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`CONFIRMATIONNO.
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`11/768,233
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`06/26/2007
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`Yasuhisa Shiraishi
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`1497.47613X00
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`01/25/2013
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`ANTONELLI, TERRY, STOUT & KRAUS, LLP
`1300 NORTH SEVENTEENTH STREET
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`ARLINGTON,VA 22209-3873
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`CHIEM, DINH D
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`MAIL DATE
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`01/25/2013
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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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`Application No.
`Applicant(s)
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`Office Action Summary
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`11/768,233
`Examiner
`ERIN CHIEM
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`SHIRAISHI ET AL.
`Art Unit
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`Anyreply received by the Office later than three months after the mailing date of this communication, evenif 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) Responsive to communication(s)filed on 09 October 2012.
`2a)X] This action is FINAL.
`2b)X] This action is non-final.
`3)L] An election was made bythe 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.
`4)_] Sincethis application is in condition for allowance exceptfor formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
`closed in accordance with the practice under Ex parte Quayle, 1935 C.D. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`Disposition of Claims
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`5) Claim(s) 1-9 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)L] Claim(s)
`is/are allowed.
`7) Claim(s) 1-9 is/are rejected.
`8)L] Claim(s) ___is/are objectedto.
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`9)L] Claim(s)
`are subject to restriction and/or election requirement.
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`Application Papers
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`10)L] The specification is objected to by the Examiner.
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`11) The drawing(s) filed on
`is/are: a)[_] accepted or b)[_] objected to by the Examiner.
`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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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
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`12)[] Acknowledgmentis made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
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`2.L] Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No.
`3.L] Copiesof the certified copies of the priority documents have been receivedin this National Stage
`application from the International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)).
`* See the attached detailed Office action for a list of the certified copies not received.
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`3) CT] Interview Summary (PTO-413)
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`Application/Control Number: 11/768,233
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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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`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), wasfiled 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 October 9, 2012 has been entered.
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`All claims are drawn to the same invention claimedin the application prior to the entry of
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`the submission under 37 CFR 1.114 and could have been finally rejected on the grounds and art
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`of record in the next Office action if they had been entered in the application prior to entry under
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`37 CFR 1.114. Accordingly, THIS ACTION IS MADEFINALeven thoughit is a first action
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`after the filing of a request for continued examination and the submission under 37 CFR 1.114.
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`See MPEP § 706.07(b). Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37
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`CFR 1.136(a).
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`A shortenedstatutory period for reply to this final action is set to expire THREE
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`MONTHSfrom the mailing date of this action. In the eventa first reply is filed within TWO
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`MONTHSof the mailing date of this final action and the advisory action is not mailed until after
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`the end of the THREE-MONTHshortened statutory period, then the shortened statutory period
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`will expire on the date the advisory action is mailed, and any extension fee pursuant to 37 CFR
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`1.136(a) will be calculated from the mailing date of the advisory action. In no event, however,
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`will the statutory period for reply expire later than SIX MONTHSfrom the mailing date ofthis
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`Response to Arguments
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`Applicant's arguments filed 10/9/12 have been fully considered but they are not
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`persuasive.
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`Applicant’s argument regarding the combination of Du in view of Parker do not teach the
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`main exiting direction of the LED is directed to the front of the light emitting device (Remarks,
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`page 9, third paragraph to page 10, first paragraph). In particular, applicant argues Parker “never
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`discloses information related to the alignment of the main exiting direction nora lateral exiting
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`direct which crosses the main exiting direct in the manner defined in claims | and 4.
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`Parker discloses in Fig. 15 the LED device that appears similar to the LED device 150 of
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`Applicant’s Fig. 3A. Although the LED device in Parker’s original drawing does not have the
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`arrows showing the emitting direction, Parker’s LED device has the samestructure as the LED
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`device disclosed in the Specification and Drawing. Further, applicant has not provided evidence
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`to show the LED device to Parker does not or cannot emitlight in the same direction, as recited
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`in claims 1 and 4. “Once a product appearing to be substantially identical is found and a 35
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`U.S.C. 102/103 rejection made, the burden shifts to the applicant to show an unobvious
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`difference” (MPEP 2113). Moreover, according to the MPEP, “[w]hen the referenceisa utility
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`patent, it does not matter that the feature shown is unintended or unexplained in the specification.
