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`16/017,548
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`06/25/2018
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`Shuhei YOKOTA
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`20295.0022U301
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`2693
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`01/22/2020
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`HAMRE, SCHUMANN, MUELLER & LARSON RC.
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`MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55402-1683
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`JUNG'JONATHAN Y
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`ART UNIT
`2871
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`ELECTRONIC
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`017/09 A0170” Summary
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`Application No.
`16/017,548
`Examiner
`JONATHAN Y JUNG
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`Applicant(s)
`YOKOTA, Shuhei
`Art Unit
`AIA (FITF) Status
`2871
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`Status
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`1). Responsive to communication(s) filed on 01 November 2019.
`El A declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/were filed on
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`2a). This action is FINAL.
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`2b) D This action is non-final.
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`3)[:] An election was made by the applicant in response to a restriction requirement set forth during the interview
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`4):] Since this application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
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`Disposition of Claims*
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`is/are withdrawn from consideration.
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`[:1 Claim(ss)
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`is/are allowed.
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`Claim(ss) 1 and 4— 12 is/are rejected.
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`D Claim(ss_) is/are objected to.
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
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`12). Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
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`Application/Control Number: 16/017,548
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
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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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`Response to Amendment
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`Claims 1 and 4—12 are currently pending in the present application. Claim 1 is currently
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`amended; claims 2—3 are canceled; claims 4—10 are original; and claims 11—12 are newly added.
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`The amendment dated November 1, 2019 has been entered into the record.
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`Response to Arguments
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`Applicant's arguments with respect to at least claim 1 have been fully considered, but
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`are moot in light of the new ground of rejections set forth below. The new ground of rejections
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`cite Figure 20A and Paragraph [0091] of Mizumaki (US 2005/0099604, hereinafter ”Mizumaki”),
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`of record. Mizumaki specifically teaches ”a spacer member (70 in Fig. 20A) includes a recess
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`(see ”a recess" denoted by the examiner in Fig. 20A below) that restricts movement of an
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`optical sheet (14) in a first direction (in a vertical direction) and in a second direction (in a
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`horizontal direction) orthogonal to the first direction, and the recess accommodates an outer
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`peripheral end of the optical sheet (Fig. 20A), and the recess includes a first inner surface (”a
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`first inner surface of a recess") facing a principal surface ofthe optical sheet from a side of a
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`panel support (see the protruding portion of 71) and a second inner surface (”a second inner
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`surface of a recess") that is orthogonal to the first inner surface and faces a side surface ofthe
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`optical sheet".
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35
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`U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre—AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction
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`of the statutory basis for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the
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`prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same under
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`either status.
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 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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`Claims 1, 4, 8 and 11-12 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over
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`Katsuda (US 2005/0151894), of record, in view of Mizumaki (US 2005/0099604), of record,
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`and in further view of Okazaki (JP 2007/024913), of record.
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`Regarding claim 1, Katsuda discloses a display device comprising:
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`a display panel (22 in Figs. 26A—26B);
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`a first frame (21) including a frame portion (the top portion of 21) covering a peripheral
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`portion of a display surface of the display panel;
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`a second frame (23) including a panel support (the top portion of 23) sandwiching the
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`display panel with the frame portion;
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`an optical sheet (24 and 25) that is opposite to the display panel in a first direction (the
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`vertical direction in Figs. 26A and 26B), an outer peripheral end of the optical sheet being
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`opposite to the panel support (see Figs. 26A—26B);
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`a diffusing substrate (26) on which the optical sheet is disposed;
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`a third frame (103) including a main body (103a and 103b) having an accommodation
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`space in which a plurality of light emitting elements are accommodated (25 accommodated on
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`103; see Figs. 25A and 25B; see [0106]—[0109] identifying the embodiment shown in Figs. 25A—
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`26B), and a substrate support (103C) extending from the main body (see Fig. 26A) to support
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`the diffusing substrate; and
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`a plurality of spacer members (see at least BS, Bl and BZ; [0248] ”forming a gap")
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`disposed between the panel support and the substrate support, the plurality of spacer
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`members consisting of parts different from the second frame and the third frame (Figs. 26A—
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`268),
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`wherein
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`the optical sheet and the panel support are disposed with a space interposed
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`therebetween in the first direction (see Fig. 26A).
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`However, Katsuda does not disclose each ofthe plurality of spacer members includes a
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`recess that restricts movement of the diffusing substrate in the first direction and in a second
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`direction orthogonal to the first direction, and the recess accommodates an outer peripheral
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`end of the transparent substrate, and the recess includes a first inner surface facing a principal
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`surface of the transparent substrate from a side of the panel support and a second inner
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`surface that is orthogonal to the first inner surface and faces a side surface of the transparent
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`substrate.
