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`CONF {MATION NO.
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`12/388,600
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`02/19/2009
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`Shingo Ishihara
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`1508.49722X00
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`08/20/2013
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`ANTONELLLTERRY,STOUT&KRAUS,LLP
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`SALERNO, SARAH KATE
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`2814
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`MAIL DATE
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`08/20/2013
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`DELIVERY MODE
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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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`Applicant(s)
`Application No.
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`Examiner
`Art Unit
`AIA (First Inventor to File)
`Office Action Summary
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`2814SARAH SALERNO its“
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`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 6June 2012.
`El A declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/were filed on
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`2b)|ZI This action is non-final.
`2a)|:l This action is FINAL.
`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)|:| 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) 1-4 6-11 and 13-17is/are pending in the application.
`5a) Of the above claim(s) 3,4,6-10,13,14 and 17is/are withdrawn from consideration.
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`6)I:I Claim(s)
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`7)|Z| Claim(s) 1 2 11 15 and 16Is/are rejected
`8)|:I Claim(s)_ is/are objected to.
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`are subject to restriction and/or election requirement.
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`10)I:l The specification is objected to by the Examiner.
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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)I:| Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
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`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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`Attachment(s)
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`1) E Notice of References Cited (PTO-892)
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`3) D Interview Summary (PTO-413)
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`Application/Control Number: 12/388,600
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`Art Unit: 2814
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Continued Examination Under 37 CFR 1. 1 14
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`A request for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, including the fee set
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`forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e), was filed in this application after final rejection. Since this
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`application is eligible for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, and the fee set
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`forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e) has been timely paid, the finality of the previous Office action
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`has been withdrawn pursuant to 37 CFR 1.114. Applicant's submission filed on
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`06/06/12 has been entered.
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`2.
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`Applicant's amendment/arguments filed on 06/06/12 as being acknowledged and
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`entered. By this amendment claims 5 and 12 are canceled, no new claims have been
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`added, claims 1-4, 6-11 and 13-17 are pending and claims 3, 4, 6-10, 13, 14, and 17
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`are withdrawn.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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`3.
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`The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of pre-AlA 35 U.S.C.
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`102 that form the basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
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`A person shall be entitled to a patent unless —
`(a) the invention was known or used by others in this country, or patented or described in a
`printed publication in this or a foreign country, before the invention thereof by the applicant for
`a patent.
`(e) the invention was described in (1) an application for patent, published under section
`122(b), by another filed in the United States before the invention by the applicant for patent or
`(2) a patent granted on an application for patent by another filed in the United States before
`the invention by the applicant for patent, except that an international application filed under
`the treaty defined in section 351 (a) shall have the effects for purposes of this subsection of an
`application filed in the United States only if the international application designated the United
`States and was published under Article 21(2) of such treaty in the English language.
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`4.
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`Claims 1 and 2 are rejected under pre-AlA 35 U.S.C. 102(a/e) as being
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`anticipated by Matsunami et al. (US PGPub 2009/0039769).
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`Claim 1: Kim teaches an organic light emitting display device, comprising:
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`a substrate (12), lower electrodes (13) formed on said substrate, a first hole
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`transportation layer (14b) formed on said lower electrodes, a red light emitting layer
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`(14c-R), a green emitting layer (14c-G), and a charge generating layer (14d) formed on
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`said first hole transportation layer, a first electron transportation layer (14e) formed on
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`said red light emitting layer, said green emitting layer, and said charge generating layer,
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`and an upper electrode (15) formed on said first electron transportation layer,
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`characterized in that; a light emitting display region of said organic light emitting display
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`device is divided into a red sub-pixel (11 R), a green sub-pixel (11G), and a blue sub-
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`pixel (1 1 B),
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`said first hole transportation layer and said first electron transportation layer are
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`formed throughout the entirety of said light emitting display region
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`said red light emitting layer is formed in said red sub-pixel, said green light
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`emitting layer is formed in said green sub-pixel, and said charge generating layer is
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`formed in said blue sub-pixel
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`said charge generating layer generates holes and electrons and supplies said
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`holes and electrons to said first hole transportation layer and said first electron
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`transportation layer.
