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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 .
Priority
This application discloses and claims only subject matter disclosed in prior Application No. 18396716, filed 12/27/2023, and names the inventor or at least one joint inventor named in the prior application. Accordingly, this application may constitute a continuation or divisional. Should applicant desire to claim the benefit of the filing date of the prior application, attention is directed to 35 U.S.C. 120, 37 CFR 1.78, and MPEP § 211 et seq. The presentation of a benefit claim may result in an additional fee under 37 CFR 1.17(w)(1) or (2) being required, if the earliest filing date for which benefit is claimed under 35 U.S.C. 120, 121, 365(c), or 386(c) and 1.78(d) in the application is more than six years before the actual filing date of the application.
Double Patenting
A rejection based on double patenting of the “same invention” type finds its support in the language of 35 U.S.C. 101 which states that “whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process... may obtain a patent therefor...” (Emphasis added). Thus, the term “same invention,” in this context, means an invention drawn to identical subject matter. See Miller v. Eagle Mfg. Co., 151 U.S. 186 (1894); In re Vogel, 422 F.2d 438, 164 USPQ 619 (CCPA 1970); In re Ockert, 245 F.2d 467, 114 USPQ 330 (CCPA 1957).
A statutory type (35 U.S.C. 101) double patenting rejection can be overcome by canceling or amending the claims that are directed to the same invention so they are no longer coextensive in scope. The filing of a terminal disclaimer cannot overcome a double patenting rejection based upon 35 U.S.C. 101.
Claims 1, 28 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101 as claiming the same invention as that of claims 1, 28 of prior U.S. Patent No. 12456415. This is a statutory double patenting rejection.
Claim 1 recites “at least one of the one or more sensing electrodes being disposed on the at least one separator”
U.S. Patent No. 12456415 recites “at least one of the one or more sensing electrodes being disposed on the at least one separator”.
They are same claim scope.
Claim 28 has same issue as claim 1.
19/337229
U.S. Patent No. 12456415
A display panel comprising:
a transistor;
a light emitting element including a first electrode, an intermediate layer disposed on the first electrode, and a second electrode disposed on the intermediate layer and overlapping the first electrode, wherein the second electrode is electrically connected between the first electrode and the transistor;
a pixel defining film disposed on the first electrode and defining an emission opening above the first electrode;
at least one separator disposed on the pixel defining film; and
one or more sensing electrodes that sense a touch interaction with the display panel, at least one of the one or more sensing electrodes being disposed on the at least one separator,
wherein the one or more sensing electrodes and the second electrode are electrically separated by the at least one separator.
1. A display panel comprising:
a transistor;
a light emitting element including a first electrode, an intermediate layer disposed on the first electrode, and a second electrode disposed on the intermediate layer and overlapping the first electrode, wherein the second electrode is electrically connected between the first electrode and the transistor;
a pixel defining film disposed on the first electrode and defining an emission opening above the first electrode;
at least one separator disposed on the pixel defining film; and
one or more sensing electrodes that sense a touch interaction with the display panel, at least one of the one or more sensing electrodes being disposed on the at least one separator,
wherein the one or more sensing electrodes and the second electrode are electrically separated by the at least one separator.
28. A display device comprising:
a display panel that displays an image; and
a light control layer disposed on the display panel,
wherein the display panel comprises:
a transistor;
a light emitting element including a first electrode, an intermediate layer disposed on the first electrode, and a second electrode disposed on the intermediate layer, wherein the second electrode is electrically connected to the transistor;
a pixel defining film disposed on the first electrode and defining an emission opening above the first electrode;
at least one separator disposed on the pixel defining film; and
one or more sensing electrodes that sense a touch interaction with the display panel, at least one of the one or more sensing electrodes being disposed on the at least one separator,
wherein the one or more sensing electrodes overlap the at least one separator and do not overlap the second electrode.
28. A display device comprising:
a display panel that displays an image; and
a light control layer disposed on the display panel,
wherein the display panel comprises:
a transistor;
a light emitting element including a first electrode, an intermediate layer disposed on the first electrode, and a second electrode disposed on the intermediate layer, wherein the second electrode is electrically connected to the transistor;
a pixel defining film disposed on the first electrode and defining an emission opening above the first electrode;
at least one separator disposed on the pixel defining film; and
one or more sensing electrodes that sense a touch interaction with the display panel, at least one of the one or more sensing electrodes being disposed on the at least one separator,
wherein the one or more sensing electrodes overlap the at least one separator and do not overlap the second electrode.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
Lee et al. (U.S. Patent Publication 20220206621 A1) discloses light-emitting device 300 on [0057]
Kim et al. (U.S. Patent Publication 20210057502 A1) discloses pixel defining film on [0221]
Won et al. (U.S. Patent Publication 20240029633 A1) discloses sensing electrode on [0162]
US 20220004304 A1 discloses plurality of second sensing electrode on [0052].
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