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`15/695,701
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`09/05/2017
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`Tomoharu NOTOSHI
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`20295.0018US01
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`Disposition of Claims*
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`Application/Control Number: 15/695,701
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the
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`first inventor to file provisions of the AIA.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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`In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 USC.
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`102 and 103 (or as subject to pre—AIA 35 USC. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the
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`statutory basis for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art
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`relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status.
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`The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 USC. 102 that form the
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`basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
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`A person shall be entitled to a patent unless ,
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`(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.
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`Claim 1 3 7 and 9 are re'ected under 35 USC. 102 a 1 as bein antici ated b Takata US
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`7 8007 14.
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`Regarding claim 1, Takata teaches a liquid crystal display device (fig 24) comprising: a
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`liquid crystal cell (upper stacked panel), an optical sheet (optical sheets), and a backlight (lower
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`backlight) disposed apart from one another (fig 24); a heat absorber (cooling device; pump
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`creating circulation of transparent fluid, fig 24) that is disposed in an airtight circulation channel
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`(channel; space formed between the stacked panels and the lighting system, fig 24) and cools a
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`coolant (transparent fluid) that circulates in the airtight circulation channel (channel, fig 24) so as
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`to pass through a first channel between the liquid crystal cell and the optical sheet (first side
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`channel, figs 24 and 28) and a second channel between the optical sheet and the backlight
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`(second side channel, figs 24 and 28)(as per 24; col 20, lines 44—54); and a heat sink (heat sink,
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`fig 24) that is thermally coupled to the heat absorber (cooling deVice; pump, fig 24) and exposed
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`to ambient air (as per fig 24; col 20, lines 44—54, carrying heat away, so as to discharge the heat
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`through a heatsink).
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`Regarding claim 3, Takata teaches the liquid crystal display deVice according to claim 1,
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`further comprising: an intermediate frame (fig 24; back chassis as described in fig 20) for
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`holding the optical sheet (optical sheets, fig 20), wherein the intermediate frame (back chassis,
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`fig 20) includes an intermediate component (fig 24; channel chassis for fluid flow) provided with
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`a through hole (passage in side walls at end of intermediate frame, fig 24) for
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`communicatively connecting the first channel (first side channel, figs 24) and the second channel
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`(second side channel, fig 24).
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`Regarding claim 7, Takata teaches the liquid crystal display deVice according to claim 1,
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`wherein the heat sink (heat sink, fig 24) includes heat—dissipating fins (fins on heat sink) outside
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`the airtight circulation channel, behind the backlight (backlight).
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`Regarding claim 9, Takata teaches the liquid crystal display deVice according to claim 7,
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`wherein the heat sink (heat sink, fig 24) includes a heat—dissipating plate (base portion of heat
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`sink), the heat—dissipating fins (fins on heat sink) stand on a rear surface of the heat—dissipating
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`plate (base portion of heat sink), and the backlight (backlight) and the heat absorber are disposed
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`in front of the heat—dissipating plate (as per fig 24).
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`The following is a quotation of 35 USC. 103 which forms the basis for all obViousness
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`rejections set forth in this Office action:
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`A patent for a claimed invention may not be obtained, notwithstanding that the claimed invention is not
`identically disclosed as set forth in section 102, if the differences between the claimed invention and the
`prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole would have been obvious before the effective
`filing date of the claimed invention to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the claimed
`invention pertains. Patentability shall not be negated by the manner in which the invention was made.
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`Claim 2 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Takata US 7800714 in View
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`of Lee US 2016/0363709.
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`Regarding claim 2, Takata teaches the liquid crystal display device according to claim 1,
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`however, does not teach wherein the optical sheet includes a quantum dot film
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`including quantum dots that convert a wavelength of light emitted by the backlight.
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`Lee teaches wherein the optical sheet (40) includes a quantum dot film (57)
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`including quantum dots (57) that convert a wavelength of light emitted by the backlight (51) for
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`the purpose of enable deep color and high efficiency by providing displays with an ideal light
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`source.