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`said first hole transportation layer is configured to function as a hole
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`transportation layer in said red sub-pixel and said green sub-pixel and to function as
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`both a hole transportation layer and a blue light emitting layer in said blue sub-pixel;
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`said first electron transportation layer is configured to function as an electron
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`transportation layer in said red sub-pixel and said green sub-pixel and to function as
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`both an electron transportation layer and a blue light emitting layer in said blue sub-
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`pixel.
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`It is noted that the claim limitation “formed throughout the entirety of a display
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`region" does not require the transportation layers to be continuous across the display
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`region. Further, as currently claimed,
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`the charge generating layer and the light emitting
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`layers can be found in all of the organic light emitting elements as they are not claimed
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`to be only in their respective organic light emitting elements.
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`Claim 2: Matsunami teaches a blue light emitting dopant is added to said first
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`hole transportation layer or said first electron transportation layer [0093-0101].
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`5.
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`The following is a quotation of pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) which forms the basis
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`for all 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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`6.
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`Claims 11 and 16 are rejected under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being
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`unpatentable over Matsunami et al. (US PGPub 2009/0039769) in view of Kim et al.
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`(US PGPub 2009/0146929) .
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`Regarding claim 11, as described above, Matsunami substantially reads on the
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`invention as claimed, except Matsunami does not teach the charge generating layer is
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`formed of a multilayer film of an n doped electron transportation layer and a p doped
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`hole transportation layer. Kim teaches the charge generating layer is formed of a
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`multilayer film of an n doped electron transportation layer and a p doped hole
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`transportation layer to improve device lifetime [0082]. Therefore it would have been
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`obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time the invention was made to have
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`modified the device taught by Matsunami to have had the charge generating layer
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`formed of a multilayer film of an n doped electron transportation layer and a p doped
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`hole transportation layer to improve device lifetime as taught by Kim [0082].
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`Claim 16: Kim teaches the charge generating layer is a multilayer film of an n
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`doped electron transportation layer provided so as to make contact with said first hole
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`transportation layer and a p doped hole transportation layer proved so as to make
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`contact with said electron transportation layer.
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`7.
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`Claim 15 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over Kim et
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`al. (US PGPub 2009/0146929) in view of Matsunami et al. (US PGPub 2009/0039769)
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`as applied to claim 1 above, and further in view of Yamazaki et al. (US Patent
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`6,815,723)
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`Regarding claim 15, as described above, Matsunami substantially read on the
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`invention as claimed, and Matsunami teaches a hole injection layer (14a) is provided
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`between said hole transportation layer (14b) and said lower electrodes (13), and an
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`electron injection layer is provided between said electron transportation layer and said
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`upper electrodes [0106]. Matsunami does not teach a sealing substrate is formed on
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`said electron injection layer, and said hole injection layer and said electron injection
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`layer are formed throughout the entirety of said light emitting display region. Yamazaki
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`teaches a sealing substrate is formed on said electron injection layer, and said hole
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`injection layer and said electron injection layer are formed throughout the entirety of
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`said light emitting display region to create a highly reliable light emitting device for
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`displays (ABS, Col. 1). Therefore it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in
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`the art at the time the invention was made to have modified the device taught by Kim
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`and Matsunami to have a sealing substrate is formed on said electron injection layer,
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`and said hole injection layer and said electron injection layer are formed throughout the
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`entirety of said light emitting display region to create a highly reliable light emitting
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`device for displays as taught by Yamazaki (ABS, Col. 1).
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`Response to Arguments
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`8.
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`Applicant’s arguments with respect to claims 1-4, 6-11, and 13-17 have been
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`considered but are moot because the arguments do not apply to any of the references
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`being used in the current rejection.
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`Conclusion
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`/S. S./
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`Examiner, Art Unit 2814
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`/Wael M Fahmy/
`Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 2814
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