IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`520.50520X00
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`Applicants: HARAYAMA et al
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`Serial No.:
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`12/699,117
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`Filed:
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`February 3, 2010
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`For:
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`Liquid Crystal Display Device
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`Art Unit:
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`2692
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`Examiner:
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`P. McLoone
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`Conf. No.:
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`5302
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`AMENDMENT AFTER FINAL REJECTION FOR CONSIDERATION
`UNDER THE AFTER FINAL PILOT PROGRAM 2.0
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`Mail Stop: Amendment
`Commissioner For Patents
`PO. Box 1450
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`Alexandria! VA 22313-1450
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`Sir:
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`February 5, 2014
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`The following amendments and remarks are respectfully submitted in
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`connection with the above-identified application in accordance with AFCP 2.0, in
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`response to the Office Action dated November 5, 2013. The amendments are as
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`listed below.
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`Amendments to the Claims; and
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`Remarks are included following the amendments
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`520.50520X00
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`Applicants: HARAYAMA et al
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`Serial No.:
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`12/699,117
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`Filed:
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`February 3, 2010
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`For:
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`Liquid Crystal Display Device
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`Art Unit:
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`2692
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`Examiner:
`
`P. McLoone
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`Conf. No.:
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`5302
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`AMENDMENT AFTER FINAL REJECTION FOR CONSIDERATION
`UNDER THE AFTER FINAL PILOT PROGRAM 2.0
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`Mail Stop: Amendment
`Commissioner For Patents
`PO. Box 1450
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`Alexandria! VA 22313-1450
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`Sir:
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`February 5, 2014
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`The following amendments and remarks are respectfully submitted in
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`connection with the above-identified application in accordance with AFCP 2.0, in
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`response to the Office Action dated November 5, 2013. The amendments are as
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`listed below.
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`Amendments to the Claims; and
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`Remarks are included following the amendments
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`Amendments to the Claims:
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`This listing of claims will replace all prior versions, and listings, of claims in the
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`application:
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`Listing of Claims:
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`1. (currently amended) A liquid crystal display device comprising a liquid
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`crystal display panel to which an image signal is input, and a backlight provided on
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`one side of the liquid crystal display panel, using a light emitting diode as a light
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`source of the backlight,
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`wherein before the backlight and the liguid crystal display panel are
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`assembled to form the liguid crystal display device, the backlight is assigned one
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`rank of a plurality of ranks in accordance with information about white tolerance of
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`the light source , and the assigned rank of the backlight is indicated in a portion of
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`the backlight, and
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`the liquid crystal display device further comprises an image quality processing
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`circuit to which the assigned rank of the backlight can be input in order to correct
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`gamma characteristics of the image signal according to the assigned rank.
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`2. (previously presented) The liquid crystal display device according to claim
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`wherein the backlight includes at least a light guide panel provided to face the
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`liquid crystal display panel, and a plurality of light emitting diodes arranged in parallel
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`on a flexible circuit substrate so that the plurality of light emitting diodes face at least
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`one side of a side wall surface of the light guide panel, and
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`the assigned rank of the backlight is indicated in the flexible circuit substrate.
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`3. (previously presented) The liquid crystal display device according to claim
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`wherein the light guide panel, the light emitting diodes, and the flexible circuit
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`substrate are mounted in a frame,
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`the frame includes a control circuit substrate for driving the light emitting
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`diodes through the flexible circuit substrate, which is provided on a surface of the
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`frame opposite to a surface on which the light guide panel, the light emitting diodes,
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`and the flexible circuit substrate are mounted,
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`an end of the flexible circuit substrate is electrically coupled to the control
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`circuit substrate through a connector, and
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`the assigned rank of the backlight is indicated in a portion adjacent to the
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`connector of the flexible circuit substrate.
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`4. (previously presented) The liquid crystal display device according to claim
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`wherein the assigned rank of the backlight is indicated by means of a dummy
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`resistance attached to the flexible circuit substrate.
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`5. (previously presented) The liquid crystal display device according to claim
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`wherein the assigned rank of the backlight is indicated by means of a bar
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`code printed on the flexible circuit substrate.
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`6. (previously presented) The liquid crystal display device according to claim
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`wherein the assigned rank of the backlight is displayed at least on one of a
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`front surface and a back surface of the flexible circuit substrate.
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`7. (currently amended) A liquid crystal display device comprising a liquid
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`crystal display panel to which an image signal is input, and a backlight provided on
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`one side of the liquid crystal display panel, using a light emitting diode as a light
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`source of the backlight,
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`wherein before the backlight and the liquid crystal display panel are
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`assembled to form the liguid cgystal display device, the backlight is assigned one
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`rank of a plurality of ranks in accordance with information about white tolerance of
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`the light source, and the assigned rank of the backlight is stored in a memory device
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`in a portion of the backlight, and
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`the liquid crystal display device further comprises an image quality processing
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`circuit to which the assigned rank of the backlight stored in the memory device can
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`be input in order to correct gamma characteristics of the image signal according to
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`the assigned rank.
