electronic display layer comprises liquid crystals (paragraph [0097]); and said electronic display assembly comprises a backlight located rearward of the electronic display layer (paragraph [0097]).
Regarding Claim 18: 18. The electronic display assembly of claim 1 further comprising: an open loop airflow pathway (figs. 2-10) for ambient air extending within the electronic display assembly (figs. 2-10), wherein said closed loop airflow pathway is separated from an ambient air in accordance with a standard at least as restrictive as ingress protection code 65 (paragraph [0068])
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 19-20 are allowed.
Claims 2-14 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. The prior art cited in the notice of references PTO-892 but not relied upon above are related as they include multiple types of display devices in combination with interior cooling features.
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/ANTHONY M HAUGHTON/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2841