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`The drawings must be evaluated for what they reasonably disclose and suggest to one of ordinary
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`skill in the art. In re Aslanian, 590 F.2d 911, 200 USPQ 500 (CCPA 1979) (MPEP§ 2125). The
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`examiner considers the LED in Parker’s prior art teaching is structurally the same as applicant’s
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`LEDdevice, thus would necessarily function in the same manneras applicant’s LED device.
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`Therefore the examiner considers Du in view of Parker teach each and every limitation of claim
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`1 and claim 4.
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`Regardingthe limitation “a mold surrounding the light guide and housingthe light guide,
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`the mold including a protrusion portion formed between twoadjacentlight emitting devices and
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`which protrudes towardthe light incident surface from the back ofthe light emitting device” is
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`taught by Parker in Fig. 12. The examiner provided a prima facie case of obviousness rejection
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`with regards to the instant limitation in the Final Rejection (mailed 2/1/12) and the same
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`rationale is provided below. Applicant’s remarks on page 8, first and second paragraph appearto
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`point out the Specification detailing the protrusion portions 181 having slopes 182. As noted in
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`the rejection, see below, Parker’s Fig. 12 teaches the protrusions (the sidewalls shared between
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`light emitting devices 73). As such, the examiner considers Du in view of Parker also teach this
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`limitation. For the reasons above, the groundsof rejection are maintained.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103(a) which formsthe basisfor all
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`obviousnessrejections set forth in this Office action:
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`(a) A patent may not be obtained thoughthe inventionis not identically disclosed or described as set forth in
`section 102 ofthistitle, if the differences between the subject matter sought to be patented andthe prior art are
`such that the subject matter as a whole would have been obviousat 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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`Claims 1-9 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over Du (US
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`2005/0179850 A1) in view of Parkeret al. (US 5,613,751).
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`Regarding claims 1-2, Du discloses a liquid crystal display device comprising a display
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`panel (52 shownin Fig. 3); a backlight that applies light onto the display panel; a plurality of
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`light emitting devices of the backlight (LEDs 66); a circuit board on whichthe light emitting
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`devices are mounted (62), a light guide (70) into which the light from the light emitting device
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`comes througha light incident surface; and a mold (54) surrounding the light guide wherein: the
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`mold reflects the light from the light emitting device toward the light guide, and the light
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`extending along the light incident surface is reflected by the mold. The examiner annotated
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`Figure 4 disclosed by Du with dotted arrows to showthe reflected light by the mold 54. Note,
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`the mold 54 extendspast the lightguide 70, thus the light extending along the light incident
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`surface would be reflected by the mold. Du also discloses the light emitting devices (66) are
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`mounted on flexible circuit board (62) such that the flexible circuit board bends over and around
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`the mold 54 and overlap the lightguide 70 (See Fig. 4 below).
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`However, Du doesnot explicitly teach the following:
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`amold surrounding the light guide and housing the light guide reflects the light
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`from the light emitting device toward the light guide through a portion between
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`two adjacentlight emitting devices
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`the mold including a protrusion portion formed between two adjacentlight
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`emitting devices and which protrudes toward the light incident surface from the
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`back of the light emitting device
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`alensat its light exiting portion
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`the light emitting device has a main exiting direction anda lateral exiting
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`direction which crosses the main exiting direction
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`Parker, Fig. 15, element 3
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`Applicant, Fig. 3a, element 150
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`Parker teaches a light emitting panel assembly (including Fig. 3 and Fig. 6) wherein the
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`light guide panel 11 (Fig. 3) is surrounded by a mold(see fig. 6, note that mold 35 surroundsthe
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`light guide 11 which is shownin fig. 3). Parkerillustrated in Fig. 12 the reflective rays emitted
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`in multiple directions. Moreover, the examiner also annotates the beamsthat travel forward and
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`would necessarily deflects such that "the light emitting device toward the light guide through a
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`portion between two adjacent light emitting devices. This portion is considered to be a
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`protrusion portion formed between twoadjacentlight emitting devices 73. The protrusion
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`protrudes toward the light incident surface (line separating 72 from the portion having the light
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`emitting devices 73) from the back of the light emitting device (the protrusion is molded in a
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`scalloped shape from behindthe light emitting devices towardthe light incident surface).
