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`Claims 2, 5-15 are provisionally rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being
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`unpatentable over claims 1-12 of co-pending Application No. 16/781,756. Although the claims at issue are
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`not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because they are drawn to the same
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`invention and contain only minor differences drawn to non-patentable subject matter. Independent claims
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`of the application are broader than the independentclaims of application 16/781,756, as claim 1 of the
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112(b):
`(b) CONCLUSION.—The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly
`pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor
`regards as the invention.
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AlA), second paragraph:
`The specification shall conclude with one or moreclaims particularly pointing out and distinctly
`claiming the subject matter which the applicant regards as his invention.
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`Claims 5-7, 9-12 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AlA), second
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`paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject
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`matter which the inventor or a joint inventor (or for applications subject to pre-AlA 35 U.S.C. 112,
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`the applicant), regards as the invention.
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`Regarding Claims 5-6, 9, and 12, the limitations “the plurality offirst line electrodes” and “the
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`plurality of second line electrodes” lack proper antecedentbasis since they have not been previously
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`introduced in these claims. For this reason, the limitations are interpreted to mean “a plurality offirst line
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`electrodes” and “a plurality of second line electrodes”.
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`Further regarding claims 6 and 12, the limitations “the first direction” and “the second direction”
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`also lack proper antecedent basis since they have not been previously introduced in these claims.
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`Therefore, the limitations are interpreted to mean “afirst direction” and “a second direction’.
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`Regarding Claim 7, the limitations “a first finger electrode portion having an open end that is one
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`of both ends” and “a second finger electrode portion having an open end thatis one of both ends”is
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`ambiguous as to the metes and boundsofthe claim. It is unclear how the finger electrodes have an open
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`end but have a bentportion formed at the same end. The end would no longer be open if another portion
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`is formed on it. For this reason, the word “open”is not given any patentable weight.
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`Claims 10-11 are rejected by virtue of their dependenceon rejected claim 9.
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`A personshall be entitled to a patent unless —
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`(a)(2) the claimed invention was described in a patent issued under section 151, or in an
`application for patent published or deemed published under section 122(b), in which the
`patent or application, as the case may be, namesanother inventor and waseffectively filed
`before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
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`Claims 1-15 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Lee et al (US
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`Publication No.: US 2019/0296048 A1, “Lee”).
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`Regarding Claim 1, Lee disclosesaliquid crystal display panel (Figures 1-2 or Figure 7) having a
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`plurality of pixels arrayed in a matrix (Figures 1-2 or Figure 7, plurality of pixels, wherein a pixel may be
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`considered one PX or two adjacent PX), the liquid crystal display panel comprising:
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`A plurality of first signal lines extending in a row direction or a column direction (Figure 2, first
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`signal lines 171a and 171b, or Figure 7, first signal lines 121a);
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`A transistor provided in each of the plurality of pixels (Figure 2, transistor Q; Paragraph 0056;
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`Paragraph 0082; or Figure 7, transistor Qa and Qb); and
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`A pixel electrode provided in each of the plurality of pixels and connectedto the first signal line
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`corresponding to the pixel via the transistor corresponding to the pixel (Figure 2, pixel electrode 191;
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`Paragraph 0056; or Figure 7, pixel electrode 191),
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`Wherein, in each ofthe plurality of pixels,
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`The pixel electrode includesafirst pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode that are
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`separated acrossthe first signal line corresponding to the pixel (Figure 2, first pixel electrode 191a and
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`second pixel electrode 191b are separated acrossatleastfirst signal line 171b or Figure 2, first pixel
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`electrode 191 on the left is separated by at leastfirst signal lines 171b and 171a from secondpixel
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`electrode 191 on the right, or Figure 7, the first pixel electrode is 191 on top and the second pixel
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`electrode is 191 on the bottom).
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`Regarding Claim 2, Lee discloses the liquid crystal display panel according to claim 1, wherein, in
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`each ofthe plurality of pixels, the pixel electrode further includes a bridge electrode that extends over the
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`first signal line corresponding to the pixel and connectsthe first pixel electrode and the second pixel
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`electrode (Figure 2, bridge electrode 192a/192b connectsfirst pixel electrode 191a and second pixel
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`electrode 191b, and first signal line 171b extendsover it),
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`The first pixel electrode has a plurality offirst line electrodes extending in a stripe pattern in a first
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`direction (Figure 2, as annotated below, first pixel electrode 191a hasline electrodes extending in a stripe
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`pattern towards the upper left), and
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`The second pixel electrode has a plurality of second line electrodes extending in a strip pattern in
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`a second direction different from the first direction (Figure 2, as annotated below, second pixel electrode
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`191b hasline electrodes extending in a stripe pattern towards the upper right).
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`Regarding Claim 3, Lee discloses the liquid crystal display panel according to claim 1. Further
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`comprising as the transistor, a first transistor and a second transistor that are provided to each of the
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`plurality of pixels, at least one of the first bent portion and the second bent portion overlaps the first signal
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`Regarding Claim 11, Lee discloses the liquid crystal display panel according to claim 9, wherein a
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`Regarding Claim 14, Lee discloses the liquid crystal display panel according to claim 1, wherein
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`each ofthe plurality of signal lines is a video signal line connected to a source electrode and/or a drain
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`Regarding Claim 15, Lee discloses the liquid crystal display panel according to claim 1, wherein
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`eachofthe plurality of first signal lines is a scanning line connected to a gate electrode of the transistor
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`Conclusion
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