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`Mizumaki teaches a spacer member (70 in Fig. 20A) includes a recess (see ”a recess"
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`denoted by the examiner in Fig. 20A below) that restricts movement of an optical sheet (14) in
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`a first direction (in a vertical direction) and in a second direction (in a horizontal direction)
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`orthogonal to the first direction, and the recess accommodates an outer peripheral end of the
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`optical sheet (see Fig. 20A), and the recess includes a first inner surface (”a first inner surface of
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`a recess") facing a principal surface of the optical sheet from a side of a panel support (see the
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`protruding portion of 71) and a second inner surface (”a second inner surface of a recess") that
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`is orthogonal to the first inner surface and faces a side surface of the optical sheet.
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at a time before the
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`effective filing date ofthe invention to modify the Katsuda liquid crystal display with the
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`teachings of Mizumaki, wherein each of the plurality of spacer members includes a recess that
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`restricts movement ofthe diffusing substrate in the first direction and in a second direction
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`orthogonal to the first direction, by having the cylindrical pin—like member with the recess as
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`disclosed by Mizumaki in the place ofthe screws in the device disclosed by Katsuda. One would
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`have been motivated to do so for the purpose of preventing the optical sheet from moving
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`(Mizumaki: [0091]).
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`Katsuda further fails to disclose the diffusing substrate is transparent.
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`Okazaki teaches a diffusing substrate being transparent (see 11d in Figs. 1 and 4, and
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`[0003] "an optical sheet set 11 including
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`a fourth optical sheet 11d
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`spectral transmission
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`characteristics").
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at a time before the
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`effective filing date ofthe invention to modify the Katsuda liquid crystal display with the
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`teachings of Okazaki, wherein a diffusing substrate is a transparent substrate, by having a
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`transparent material for the diffusing substrate, where Katsuda is silent regarding the specific
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`material, Okazaki teaches an appropriate and suitable material for a diffusing substrate, and
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`where "the selection of a known material based on its suitability for its intended use supports a
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`prima facie obviousness determination" (see MPEP 2144.07).
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`Regarding claim 4, Katsuda, Mizumaki and Okazaki disclose the limitations of claim 1
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`However, Katsuda does not disclose that a part of the outer peripheral end of the
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`optical sheet is fixed to the third frame.
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`Mizumaki teaches a part of the outer peripheral end of the optical sheet is fixed to a
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`third frame (14 fixed to 72)
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at a time before the
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`effective filing date ofthe invention to modify the device disclosed by Katsuda and Okazaki with
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`the teachings of Mizumaki, wherein a part of the outer peripheral end of the optical sheet is
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`fixed to a third frame, by having the pin—like member and the screw of Mizumaki. One would
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`have been motivated to prevent the optical sheet from moving while putting the upper and
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`lower frames together as taught by Mizumaki (Fig. 22).
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`Katsuda further fails to disclose that a cushion member is disposed between the panel
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`support ofthe second frame and a peripheral region of a part of the optical sheet which is fixed
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`to the third frame.
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`Okazaki teaches a cushion member (23 in Fig. 4; [0018] ”cushioning material 23”) is
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`disposed between a panel support of a second frame and a peripheral region of a part ofthe
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`optical sheet which is fixed to a third frame (23 disposed between a panel support which
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`supports the display panel 2 and a peripheral region of a part ofthe optical sheet 11 that is
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`fixed to the frame 13).
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at a time before the
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`effective filing date ofthe invention to modify the device disclosed by Katsuda and Mizumaki
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`with the teachings of Okazaki, wherein a cushion member is disposed between the panel
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`support ofthe second frame and a peripheral region of a part of the optical sheet which is fixed
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`to the third frame, by having the cushioning material as taught by Okazaki. One would have
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`been motivated to add the cushioning material between the panel support and the optical
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`sheet so as to press the hanging portion of the optical sheet and prevent the dust due to
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`friction ofthe optical sheet as taught by Okazaki ([0011]—[0012]).
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`Regarding claim 8, Katsuda, Mizumaki and Okazaki disclose the limitations of claim 1
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`above, and Katsuda further discloses a gap exists at a corner of the second frame (see the gap
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`at the corner of 23).
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`However, Katsuda does not disclose a cushion member closing the gap is disposed
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`between the second frame and the third frame.
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`Okazaki teaches a cushion member (23 in Fig. 4) closing the gap is disposed between the
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`second frame and the third frame.
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at a time before the
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`effective filing date ofthe invention to modify the device disclosed by Katsuda and Mizumaki
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`with the teachings of Okazaki, wherein a cushion member closing the gap is disposed between
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`the second frame and the third frame, by having the cushioning material as taught by Okazaki.