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`Moreover,the light rays illustrated in Fig. 12 showsthe protrusion portion reflects light emitted
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`from the light emitting devices and the light rays extending along the light incident surface of the
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`mold. The light guide panel is made of materials such as polycarbonate, which maybeflexible
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`or rigid (Col. 3, line 66 — Col. 4, line7). The examiner wouldlike to note the previously cited
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`text teaches the light guide panel is flexible, but Figure 8 also showsthe flexed state of the light
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`guide panel. The light guide panel 11 is capable of fitting into the tray shownin Fig. 6 “wherein
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`the tray may act as a back reflector as well as end edge and/or side edge reflectors for the panel
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`[11].” (Col. 6, lines 50-37). Furthermore, Fig. 13 of Parker showsthelight transition portion 71
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`is provided with a sloping edge emitting light toward the light guiding panel. Parker further
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`discloses obviousvariants of the light emitting mounting positions. For example, Fig. | the light
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`emitting member3 overlaps the light guide 4. Parker also discloses the light emitting device has
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`a main exiting direction (provided by the lens-shaped curved wall) is directed to the front of the
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`light emitting device anda lateral exiting direction (light exiting surface of the LED) which
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`crosses the main exiting direction and extendsalong the light incident surface. See the
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`reproduced close-up view of the light emitting device shownpriorart Fig. 12 to Parker.
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`It would have been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art to surround the light
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`guide with the housing as shownbyParker,i.e. to provide an extra wall for Du's housing such
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`that the light guide is surrounded by the mold or housing. Such modification would provide both
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`morereflection of light to increase the brightness of the display and more protection to the light
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`guide. Furthermore, it would have been obviousto one having ordinary skill to provide LED
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`having lens-shape andlateral exiting directions to improve incidentlight from coupling into the
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`light guide substrate and prevent intensity variance in the light guide substrate.
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`Regarding claim 3, Du doesnotteach the light emitting device to include a lensat its
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`light exiting portion. Parker teaches a light emitting portion to includea lens(e.g. see
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`homogenizing light rays in Fig. 12 provided by lens 74) with any appropriate shapes(e.g.,
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`curved, straight edge, faceted).
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`It would have been obviousto one of ordinary skill in the art to include a lens with the
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`light emitting devices in order to more efficiently reflect and/or refract and focus a portion of the
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`light emitted into the panel 11 (see Parker col. 8 lines 5-25).
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`Regarding claims 4-5, Du discloses a liquid crystal display device comprising a display
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`panel (52 shownin Fig. 3); a backlight that applies light onto the display panel; a plurality of
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`light emitting devices of the backlight (LEDs 66 arranged along the side face); a circuit board on
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`whichthe light emitting devices are mounted (62). In Fig. 4, one can seethe flexible circuit
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`board 62 wraps around and overthe mold frame 54 suchthat the flexible circuit board overlaps
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`the light guide (70). A reflect-frame (54) has a molded shape aroundthe lightguide (70) wherein
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`the light from the light emitting devices (66) reflects off of and into the lightguide 70 at the point
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`where the mold extendspassed the light guide 70.
