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`13/053,347
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`03/22/2011
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`Eiji OOHIRA
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`1508.51575X00
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`8072
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`09/11/2012
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`ANTONELLI, TERRY, STOUT & KRAUS, LLP
`1300 NORTH SEVENTEENTH STREET
`SUITE 1800
`ARLINGTON, VA 22209-3873
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`ISLAM, SYED A
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`3611
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`MAIL DATE
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`09/11/2012
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`PAPER
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`Please find below and/or attached an Office communication concerning this application or proceeding.
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`The time period for reply, if any, is set in the attached communication.
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`PTOL—90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`Office Action Summary
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`Application No.
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`13/053,347
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`Examiner
`SYED A. ISLAM
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`Applicant(s)
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`OOHIRA, EIJI
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`Art Unit
`3611
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`-- The MAILING DA TE of this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address --
`Period for Reply
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`A SHORTENED STATUTORY PERIOD FOR REPLY IS SET TO EXPIRE 3 MONTH(S) OR THIRTY (30) DAYS,
`WHICHEVER IS LONGER, FROM THE MAILING DATE OF THIS COMMUNICATION.
`Extensions of time may be available under the provisions of 37 CFR1. 136( a).
`In no event however may a reply be timely filed
`after SIX () MONTHS from the mailing date of this communication.
`If NO period for reply is specified above, the maximum statutory period will apply and will expire SIX (6) MONTHS from the mailing date of this communication.
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`- Failure to reply within the set or extended period for reply will, by statute, cause the application to become ABANDONED (35 U.S.C. § 133).
`Any reply received by the Office later than three months after the mailing date of this communication, even if timely filed, may reduce any
`earned patent term adjustment. See 37 CFR 1.704(b).
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`Status
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`1)IZI Responsive to communication(s) filed on 25 June 2012.
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`2a)IZ| This action is FINAL.
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`2b)I:l This action is non-final.
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`3)I:I An election was made by the applicant in response to a restriction requirement set forth during the interview on
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`; the restriction requirement and election have been incorporated into this action.
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`4)|:l Since this application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
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`closed in accordance with the practice under Exparte Quay/e, 1935 CD. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`Disposition of Claims
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`5)IZI Claim(s) fiis/are pending in the application.
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`5a) Of the above claim(s) _ is/are withdrawn from consideration.
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`6)I:I Claim(s) _ is/are allowed.
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`7)|Zl Claim(s)_1-5is/are rejected.
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`8)I:I Claim(s) _ is/are objected to.
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`9)I:l Claim(s) _ are subject to restriction and/or election requirement.
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`Application Papers
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`10)I:I The specification is objected to by the Examiner.
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`11)|:| The drawing(s) filed on _ is/are: a)|:l accepted or b)I:l objected to by the Examiner.
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`Applicant may not request that any objection to the drawing(s) be held in abeyance. See 37 CFR 1.85(a).
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`Replacement drawing sheet(s) including the correction is required if the drawing(s) is objected to. See 37 CFR 1.121 (d).
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`12)I:I The oath or declaration is objected to by the Examiner. Note the attached Office Action or form PTO-152.
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
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`13)I:I Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
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`a)|:l All
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`b)I:I Some * c)|:l None of:
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`1.I:I Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
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`2.I:I Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No. _
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`3.|:I Copies of the certified copies of the priority documents have been received in this National Stage
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`application from the International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)).
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`* See the attached detailed Office action for a list of the certified copies not received.
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`Attachment(s)
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`1) X Notice of References Cited (PTO-892)
`2) D Notice of Draftsperson‘s Patent Drawing Review (PTO-948)
`3) El Information Disclosure Statement(s) (PTO/SB/08)
`Paper No(s)/Mai| Date _.
`US. Patent and Trademark Office
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`4) D Interview Summary (PTO-413)
`Paper N°(5 )/Mai| Date. _
`5)I:I Notice of Informal Patent Application
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`PTOL-326 (Rev. 03-11)
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`Office Action Summary
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`Part of Paper No./Mai| Date 20120905
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Response to Arguments
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`1.