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing
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`date of the claimed invention to include the quantum dots film of Lee in the invention of Takata
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`for the purpose of enable deep color and high efficiency by providing displays with an ideal light
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`source.
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`Claims 4 and 5 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Takata US 7800714
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`in View of Na US 2016/0265759.
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`Regarding claim 4, Takata teaches the liquid crystal display device according to claim 1,
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`and providing a fan (105) blowing air at the back chassis and also a fan (106) directly blowing
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`air at the second liquid crystal panel, to cool down the entire liquid crystal display (col 20, lines
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`5—11). However, Takata does not explicitly teach a fan disposed in the airtight circulation
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`Na teaches in fig 3 a fan (50, blower apparatus) disposed in the airtight circulation
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`channel (circulation channel) for the purpose of further enhancing diffusing heat and reducing
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`temperature of an internal of a backlight unit ([0012]) for the purpose of further enhancing
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`diffusing heat and reducing temperature of an internal of a backlight unit ([0012]).
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing
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`date of the claimed invention to include the fan of Na in the display of Takata for the purpose of
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`further enhancing diffusing heat and reducing temperature of an internal of a backlight unit
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`([00 12] ).
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`Regarding claim 5, Takata teaches the liquid crystal display device according to claim 4,
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`and wherein the fan (105) is proximate to the heat absorber (cooling device; pump creating
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`circulation of transparent fluid, fig 24)(col 22, lines 17—32).
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`Claim 6 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Takata US 7800714 in view
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`of Kang US 2013/0100374.
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`Regarding claim 6, Takata teaches the liquid crystal display device according to claim 1,
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`however, does not teach wherein the heat absorber includes heat—absorbing plates, and two
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`adjacent heat—absorbing plates among the heat—absorbing plates partially define therebetween the
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`airtight circulation channel.
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`Kang teaches a heat absorber includes heat—absorbing plates (136), and two adjacent heat—
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`absorbing plates (136) among the heat—absorbing plates (136) partially define therebetween the
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`airtight circulation channel (ventilation channels, fig 3C) for the purpose of further increasing the
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`efficiency of the heat absorber ([0038]) for the purpose of further increasing the efficiency of the
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`heat absorber ([0038]).
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing
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`date of the claimed invention to include the heat—absorbing plates of Kang in the display of
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`Takata for the purpose of further increasing the efficiency of the heat absorber ([0038]).
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`Claims 8 and 10 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Takata US
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`7 8007 14.
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`Regarding claim 8, Takata teaches the liquid crystal display device according to claim 7,
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`however does not teach in fig 24 further comprising: a fan outside the airtight circulation
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`channel, behind the backlight, for introducing ambient air into spaces between the heat—
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`dissipating fins.
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`Takatat teaches in fig 20 a fan (105) outside the airtight circulation channel, behind the
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`backlight, for introducing ambient air into spaces between the heat—dissipating fins (fig 20; col
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`20, line 64, col 21, line 4) for the purpose to further cool down the liquid crystal display.
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`Although Takata teaches the a fan 105 blowing air at the back chassis, primarily made of
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`metal, to cool down the liquid crystal display, it would have been obvious to one skilled in the art
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`before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to have fan 105 blowing air at the heat—
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`dissipating fins of the heat sink located behind the backlight in fig 24 to further cool down the
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`liquid crystal display.
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`Regarding claim 10, Takata teaches the liquid crystal display device according to claim
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`1, wherein the heat absorber (cooling device; fig 24) is disposed in an uppermost portion of
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`the airtight circulation channel (channel, fig 24) when the liquid crystal display device stands
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`vertically (as per fig 24). Although Takata teaches the heat absorber being located in a bottom
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`portion of the airtight circulation channel, it would have been an obvious matter of design choice
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`to locate the heat absorber being located in an upper portion of the airtight circulation channel,
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`since Applicant has not disclosed that the location of the heat absorber solves any stated problem
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`or is for any particular purpose and it appears that the invention would perform equally well with
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`heat absorber being located in a bottom portion of the airtight circulation channel.
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