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`However, Du doesnot explicitly teach the following:
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`amold surroundingthe light guide and housing the light guide, the mold
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`including a protrusion portion formed between two adjacentlight emitting devices
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`and which protrudes toward the light incident surface from the back of the light
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`emitting device
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`the protrusion portion of the mold has slopes inclined with respect to the side
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`face. Du, also, does not disclose the light emitting device has a main exiting
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`direction anda lateral exiting direction which crosses the main exiting direction
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`side faces, of the light guide, joining the top face of the rectangular vertices,first
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`side face of the side faces being adjacentto the light emitting devices
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`Parker teaches a light emitting panel assembly (including Fig. 3 and Fig. 6) wherein the
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`light guide panel 11 (Fig. 3) is surrounded by a mold(see fig. 6, note that mold 35 surroundsthe
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`light guide 11 which is shownin fig. 3). This portion is considered to be a protrusion portion
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`formed between two adjacent light emitting devices 73. The protrusion protrudes toward the
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`light incident surface (line separating 72 from the portion having the light emitting devices 73)
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`from the back ofthe light emitting device (the protrusion is moldedin a scalloped shape from
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`behindthe light emitting devices toward the light incident surface). Moreover, the light rays
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`illustrated in Fig. 12 showsthe protrusion portion reflects light emitted from the light emitting
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`devices and the light rays extending along the light incident surface of the mold. The light guide
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`panel is made of materials such as polycarbonate, which may beflexible or rigid (Col. 3, line 66
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`— Col. 4, line7). The light guide panel 11 is capable offitting into the tray shownin Fig. 6
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`“wherein the tray may act as a back reflector as well as end edge and/orside edge reflectors for
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`the panel [11].” (Col. 6, lines 50-37). Furthermore, Parker showsthe protrusion portion of the
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`mold is provided with a sloping or inclined edge emitting light toward the light guiding panel
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`(e.g. see Fig. 2 items 8, 10 or Fig. 13 item 75). Parker further discloses obvious variants of the
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`light emitting mounting positions. For example, Fig. | the light emitting member 3 overlaps the
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`light guide 4 such that the light emitting member3 is adjacentto the a first side face of the light
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`guide 4. Parker also discloses the light emitting device 3 has a main exiting direction (provided
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`by the lens-shaped curved wall) is directed to the front of the light emitting device anda lateral
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`exiting direction (light exiting surface of the LED) which crosses the main exiting direction and
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`extendsalong thefirst side surface. See the reproduced close-up view ofthe light emitting
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`device shownpriorart Fig. 12 to Parker. See reproduced figures above.
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`It would have been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art to surroundthe light
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`guide with the housing as shownbyParker,i.e. to provide an extra wall for Du's housing such
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`that the light guide is surrounded by the mold or housing, and also to include the inclined slopes
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`of the housing/mold. Such modifications would provide both morereflection of light to increase
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`the brightness of the display and/or would provide more protection to the light guide.
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`Furthermore, it would have been obviousto one having ordinary skill to provide LED having
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`lens-shapedandlateral exiting direction to improve incidentlight from couplinginto the light
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`guide substrate and prevent intensity variance in the light guide substrate.
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`Regarding claim 6, Du doesnotteach the light emitting device to include a lensat its
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`light exiting portion. Parker teaches a light emitting portion to includea lens(e.g. see
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`homogenizing light rays in Fig. 12 provided by lens 74) with any appropriate shapes (e.g.,
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`curved, straight edge, faceted). It would have been obviousto one of ordinary skill in the art to
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`include a lens with the light emitting devices in order to more efficiently reflect and/or refract
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`and focus a portion of the light emitted into the panel 11 (see Parker col. 8 lines 5-25).