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`8. (original) The liquid crystal display device according to claim 7,
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`wherein the backlight includes at least a light guide panel provided to face the
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`liquid crystal display panel, a plurality of light emitting diodes provided to face a side
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`wall surface of the light guide panel, and a flexible circuit substrate on which the
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`plurality of light emitting diodes are mounted, and
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`the memory device is mounted on the flexible circuit substrate.
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`9. (previously presented) The liquid crystal display device according to claim
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`wherein the memory device is electrically coupled to the image quality
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`processing circuit, so that the assigned rank of the backlight stored in the memory
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`device can be output to the image quality processing circuit.
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`10. (original) The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1,
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`wherein the backlight includes a plurality of light emitting diodes dispersed on
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`a surface facing the liquid crystal display panel.
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`11. (original) The liquid crystal display device according to claim 7,
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`wherein the backlight includes a plurality of light emitting diodes dispersed on
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`a surface facing the liquid crystal display panel.
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`REMARKS
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`By the above amendment under AFCP2.0, independent claims 1 and 7 have
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`been amended to clarify the features of the present invention that the backlight is
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`assigned one rank of a plurality of ranks in accordance with information about white
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`tolerance of the light source "before the backlight and the liquid crystal display panel
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`are assembled to form the liquid crystal display device". Thus, submitted with the
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`amendment is the required certification under AFCP2.0 that at least one independent
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`claim has been amended in a manner which does not broaden the scope of the
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`claim. As to the basis for the amendment of independent claims 1 and 7, reference
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`is made to the paragraph bridging pages 13 and 14 of the specification, which
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`provides that "the occurrence of the white tolerance is inevitable in each mass—
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`produced backlight BL before a liquid cmstal display panel is assembled into a
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`module Mia. mass produced backlight BL, the rank of the white tolerance gm
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`backlight BL is defined..." (emphasis added). Accordingly, applicants submit that the
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`application papers, as originally filed, provides support for the now recited features of
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`independent claims 1 and 7 and therewith the dependent claims.
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`As to the rejection of claims 1, 7 and 9 - 11 under 35 USC 103(a) as being
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`unpatentable over Myers (US 2010/0073390 A1) in view of Morimoto et al (US
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`2008/0245949 A1, hereafter Morimoto); the rejection of claims 2, 3, 6 and 8 under 35
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`USC 103(a) as being unpatentable over Myers (US 2010/0073390 A1) in view of
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`Morimoto et al (US 2008/0245949 A1, hereinafter Morimoto) and further in view of
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`Bulovic et al (US 2005/0088380 A1, hereafter Bulovic); the rejection of claim 4 under
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`35 USC 103(a) as being unpatentable over Myers (US 2010/0073390 A1) in view of
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`Morimoto (US 2008/0245949 A1, hereafter "Morimoto") and further in view of Bulovic
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`et al (US 2005/0088380 A1, hereafter Bulovic) and Liu et al (US 2010/0033109 A1,
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`hereafter Liu); and the rejection of claim 5 under 35 USC 103(a) as being
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`unpatentable over Myers (US 2010/0073390 A1) in view of Morimoto et al (US
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`2008/0245949 A1, hereafter Morimoto) and further in view of Bulovic et al (US
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`2005/0088380 A1, hereafter Bulovic) and Tseng (US 2008/0307200 A1); such
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`rejections are traversed insofar as they are applicable to the present claims, as
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`amended, and reconsideration and withdrawal of the rejections are respectfully
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`requested.
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`Turning first to Myers, applicants submit that the Examiner has
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`mischaracterized the disclosure of Myers in relation to the claimed invention, while
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`recognizing at page 3 of the Office Action that "Myers does not teach the liquid
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`crystal display device where a light emitting diode is used as a light source of the
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`backlight and wherein information about the white tolerance of the light source using
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`the Ii ht emittin diode is indicated in a portion of the backli ht" (emphasis added).
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`As noted above, by the present amendment, independent claims 1 and 7 have been
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`amended to recite the feature of "wherein before the backlight and the liguid crystal
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`display panel are assembled to form the liquid crystal display device, the backlight is
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`assigned one rank of a plurality of ranks in accordance with information about white
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`tolerance of the light source and the assigned rank of the backlight is indicated in a
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`portion of the backligh " (emphasis added), which is a critical feature of the present
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`invention, as described. That is, while the Examiner refers to Fig. 2 and paragraph
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`[0022] of Myers, it is apparent that the monitor 20 includes a display panel 24 with a
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`backlight assembled therewith. That is, as described in paragraph [0018] of Myers,
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`the method of Fig. 2 by which the panel data 28 is collected and stored in the
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`monitor storage 30 is "performed at the factory before the monitor 20 is shipped to a
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`customer or at other times" (emphasis added), wherein the monitor 20 includes the
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`display panel 24 assembled with the backlight, as is apparent from TABLE 1 and
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`paragraphs [0013], [0023], for example. While paragraph [0022] of Myers discloses
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`how to calculate to generate the extended EDlD (Enhanced Display Information
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`Data) corresponding to step 110 of Fig. 2, such data is panel data based upon an
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`assembled display panel and backlight of the monitor 20, as described with the panel
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`data being stored in a storage 30, which is not part of the backlight. Thus, applicants
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`submit that Myers fails to disclose or teach the recited features of independent
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`claims 1 and 7, as amended, and in fact, applicants submit that Myers teaches away
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`from such recited features, such that claims 1 and 7 and the dependent claims,
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`should be considered allowable thereover.