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`One would have been motivated to add the cushioning material between the second frame and
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`the third frame so as to press the hanging portion ofthe optical sheet and prevent the dust due
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`to friction of the optical sheet as taught by Okazaki ([0011]—[0012]).
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`Regarding claim 11, Katsuda, Mizumaki and Okazaki disclose the limitations of claim 4
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`above.
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`However, Katsuda does not disclose that the cushion member is disposed between
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`neighboring two spacer members among the plurality of spacer members in planar view.
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`Okazaki teaches the cushion member is disposed between neighboring two mounting
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`tabs for screwing among the plurality of mounting tabs in planar view (See Fig. 3(c) teaching the
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`mounting tabs 13a for screwing the chassis 13 to the cabinet 5. See Fig. 5 which is a longitudinal
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`sectional view cut along a cutting line AA of Fig. 1, thus teaching the location of the cushioning
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`materials 23).
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at a time before the
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`effective filing date ofthe invention to modify the device disclosed by Katsuda and Mizumaki
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`with the teachings of Okazaki, wherein the cushion member is disposed between neighboring
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`two spacer members among the plurality of spacer members in planar view, as Okazaki teaches
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`disposing the cushion members between neighboring two mounting tabs for screwing in planar
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`view. One would have been motivated to dispose the cushioning materials and the neighboring
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`mounting tab for screwing the backlight light source chassis to the cabinet to limit the
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`movement of the optical sheet (Okazaki: [0019]).
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`Regarding claim 12, Katsuda, Mizumaki and Okazaki disclose the limitations of claim 1.
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`However, Katsuda does not disclose that the outer peripheral end ofthe transparent
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`substrate is sandwiched between the first inner surface of the recess and the substrate support
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`of the third frame in the first direction.
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`Mizumaki teaches that the outer peripheral end of the optical sheet is sandwiched
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`between the first inner surface of the recess and a substrate support ofthe third frame in the
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`first direction (see Fig. 19 where 14 is sandwiched between the bottom surface of 13 a and 71
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`a).
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at a time before the
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`effective filing date ofthe invention to modify the Katsuda liquid crystal display with the
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`teachings of Mizumaki, wherein the outer peripheral end of the transparent substrate is
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`sandwiched between the first inner surface of the recess and the substrate support of the third
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`frame in the first direction, by having the cylindrical pin—like member with the recess as
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`disclosed by Mizumaki in the place ofthe screws in the device disclosed by Katsuda. One would
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`have been motivated to prevent the optical sheet from moving as taught by Mizumaki ([0091]).
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`Claims 5-6 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Katsuda in
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`view of Mizumaki and Okazaki, and in further view of Fukayama (US 2002/0080298), of
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`record.
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`Regarding claim 5, Katsuda, Mizumaki and Okazaki disclose the limitations of claim 4
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`above, and Katsuda further discloses that the optical sheet has an elongated shape in planar
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`view (see Fig. 2).
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`Katsuda does not disclose that central portions of both ends in a longitudinal direction
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`of the optical sheet are fixed to the third frame.
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`Fukayama teaches central portions of both ends in a longitudinal direction of the optical
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`sheet are fixed to a third frame (see Figs. 1 and 7 where the central portions of both ends ofthe
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`optical sheet OPS are fixed to the lower frame MCA; Regarding the term ”central portions", the
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`examiner considers that ”central” means in, at, or near the center).
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at a time before the
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`effective filing date ofthe invention to modify the device disclosed by Katsuda, Mizumaki and
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`Okazaki with the teachings of Fukayama, wherein central portions of both ends in a longitudinal
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`direction ofthe optical sheet are fixed to the third frame, as the central portions are taught by
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`Fukayama. One would have been motivated to consider a fixing side or a positioning function of
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`the optical sheet to reduce wrinkles or the like (Fukayama: [0152]—[0153]).
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`Regarding claim 6, Katsuda, Mizumaki, Okazaki and Fukayama disclose the limitations of
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`claim 5 above.
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`While Mizumaki discloses the optical sheet includes protrusions protruding outward
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`from the central portions of an end in planar view, and the optical sheet is fixed to a third frame
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`at the protrusion (see Figs. 8 and 21A—22), Mizumaki does not disclose the optical sheet
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`includes protrusions protruding outward from the central portions of both the ends in the
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`longitudinal direction in planar view.
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`Fukayama teaches an optical sheet includes protrusions protruding outward from the
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`central portions of both the ends in the longitudinal direction in planar view (see OPS including
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`TAB—C in Figs. 1 and 7; Regarding the term ”central portions", the examiner considers that
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`”central” means in, at, or near the center).
