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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
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`CONF {MATION NO.
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`12/335,926
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`12/16/2008
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`Mitsuru Goto
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`501.44253VX1
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`1984
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`20457
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`7590
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`07/31/2012
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`ANTONELLLTERRY, STOUT&KRAUS,LLP
`1300 NORTH SEVENTEENTH STREET
`SUITE 1800
`ARLINGTON, VA 22209-3873
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`SHAPIRO, LEONID
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`2629
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`MAIL DATE
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`07/31/2012
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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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`Application No.
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`Office Action Summary
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`12/335,926
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`Examiner
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`GOTO ET AL.
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`Art Unit
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`2629
`Leonid Shapiro
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`Status
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`1)IZI Responsive to communication(s) filed on 16 December 2008.
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`a)I:l This action is FINAL.
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`2b)IZ| This action is non-final.
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`3)|: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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`4)IXI Claim(s) L22 is/are pending in the application.
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`4a) Of the above claim(s) _ is/are withdrawn from consideration.
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`5)I:I Claim(s) _ is/are allowed.
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`6)|Zl Claim(s 10-22is/are rejected.
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`are subject to restriction and/or election requirement.
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`9)I:I The specification is objected to by the Examiner.
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`OH] The drawing(s) filed on _ is/are: a)|:l 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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`11)|:l 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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`12)IXI Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
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`a)lZ| AII
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`b)I:l 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 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) IZI Information Disclosure Statement(s) (PTO/SB/08)
`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. 08-06)
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`Office Action Summary
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`Part of Paper No./Mai| Date 20110620
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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 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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`1.
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`Claims 10-20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over
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`Kochu (JP 2001 -067049) in view of Hsieh (6,864,942 B2), Stewart et al. (6,825,836 B1).
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`As to claim 10, Kochu teaches a display device (paragraph) comprising:
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`a first display panel (drawing 3, item 200);
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`a second display panel (drawing 3, item 300);; and
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`a first flexible printed circuit board which connects the first display panel
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`and the second display panel (drawing 3, item FPC);, wherein
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`the first display panel includes display driver (drawing 3, item 100);
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`video lines of the second display panel are connected with the display
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`driver through connection lines for video lines of the first flexible printed circuit board
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`(drawing 3, items 100,200,300, paragraphs 0046-0057).
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`Kochu does not disclose the second display panel includes scanning line driver
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`which supplies drive voltages to scanning lines of the second display panel.
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`Hsieh teaches scanning line drive means which supplies drive voltages to
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`scanning lines of the second display panel (fig. 3A, items 308, col.3, lines 49-60).
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the
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`invention to incorporate teachings of Hsieh into Kochu system in order to reduce the
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`number of the connecting lines.
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`Hsieh and Kochu do not disclose the total number of video lines of the second
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`display panel as N and the total number of connection lines for video lines of the first
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`flexible printed circuit board as n (N>n), includes switching means a switch circuit which
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`sequentially connects every n lines of video lines out of N lines of video lines with n
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`lines of connection lines for video lines of the first flexible printed circuit board.
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`Stewart et al. teaches demultiplexing 2400 video lines (N) to 24 groups (n=100)
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`(N>n) (fig. 1, items M,DB(j),DW(i), col. 1, lines 25-40 and col. 3, lines 1-11).
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the
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`invention to incorporate teachings of Stewart et al. into Hsieh and Kochu system in
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`order to reduce of crossovers (col. 1, lines 53-57 in the Stewart et al. reference).
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`As to claims 11,13 Stewart et al. teaches video lines of the second display panel
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`are divided into (N/n) sections for every consecutive n lines of video lines, and
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`the switch circuit sequentially connects n lines of video signal lines obtained by dividing
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`the second display panel into (N/n) sections to n lines of connection lines for video lines
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`(col. 1, lines 25-40 and col. 3, lines 1-11).
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`As to claims 12,14 Stewart et al. teaches display driver includes a memory for
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`storing display data sequentially transmitted from the outside, and a writing circuit which
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`sequentially writes the display data sequentially transmitted from the outside into the
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`memory such that the display data which is supplied to the n lines of video signal lines
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`which are obtained by dividing the second display panel into (N/n) sections constitutes
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`one word line unit (fig. 1, item 21 and correspondent text).
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`As to claims 15-19, Kochu teaches the display device includes a second flexible
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`printed circuit board which is connected to a side of the second display panel which
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`faces a side of the second display panel to which the first flexible printed circuit board is
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`connected (drawing 3, items 100,200,300), and
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`control signals and power source voltages are supplied to scanning line drive
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`means of the second display panel through the second flexible printed circuit board
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`(drawing 3, items 100,200,300, paragraph 0050).
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`As to claim 20, Hsieh teaches the scanning line drive means of the second
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`display panel is arranged on a side of the second display panel
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`(fig. 3A, items 308,
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`col.3, lines 49-60) and Kochu teaches a side of the second display panel to which the
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`first flexible printed circuit board is connected (drawing 3, items 200,300).
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`3.
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`Claims 21-22 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over
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`Kochu, Hsieh, Stewart et al. in view of Nah et al. (US 2005/0219178 A1).
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`Kochu, Hsieh, Stewart et al. do not disclose using TFTs with polysilicon layers.
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`Nah et al. teaches using TFTs with polysilicon layers (paragraph 0006).
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the
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`invention to incorporate teachings of Nah et al. into Kochu, Hsieh, Stewart et al. system
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`in order to fabricate the driver on the same substrate with LCD matrix.
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`/L. S./
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`Examiner, Art Unit 2629
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`/William L Boddie/
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`Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 2629
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