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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
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Claims 1-18 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1, 4-17, and 20-21 of U.S. Patent No. 12443300. Although the claims at issue are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because the systems of this application contains similar structures adequate to perform the functions recited in the patent application. The claims are as follows with the differences highlighted:
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With reference to claim 1: A display substrate, comprising: a base substrate comprising a display area and a non-display area located around the display area; a blocking dam located in the non-display area and arranged surrounding the display area; and a plurality of touch-control lines located in the non-display area, wherein at least some of the touch-control lines comprise conductive winding portions to make resistances of the touch-control lines substantially same, an orthographic projection of a conductive winding portion on the base substrate is located between an orthographic projection of the blocking dam on the base substrate and the display area; wherein the at least some of the touch-control lines comprise a plurality of first touch-control lines and a plurality of second touch-control lines, a conductive winding portion of at least one first touch-control line of the first touch-control lines is arranged in an independent winding manner, and a conductive winding portion of at least one second touch-control line of the second touch-control lines are arranged in a mutually nested winding manner; wherein the non-display area comprises a first non-display area for bonding with a touch-control chip; the display substrate further comprises a plurality of first touch-control electrodes located in the display area, each of the first touch-control electrodes extends in a first direction, at least some of the first touch-control electrodes are electrically connected with the first touch-control lines, and the first direction is a direction from the first non-display area to the display area; and the first touch-control lines are located in the first non-display area, and conductive winding portions of the first touch-control lines are electrically connected with first touch-control electrodes; wherein a width of the conductive winding portion of the at least one first touch-control line is substantially the same as a width of a first touch-control electrode in a second direction, and the second direction intersects the first direction.
With reference to claim 1: A display substrate, comprising: a base substrate comprising a display area and a non-display area located around the display area; a blocking dam located in the non-display area and arranged surrounding the display area; and a plurality of touch-control lines located in the non-display area, wherein at least some of the touch-control lines comprise conductive winding portions to make resistances of the touch-control lines substantially same, an orthographic projection of a conductive winding portion on the base substrate is located between an orthographic projection of the blocking dam on the base substrate and the display area; wherein the at least some of the touch-control lines comprise a plurality of first touch-control lines and a plurality of second touch-control lines, a conductive winding portion of each of the first touch-control lines is arranged in an independent winding manner, and conductive winding portions of all the second touch-control lines are arranged in a mutually nested winding manner; wherein the non-display area comprises a first non-display area for bonding with a touch-control chip; the display substrate further comprises a plurality of first touch-control electrodes located in the display area, each of the first touch-control electrodes extends in a first direction, at least some of the first touch-control electrodes are electrically connected with the first touch-control lines, and the first direction is a direction from the first non-display area to the display area; and the first touch-control lines are located in the first non-display area, and conductive winding portions of the first touch-control lines are electrically connected with first touch-control electrodes; wherein a width of a conductive winding portion of a first touch-control line is substantially the same as a width of a first touch-control electrode in a second direction, and the second direction intersects the first direction.
Claim 1 of this application is being anticipated by claim 1 of patent 12443300 with similar variation in the non-highlighted limitation above.
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Claims 2-18 of this application is being anticipated by claims 2-18 of patent 12443300 with similar variation in the non-highlighted limitation above.
Conclusion
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/IFEDAYO B ILUYOMADE/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2624 01/07/2026