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at a time before the
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`effective filing date ofthe invention to modify the device disclosed by Katsuda, Mizumaki and
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`Okazaki with the teachings of Fukayama, wherein the optical sheet includes protrusions
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`protruding outward from the central portions of both the ends in the longitudinal direction in
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`planar view, as the central portions are taught by Fukayama. One would have been motivated
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`to consider a fixing side or a positioning function of the optical sheet to reduce wrinkles or the
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`like (Fukayama: [0152]—[0153]).
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`Claim 7 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Katsuda in view of
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`Mizumaki and Okazaki, and in further view of Liu (US 2013/0039021), of record.
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`Regarding claim 7, Katsuda, Mizumaki and Okazaki disclose the limitations of claim 1
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`above, and Katsuda further discloses the first frame includes a plate—shaped first sidewall (see
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`the vertical portion of 21 in Figs. 26A—26B) extending from the frame portion toward a side of
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`the third frame in the first direction,
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`the substrate support of the third frame extends into a plate shape toward the first
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`sidewall (see 103c extending into a plate shape toward the vertical portion of 21),
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`the second frame passes through a gap between the first sidewall and the substrate
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`support (see 23in Figs. 26A—26B passes through a gap between the vertical portion of 21 and
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`103c) and has a plate—shaped second sidewall extending from the panel support toward the
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`side ofthe third frame in the first direction (see the vertical portion of 23 extending from the
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`top portion of 23 toward the side of 103).
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`However, Katsuda does not disclose that the second sidewall includes a bent portion
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`bent along a principal surface at an end ofthe substrate support and a side surface orthogonal
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`to the principal surface.
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`Liu teaches a second sidewall (see the portion of 30 disposed between 48 and 24in Fig.
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`3) includes a bent portion (see the horizontal portion) bent along a principal surface at an end
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`of a substrate support and a side surface (see the vertical portion) orthogonal to the principal
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`surface.
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at a time before the
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`effective filing date ofthe invention to modify the device disclosed by Katsuda, Mizumaki and
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`Okazaki with the teachings of Liu, wherein the second sidewall includes a bent portion bent
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`along a principal surface at an end of the substrate support and a side surface orthogonal to the
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`principal surface, by having the shape of the frame as described by Liu. One would have been
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`motivated to do so in order to hold the optical members together with the backlight unit case
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`(Liu: [00501-[0051]).
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`Claim 9 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Katsuda in view of
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`Mizumaki and Okazaki, and in further view of Sakamoto (US 2005/0185394), of record.
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`Regarding claim 9, Katsuda, Mizumaki and Okazaki disclose the limitations of claim 1
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`above.
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`While Okazaki discloses a diffusing substrate being a transparent substrate, Okazaki
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`does not disclose the transparent substrate is a glass plate.
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`Sakamoto teaches a transparent substrate is a glass plate ([0038] "The diffusing plate 8
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`comprises a member having transparency of a transparent resin, glass or the like").
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at a time before the
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`effective filing date ofthe invention to modify the device disclosed by Katsuda, Mizumaki and
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`Okazaki with the teachings of Sakamoto, wherein the transparent substrate is a glass plate,
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`where Okazaki is silent regarding the glass material, Sakamoto teaches an appropriate and
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`suitable material for a diffusing and transparent substrate, and where "the selection of a known
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`material based on its suitability for its intended use supports a prima facie obviousness
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`determination" (see MPEP 2144.07).
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`Claim 10 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Katsuda in view of
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`Mizumaki and Okazaki, and in further view of Nakamoto (US 2010/0033655), of record.
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`Regarding claim 10, Katsuda, Mizumaki and Okazaki disclose the limitations of claim 1
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`above.
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`However, Katsuda does not disclose that the display panel includes a first display panel
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`that is of a liquid crystal display panel and a second display panel that is of a liquid crystal
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`display panel superimposed on the first display panel.
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`Nakamoto teaches a display panel includes a first display panel that is of a liquid crystal
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`display panel and a second display panel that is of a liquid crystal display panel superimposed
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`on the first display panel (see ”FIRST LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL" and ”SECOND LIQUID CRYSTAL
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`PANEL" in Fig.1).
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at a time before the
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`effective filing date ofthe invention to modify the device disclosed by Katsuda, Mizumaki and
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`Okazaki with the teachings of Nakamoto, wherein the display panel includes a first display panel
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`that is of a liquid crystal display panel and a second display panel that is of a liquid crystal
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`display panel superimposed on the first display panel, by having two liquid crystal panels for a
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`liquid crystal display apparatus as taught by Nakamoto. One would have been motivated to
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`have two display panels to obtain high display quality with no interference fringes by
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`introducing, for example an interlace method to drive the first display panel and a progressive
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`method to drive the second display panel (Nakamoto: [Abstract], [0045]—[0047]).
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`Conclusion
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