Serial No. 11/673,836
`Amendmentfiled June 8, 2011
`Responsive to Final Office Action dated March 8, 2011
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`HPTA-5575
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`Pending Claims
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`REMARKS
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`Claims 1-7 and 9-18 are pending in this application. Claims 1, 10 and 15 have been
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`amended. No new matter has been added.
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`Claim Objections
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`Claims 1-14 are objected to for informalities. It is submitted that the objections to the
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`pending claims has been overcome.
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`Claim Rejections Under 35 U.S.C. §103
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`Claims 1, 5-7, 9 and 10 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103(a) as being unpatentable
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`over Ishiyama, U.S. Patent Publication No. 2002/0113781,
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`in view of Shibaet al, U.S. Patent
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`Publication No. 2004/0258866, and Akimoto, U.S. Patent Publication No. 2002/0000970.
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`Claims 2-4 and 11-14 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103(a) as being unpatentable over
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`Ishiyama ‘781,
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`in view of Shiba ‘866, Akimoto ‘970, and Kitagawa, U.S. Patent No.
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`5,844,539.
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`Claims 1, 5-7, 9 and 10 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103(a) as being unpatentable
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`over Ishiyama ‘781,
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`in view of Akimoto, U.S. Patent Publication No. 2002/0000970.
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`Claim 17 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103(a) as being unpatentable over Ishiyama
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`‘781,
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`in view of Akimoto ‘970 and Kitagawa ‘539.
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`Amendmentfiled June 8, 2011
`Responsive to Final Office Action dated March 8, 2011
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`HPTA-5575
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`Pending Claims
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`REMARKS
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`Claims 1-7 and 9-18 are pending in this application. Claims 1, 10 and 15 have been
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`amended. No new matter has been added.
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`Claim Objections
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`Claims 1-14 are objected to for informalities. It is submitted that the objections to the
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`pending claims has been overcome.
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`Claim Rejections Under 35 U.S.C. §103
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`Claims 1, 5-7, 9 and 10 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103(a) as being unpatentable
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`over Ishiyama, U.S. Patent Publication No. 2002/0113781,
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`in view of Shibaet al, U.S. Patent
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`Publication No. 2004/0258866, and Akimoto, U.S. Patent Publication No. 2002/0000970.
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`Claims 2-4 and 11-14 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103(a) as being unpatentable over
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`Ishiyama ‘781,
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`in view of Shiba ‘866, Akimoto ‘970, and Kitagawa, U.S. Patent No.
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`5,844,539.
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`Claims 1, 5-7, 9 and 10 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103(a) as being unpatentable
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`over Ishiyama ‘781,
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`in view of Akimoto, U.S. Patent Publication No. 2002/0000970.
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`Claim 17 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103(a) as being unpatentable over Ishiyama
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`‘781,
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`in view of Akimoto ‘970 and Kitagawa ‘539.
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`Serial No. 11/673,836
`Amendmentfiled June 8, 2011
`Responsive to Final Office Action dated March 8, 2011
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`HPTA-5575
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`Applicants request reconsideration of the rejections in view of the foregoing
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`amendments and for the following reasons.
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`Claims 1, 10 and 15 have been amended for purposesof clarification. For example,
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`claim 1 has been amended to set forth that the first memory is directly connected to the
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`display area through a switch. Further, claim 1 recites that first image data on at least one of
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`the plural data lines is selectable from the first image data stored in the first memory through
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`the switch. Claims 10 and 15 have also been amendedto set forth that the first memoryis
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`directly connected to the display area through a switch. As such, it is submitted that the
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`pending claimsare patentable over Ishiyama, Shiba, Akimoto and Kitagawa, whether
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`considered individually or in combination with one another.
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`By way of example only, a memory MEM1 is connected by switches SWato a
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`display area 11. As shown in Fig. 8, for example, a control signal CNTa controls the
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`switches SWasuch that data in MEM1 is transferred from MEM1 by the switches SWato the
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`display area 11. Further, by switching control between the display area and the memory
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`MEM1, data displayed on the display area can be loaded into the memory MEM 1.
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`Accordingly, it is possible to provide dual-directional data transfer between the display area
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`and MEM 1.
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`The Examinerrelies upon the combination of Ishiyama, Shiba and Akimoto in
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`rejection independent claims | and 10. Ishiyama discloses a display data RAM 24 whichis
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`connected to a selector 64 whichis in turn connected to an output latch 66, and the output
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`latch 66 is connected to a liquid crystal drive 68. See Fig. 3. In other words, Ishiyama
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`Serial No. 11/673,836
`Amendmentfiled June 8, 2011
`Responsive to Final Office Action dated March 8, 2011
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`HPTA-5575
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`discloses that the display data RAM 24is separated from a display area 22 by the liquid
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`crystal drive 68. Accordingly, Ishiyama fails to disclose or suggest that a first memoryis
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`directly connected to a display area through a switch.
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`Further, Akimotois relied upon by the Examinerfor disclosing an LCDdisplay driver
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`system having a selector comprising at least one switch for the purpose of selectively routing
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`image data to a display area. Akimoto discloses a frame memory SRAM 7 whichis
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`connected by a low power-consumption DA converter 6 to a display unit 50. See Fig. 1.
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`In
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`particular, data from the frame memory7 is input to data decoder 61 and the data decoder 61
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`outputs decoded data to the display unit 50. See paras. [0061]-[0062]. As such, data is only
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`transferred in one direction, from the frame memory7 to the data decoder 61. However, as
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`set forth in claim 1, a first memory is directly connectedto a display area through a switch.
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`Additionally, the Examiner relies upon Shiba. However, Shiba is merely cited by the
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`Examinerto disclose a thin film display device employing a first memory constituted on a
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`substrate where the display area is provided byutilizing a thin film transistor. See p. 5 of the
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`Office Action dated March 8, 2011. Meanwhile, Ishiyama discloses RAM 24 anddisplay
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`area 22 are separated by a liquid crystal drive 68 and Akimoto discloses SRAM 7 and display
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`unit 50 are separated by a DA converter 6. Accordingly, the foregoing deficiencies in
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`Ishiyama and Akimoto are not cured by the Examiner’s reliance upon Shiba as applied to
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`claims 1, 10 and 15.
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`Applicants also respectfully assert that Kitagawa does not overcome the deficiencies
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`in Ishiyama, Akimoto and Shiba, whether considered separately or in combination.
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`Serial No. 11/673,836
`Amendmentfiled June 8, 2011
`Responsive to Final Office Action dated March 8, 2011
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`HPTA-5575
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`Therefore, pending claims 1-7 and 9-18 are patentable overthe art of record and therefore the
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`rejections under 35 U.S.C. §103(a) should be withdrawn.
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`Conclusion
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`In view of the foregoing, Applicant respectfully requests that a timely Notice of
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`Allowancebe issued in this case.
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`The Commissioneris authorized to charge any shortage in the fees due, or credit any
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`overpayment, to Deposit Account No. 50-1417 (referencing Attorney Docket No. HPTA-
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`5575).
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`MATTINGLY & MALUR, PC
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`/John R. Mattingly /
`John R. Mattingly
`Registration No. 30,293
`Telephone: (703) 684-1120
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