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`16/694,428
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`11/25/2019
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`Yugo TAKEDA
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`20295 .0056US01
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`HAMRE, SCHUMANN, MUELLER & LARSON P.C.
`45 South Seventh Street
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`MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55402-1683
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`MAZUMDER, DIDARUL A
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`2819
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`12/30/2021
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`ELECTRONIC
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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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`Notice of the Office communication was sent electronically on above-indicated "Notification Date" to the
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`PTOMail @hsml.com
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`PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`TAKEDAetal.
`16/694,428
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`Application No.
`Applicant(s)
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`otice of Art Unit|AIA (FITF)StatusAllowability Examiner
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`DIDARUL A MAZUMDER
`2819
`Yes
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`-- The MAILING DATEof this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address--
`All claims being allowable, PROSECUTION ON THE MERITS IS (OR REMAINS) CLOSED in this application. If not included
`herewith (or previously mailed), a Notice of Allowance (PTOL-85) or other appropriate communication will be mailed in due course. THIS
`NOTICE OF ALLOWABILITY IS NOT A GRANTOF PATENTRIGHTS.This application is subject to withdrawal from issue at the initiative
`of the Office or upon petition by the applicant. See 37 CFR 1.313 and MPEP 1308.
`1.{¥] This communication is responsive to 11/30/2021.
`(J A declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/werefiled on
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`2._) Anelection was madebythe applicant in responseto a restriction requirementset forth during the interview on
`restriction requirement and election have been incorporatedinto this action.
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`3.¥) The allowed claim(s) is/are 1-2,4-10 and 16 . As a result of the allowed claim(s), you may beeligible to benefit from the Patent
`Prosecution Highway program at a participating intellectual property office for the corresponding application. For more information
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`Applicant has THREE MONTHS FROM THE "MAILING DATE"of this communication to file a reply complying with the requirements
`noted below.Failure to timely comply will result in ABANDONMENT ofthis application.
`THIS THREE-MONTH PERIOD IS NOT EXTENDABLE.
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`5._) CORRECTED DRAWINGS (as "replacement sheets") must be submitted.
`(} including changes required by the attached Examiner's Amendment / Commentor in the Office action of
`Paper No./Mail Date
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`Identifying indicia such as the application number (see 37 CFR 1.84(c)) should be written on the drawingsin the front (not the back) of each
`sheet. Replacement sheet(s) should be labeled as such in the header according to 37 CFR 1.121(d).
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`6.LJ DEPOSIT OFand/or INFORMATION aboutthe deposit of BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL must be submitted. Note the
`attached Examiner's comment regarding REQUIREMENT FOR THE DEPOSIT OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL.
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`4[¥] Acknowledgmentis made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
`Certified copies:
`c) () Noneofthe:
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`b) (] Some*
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`Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
`2. (J Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No.
`3. (J Copiesof the certified copies of the priority documents have been receivedin this national stage application from the
`International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)).
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`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2819
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`Attachment(s)
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`1.11 Notice of References Cited (PTO-892) 5.YjExaminer's Amendment/Comment
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`2.1 Information Disclosure Statements (PTO/SB/08), 6.lv}Examiner's Statement of Reasonsfor Allowance
`Paper No./Mail Date
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`3.) Examiner's Comment Regarding Requirementfor Deposit
`of Biological Material
`4.C] Interview Summary (PTO-413),
`Paper No./Mail Date.
`/DIDARUL A MAZUMDER/
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`7. CZ Other
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`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`PTOL-37 (Rev. 08-13)
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`Notice of Allowability
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`Part of Paper No./Mail Date 20211224
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`Application/Control Number: 16/694,428
`Art Unit: 2819
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`Notice of Pre-AlA or AIA Status
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`The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined
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`under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA.
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`2.
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`This action is responsive to the application No. 16/694,428 filed on November 30,
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`2021, which is a corrected version of earlier submitted NOA.
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`Priority
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`Receipt is acknowledged of papers submitted under 35 U.S.C. 119(a)-(d), which
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`papers have been placedof recordin the file.
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`EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT
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`4.
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`An examiner's amendmentto the record appears below. Should the changes
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`and/or additions be unacceptable to applicant, an amendment maybefiled as provided
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`by 37 CFR 1.312. To ensure consideration of such an amendment, it MUST be
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`submitted no later than the payment of the issue fee.
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`5.
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`Authorization for this examiner’s amendment wasgiven in an interview with
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`David Lee, Reg. No. 38,222, Tel: 612-455-3841 on 12/07/2021 and subsequent call
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`12/09/2021.
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`Please cancel claim 21.
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`In addition, please cancel claims 11-15, 17-20.
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`Application/Control Number: 16/694,428
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`6.
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`7.
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`Reasonsfor Indicating Allowable Subject Matter
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`Claims 1-2, 4-10, 16 are allowed.
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`The following is an examiner’s statement of reasons for allowance:
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`Claim 1: the prior art of record alone or in combination neither teaches nor makes
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`obvious a thin film transistor substrate...., comprising:
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`a shield electrode formed in the frame region, the commonpotential being
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`applied to the shield electrode; and
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`a plurality of first connection wirings respectively connecting the plurality of
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`dummy gate lead-out lines and the shield electrode through respective first contact
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`holes made in the frame region; in combination with the rest of claim limitations as
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`claimed and defined by the applicant.
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`8.
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`The references of the prior art of record and considered pertinent to the
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`applicant's disclosure and to the examiner’s knowledge does not teach or render
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`obvious, at least to the skilled artisan, the instant invention regarding: the limitations of a
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`thin film transistor substrate in its entirety (the individual limitations may be found just
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`not in combination with proper motivation). Hence, the independent claim 1
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`is allowable.
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`Since the independent claim 1
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`is allowable in combination with all the remaining
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`limitations of the independent claims, therefore, the dependent claims 2, 4-10, 16 of the
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`independent claim 1 are also allowable.
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`However, none of the prior art of references indicated as the prior art made of
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`record in form PTO-892, or found in the searches, discloseall the limitations of the
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`independent claim 1 (the individuallimitations may be found just not in combination).
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`Because no reference alone, nor is there any motivation to combine the details over the
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`prior art to create such limitations in the independentclaims, the independent claim 1
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`is
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`deemedpatentable over the prior art.
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`9.
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`Any comments considered necessary by applicant must be submitted no later
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`than the payment of the issue fee and, to avoid processing delays, should preferably
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`accompanythe issue fee. Such submissions should be clearly labeled “Comments on
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`Statement of Reasons for Allowance.”
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`10.=Anyinquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the
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`Conclusion
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`/DIDARUL A MAZUMDER/
`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2819
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