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`The Examiner recognizing some deficiencies in Myers, although not the
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`deficiencies as pointed out above, contends that Figs. 3 and 4 and paragraphs
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`[0093] - [0095] of Morimoto disclose there are LEDs R, G and B and where there is a
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`memory 51e on substrate on the backside of the substrate with the LEDs that
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`possesses reference information for corrective values, and that it would have been
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`obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the invention to adapt the
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`backlight of Myers which already addresses separate R, G. B light sources (Myers
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`[0019]) to use light emitting diodes as a standard choice as suggested by Morimoto.
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`Additionally, the Examiner contends that the placement of storage of corrective
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`information relating to the backlight on the structure integral to the backlight enables
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`easy manufacture and factory calibration of backlight units, as well as future easy
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`retrieval and updating of the factory default information.
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`Irrespective of the contentions by the Examiner, applicants note that as
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`illustrated in Fig. 9 of Morimoto, a color sensor 31a is mounted on the substrate of
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`the backlight 3, and color sensor information is obtained when the backlight 3 is
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`assembled with the display panel 2. More particularly, as described in paragraphs
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`[0124] — [0125], according to the arrangement shown in Fig. 9, "the color sensor 31a
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`include a light-shielding section 31i for preventing the light emitted from the LED 31b
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`from being directly incident on the color sensor 31a.
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`[0125] According to this
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`arrangement, the light emitted from the LED 31b falls indirectly on the color sensor
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`33 e.g., for example, by the liguid crystal unit 2, especially a diffusion plate 2a
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`provided in the liquid crystal unit 2, falls on the color sensor 31a it becomes possible
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`to detect light similar to light absorbed via the liguid crystal unit 2." (emphasis
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`added). Thus, as described in Morimoto, while the color sensor 31a is mounted on
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`the backlight substrate to detect respective light intensities of red, green and blue
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`components of average light that illuminates the area, as described in the paragraph
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`[0087], paragraph {0094] discloses that the reference light intensity data stored in the
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`reference light intensity data memory 51e is data which indicates reference value for
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`the respective light intensities of red, green, blue LED which indicates that the Egg
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`intensity of LEDs are measured by the color sensor 31a after the backlight is
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`assembled with the display panel, as illustrated in ELg__9_ for example. As such,
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`applicants submit that Morimoto, like Myers, fails to provide a disclosure or teaching
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`of " efore the backlight and the liguid crystal panel are assembled to form the liquid
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`crystal display device, the backlight is assigned one rank of a plurality of ranks in
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`accordance with information about white tolerance of the light source and me
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`assigned rank of the backlight is indicated in a portion of the backlight" (emphasis
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`added) as now recited in independent claims 1 and 7 and therewith the dependent
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`claims.
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`Thus, applicants submit that neither Myers nor Morimoto, taken alone, or in
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`any combination, provide the recited features of independent claims 1 and 7 and the
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`dependent claims, and all claims should be considered allowable thereover.
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`As to the further combination of Myers and Morimoto with Bulovic, Liu and/or
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`Tseng, irrespective of the disclosures of Bulovic, Liu and Tseng, such additionally
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`cited references fail to overcome the deficiencies of the combination of Myers and
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`Morimoto, as pointed out above. Thus, applicants submit that this additional cited art
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`which is directed to features of the dependent claims, represent hindsight
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`reconstruction attempts which fail to provide the recited features of independent
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`claims 1 and 7 and therewith the dependent claims. Accordingly, applicants submit
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`that all claims recite features which patentably distinguish over any of the above
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`cited art, taken alone, or in any combination, and all claims should be considered
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`allowable thereover.
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`In view of the above amendments and remarks, applicants submit that all
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`claims present in this application recite features which patentably distinguish over
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`the cited art and all claims should be considered allowable thereover. Accordingly,
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`issuance of an action of favorable nature is courteously solicited.
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`To the extent necessary, applicants petition for an extension of time under 37
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`CFR 1.136. Please charge any shortage in the fees due in connection with the filing
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`of this paper, including extension of time fees, to the deposit account of Antonelli,
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`Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP, Deposit Account No. 01-2135 (Case: 520.50520XOO),
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`and please credit any excess fees to such deposit account.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`ANTONELLI, TERRY, STOUT & KRAUS, LLP
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`IMelvin Kraus/ ME
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`Melvin Kraus
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`Registration No. 22,466
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`MK/jla
`(703) 312—6600
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