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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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`APPLICATION NO.
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
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`CONF {MATION NO.
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`11/674,767
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`02/14/2007
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`Masaru Takabatake
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`1497.47131X00
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`5084
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`20457
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`7590
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`10/11/2012
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`ANTONELLLTERRY,STOUT&KRAUS,LLP
`1300 NORTH SEVENTEENTH STREET
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`ARLINGTON, VA 22209-3873
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`CHANG, CHARLES s
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`MAIL DATE
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`10/11/2012
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`PAPER
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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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`PTOL—90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`Office Action Summary
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`Application No.
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`Applicant(s)
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`11/674,767
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`Examiner
`CHARLES CHANG
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`TAKABATAKE ET AL.
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`Art Unit
`2883
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`-- The MAILING DA TE of this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address --
`Period for Reply
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`A SHORTENED STATUTORY PERIOD FOR REPLY IS SET TO EXPIRE 3 MONTH(S) OR THIRTY (30) DAYS,
`WHICHEVER IS LONGER, FROM THE MAILING DATE OF THIS COMMUNICATION.
`Extensions of time may be available under the provisions of 37 CFR1. 136( a).
`In no event however may a reply be timely filed
`after SIX () MONTHS from the mailing date of this communication.
`If NO period for reply is specified above, the maximum statutory period will apply and will expire SIX (6) MONTHS from the mailing date of this communication.
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`- Failure to reply within the set or extended period for reply will, by statute, cause the application to become ABANDONED (35 U.S.C. § 133).
`Any reply received by the Office later than three months after the mailing date of this communication, even if timely filed, may reduce any
`earned patent term adjustment. See 37 CFR 1.704(b).
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`Status
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`1)IZI Responsive to communication(s) filed on 24 Ami/2012.
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`2a)I:l This action is FINAL.
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`2b)IZ| This action is non-final.
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`3)I:I An election was made by the applicant in response to a restriction requirement set forth during the interview on
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`; the restriction requirement and election have been incorporated into this action.
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`4)|:l Since this application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
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`closed in accordance with the practice under Exparte Quay/e, 1935 CD. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`Disposition of Claims
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`5)IZI Claim(s) fl is/are pending in the application.
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`5a) Of the above claim(s) _ is/are withdrawn from consideration.
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`6)I:I Claim(s) _ is/are allowed.
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`7)|Zl Claim(s)_1-3is/are rejected.
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`8)I:I Claim(s) _ is/are objected to.
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`9)I:l Claim(s) _ are subject to restriction and/or election requirement.
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`Application Papers
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`10)I:I The specification is objected to by the Examiner.
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`11)|X| The drawing(s) filed on 14 February 2007 is/are: a)IZl accepted or b)I:l objected to by the Examiner.
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`Applicant may not request that any objection to the drawing(s) be held in abeyance. See 37 CFR 1.85(a).
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`Replacement drawing sheet(s) including the correction is required if the drawing(s) is objected to. See 37 CFR 1.121 (d).
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`12)I:I The oath or declaration is objected to by the Examiner. Note the attached Office Action or form PTO-152.
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
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`13)IZI Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
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`a)lX| AII
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`b)I:I Some * c)|:l None of:
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`1.IZI Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
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`2.I:I Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No. _
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`3.|:I Copies of the certified copies of the priority documents have been received in this National Stage
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`application from the International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)).
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`* See the attached detailed Office action for a list of the certified copies not received.
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`Attachment(s)
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`1) X Notice of References Cited (PTO-892)
`2) D Notice of Draftsperson‘s Patent Drawing Review (PTO-948)
`3) El Information Disclosure Statement(s) (PTO/SB/OS)
`Paper No(s)/Mai| Date _.
`US. Patent and Trademark Office
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`4) D Interview Summary (PTO-413)
`Paper N°(5 )/Mai| Date. _
`5)I:I Notice of Informal Patent Application
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`PTOL-326 (Rev. 03-11)
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`Office Action Summary
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`Part of Paper No./Mai| Date 20120928A
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`Application/Control Number: 11/674,767
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`Art Unit: 2883
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Continued Examination Under 37 CFR 1.114
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`1.
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`A request for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, including the fee set forth in
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`37 CFR 1.17(e), was filed in this application after final rejection. Since this application is
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`eligible for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, and the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e)
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`has been timely paid, the finality of the previous Office action has been withdrawn pursuant to
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`37 CFR 1.114. Applicant's submission filed on April 24, 2012 has been entered.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`2.
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`The following is a quotation of 35 USC. 103(a) which forms the basis for all
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`obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
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`(a) A patent may not be obtained though the invention is not identically disclosed or described as set forth in
`section 102 of this title, if the differences between the subject matter sought to be patented and the prior art are
`such that the subject matter as a whole would have been obvious at the time the invention was made to a person
`having ordinary skill in the art to which said subject matter pertains. Patentability shall not be negatived by the
`manner in which the invention was made.
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`3.
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`Claims 1—3 are rejected under 35 USC. 103(a) as being unpatentable over Lim et al. (US
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`7626669) in View of Ukawa et al. (US 20050083459).
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`Regarding claim 1, Lim discloses a method for manufacturing a display device having
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`pixels arranged in a matrix (Fig. 1), the method including the steps of: forming a drain terminal
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`(136) of a substrate (142); laminating a gate insulating film (144) on the drain terminal; forming
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`a first contact hole (138) in the gate insulating film; forming source electrodes (110, 112) and
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`drain signal lines (104) on the gate insulating film; connecting the drain terminal and the drain
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`signal line Via the first contact hole (col. 5 lines 44—55); laminating a first insulating film (150)
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`and a second insulating film (154) on the source electrodes; forming a second contact hole (114)
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`in the first and second insulating films; laminating a first conductive film (117, 118) and a
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`second conductive film (155, 156) on the first and second insulating films and connecting the
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`source electrode to the first conductive film via the second contact hole; laminating the first
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`conductive film and the second conductive film on the drain terminal; forming the second
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`conductive film successively after the first conductive film and directly on the first conductive
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`film; using a first pattern of a resist film (239) to etch the first and second conductive films;
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`removing part of the resist film to form a second pattern (240); and using the second pattern to
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`etch the second conductive film (Figs. 2—9). Lim does not necessarily disclose the first
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`conductive film and the second conductive film directly on the gate insulating film of the
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`transmissive area. Ukawa discloses the first conductive film (2) and the second conductive film
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`(4) directly on the gate insulating film (30; portion where 4 overlaps the top edge surface of 2) of
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`the transmissive area (1TR) (Fig. 2). The particular structure is demonstrated in the prior art and
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`is applicable to a display device. It would have been obvious at the time of the invention to one
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`of ordinary skill in the art to use the teachings of Ukawa to equalize the effects such as optical
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`attenuation in the reflective and transmissive modes and to improve display qualities such as
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`legibility.
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`Regarding claim 2, Lim discloses a method for manufacturing a display device, wherein
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`the second pattern is used to form a transmissive area (transmission area) (Figs. 2—9).
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`Regarding claim 3, Lim discloses a method for manufacturing a display device, wherein
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`the display device has a reflective area (reflection area) and a transmissive area (transmission
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`area) and the second pattern is used to form the transmissive area (Figs. 2—9).
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`Response to Arguments
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`4.
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`Applicant’s arguments with respect to claims l—3 have been considered but are moot
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`because the arguments do not apply to the references being used in the current rejection.
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`Conclusion
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`/Charles Chang/
`Patent Examiner, Art Unit 2883
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`/Mark A. Robinson/
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`Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 2883
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