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`In terms of claims 7-8, Du discloses a liquid crystal display device comprising a display
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`panel (52 shownin Fig. 3); a backlight that applies light onto the display panel; a plurality of
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`light emitting devices of the backlight (LEDs 66 arranged along the side face); a circuit board on
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`which the light emitting devices are mounted (62), a light guide (70) into which the light from
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`the light emitting device comes and a mold aroundthe light guide (54) wherein the mold reflects
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`the light from the light emitting device toward the light guide Moreover, Du discloses a TFT
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`circuitry (claim 3), thus, the examiner considers the recitation of “the circuit board...reflect[s]
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`the light” is met since applicant discloses a thin film transistor circuitry for the liquid crystal
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`panel, as well. Du also discloses the light emitting devices (66) is mounted on flexible circuit
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`board (62) such that the flexible circuit board bends over and around the mold 54 and overlap the
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`lightguide 70 (Fig. 4). A reflect-frame (54) has a molded shape aroundthe lightguide (70)
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`wherein the light from the light emitting devices (66) reflects off of and into the lightguide 70 at
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`the point where the mold extends passed the light guide 70.
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`However, Du does not explicitly teach a mold surroundingthe light guide and housing
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`the mold including a protrusion portion formed between two adjacentlight emitting devices and
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`which protrudes towardthe light incident surface from the back of the light emitting device. Du,
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`also, does not disclose the light emitting device has a main exiting direction and a lateral exiting
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`direction which crosses the main exiting direction.
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`Parker teaches a light emitting panel assembly (including Fig. 3 and Fig. 6) wherein the
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`light guide panel 11 (Fig. 3) is surrounded by a mold(see fig. 6, note that mold 35 surroundsthe
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`light guide 11 which is showninfig. 3). This portion is considered to be a protrusion portion
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`formed between two adjacent light emitting devices 73. The protrusion protrudes toward the
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`light incident surface (line separating 72 from the portion having the light emitting devices 73)
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`from the back ofthe light emitting device (the protrusion is moldedin a scalloped shape from
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`behindthe light emitting devices toward the light incident surface). Moreover, the light rays
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`illustrated in Fig. 12 showsthe protrusion portion reflects light emitted from the light emitting
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`devices and the light rays extending along the light incident surface of the mold. The light guide
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`panel 11 is capable of fitting into the tray shown in Fig. 6 “wherein the tray may act as a back
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`reflector as well as end edge and/or side edge reflectors for the panel [11].” (Col. 6, lines 50-37).
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`Parker further discloses obvious variants of the light emitting mounting positions. For example,
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`Fig. 7 the light emitting members 3 having a circuit board embedded within are mounted
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`overlaps the light guide 43. Parker also discloses the light emitting device 3 has a main exiting
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`direction (provided by the lens-shaped curved wall) is directed to the front of the light emitting
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`device andalateral exiting direction (light exiting surface of the LED) which crosses the main
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`exiting direction. See the reproduced close-up view ofthe light emitting device shownpriorart
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`Fig. 12 to Parker. See reproduced figures above.
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`It would have been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art to surround the light
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`guide with the housing as shownbyParker,i.e. to provide an extra wall for Du's housing such
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`that the light guide is surrounded by the mold or housing. Such modification would provide both
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`more reflection of light to increase the brightness of the display and would provide more
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`protection to the light guide. Furthermore, it would have been obviousto one having ordinary
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`skill to provide LED having lens-shapedandlateral exiting direction to improve incidentlight
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`from coupling into the light guide substrate and prevent intensity variancein the light guide
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`substrate.
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`Regarding claim 9, Du doesnotteach the light emitting device to include a lensat its
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`light exiting portion. Parker teaches a light emitting portion to includea lens(e.g. see
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`homogenizing light rays in Fig. 12 provided by lens 74) with any appropriate shapes (e.g.,
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`curved, straight edge, faceted). It would have been obviousto one of ordinary skill in theart to
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`include a lens with the light emitting devices in order to more efficiently reflect and/or refract
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`and focus a portion of the light emitted into the panel 11 (see Parker col. 8 lines 5-25).
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`Contact Information
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`Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the
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`examiner should be directed to ERIN CHIEM whosetelephone numberis (571)272-3102. The
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`examiner can normally be reached on Monday - Thursday 9AM - 5PM.
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`supervisor, Mark Robinson can be reached on (571) 272-2319. The fax phone numberfor the
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