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`Applicant’s arguments with respect to claims 1-5 have been considered but are
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`moot because the arguments do not apply to any of the references being used in the
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`current rejection.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`2.
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103(a) which forms the basis for all
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`obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
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`(a) A patent may not be obtained though the invention is not identically disclosed or described as set
`forth in section 102 of this title, if the differences between the subject matter sought to be patented and
`the prior art are such that the subject matter as a whole would have been obvious at the time the
`invention was made to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which said subject matter pertains.
`Patentability shall not be negatived by the manner in which the invention was made.
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`3.
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`Claims 1-5 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over
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`Nakagawa et al. (JP 2010237447A).
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`Regarding claim 1-5, Nakagawa et al. disclose a display device including a display
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`panel and a front window 34 provided on the front side of the display panel, wherein the
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`display panel includes an image display region to display images, the display device
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`comprising: a plate member 24 which is pasted to the rear surface of the front window
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`and is smaller than the front window; an adhesive film 40 for pasting the front window
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`and the plate member together that is smaller than the plate member; and a printed
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`portion printed 36 on the rear surface of the front window, the printed portion including a
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`first printed portion region which is formed around the image display region of the
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`display panel and an edge facing region which faces an edge of the plate member,
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`wherein: a part of the first printed portion region overlaps the adhesive film,
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`characterized in that the edge facing region faces a corner edge of the plate member,
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`characterized in that the plate member is either a touch panel screen portion or the
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`display panel.
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`4.
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`However, Nakagawa et al. fail to disclose the edge facing region is thicker than
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`the first printed portion region, characterized in that the edge facing region has a width
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`of 0.5 mm or more at a point at which the edge of the plate member is located to face
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`the center of the facing region, characterized in that printing is carried out two or more
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`times in the edge facing region where the printed portion is thick.
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`5.
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`However, Nakagawa has no limitations that prevents from using thicker edge
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`facing region with a 0.5mm width.
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`6.
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`Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the
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`time of invention was made to use any range of width to create a brighter printed region
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`with low cost, since it has been held that where the general condition of a claim are
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`disclosed in the prior art, discovering the optimum or workable ranges involves only
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`routine skill in the art. In re Aller, 105 USPQ 233.
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`7.
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`Furthermore, Nakagawa et al. has no limitations regarding how many times the
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`printing is carried out where the printed portion is thick. However, it appears that the
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`claim is method of creating the apparatus. A method claim in an apparatus is not given
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`considerable weight. Since, Nakagawa et al. has no limitations that prevent from or
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`using printing more than once to make it thicker, It would have been obvious to one of
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`ordinary skill in the art at the time of invention was made to use printing multiple times to
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`add more brightness to the printed region because it has been held that mere
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`duplication of the essential working parts of a device involves only routine skill in the art.
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`St. Regis Paper Co. v. Bemis Co., 193 USPO 8.
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`Conclusion
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`8.
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`Applicant's amendment necessitated the new ground(s) of rejection presented in
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`this Office action. Accordingly, THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. See MPEP
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`§ 706.07(a). Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37
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`CFR1.136(a).
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`A shortened statutory period for reply to this final action is set to expire THREE
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`MONTHS from the mailing date of this action.
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`In the event a first reply is filed within
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`TWO MONTHS of the mailing date of this final action and the advisory action is not
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`mailed until after the end of the THREE-MONTH shortened statutory period, then the
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`shortened statutory period will expire on the date the advisory action is mailed, and any
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`extension fee pursuant to 37 CFR 1.136(a) will be calculated from the mailing date of
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`the advisory action.
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`In no event, however, will the statutory period for reply expire later
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`than SIX MONTHS from the date of this final action.
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`examiner should be directed to SYED A. ISLAM whose telephone number is (571 )272—
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`If attempts to reach the examiner by telephone are unsuccessful, the examiner’s
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`supervisor, Lesley D. Morris can be reached on (571) 272-6651. The fax phone number
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`for the organization where this application or proceeding is assigned is 571 -273-8300.
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`Examiner, Art Unit 3611
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`/LESLEY D. MORRIS/
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`Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 3611
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