Application No. 15/473,057
`Reply to the Office Action dated 05/31/2019
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`AMENDMENTS TO THE CLAIMS
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`This Listing of Claims will replace all prior versions, and listings, of claims in the above-
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`identified application.
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`Listing of Claims:
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`1. (Currently Amended)
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`A liquid crystal display deVice comprising:
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`a light source that emits light haVing a predetermined color,
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`a lens that concentrates the light emitted from the light source and causes the light to eXit,
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`a band-pass filter that transmits specific-band light haVing a specific-band wavelength in
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`the light exiting from the lens, and
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`a light guide plate disposed on a rear surface side of a display panel, wherein
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`the light source includes a first light source and a second light source, the first light
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`source being adjacent to the second light source,
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`the lens includes a first lens and a second lens, the first lens concentrating the light
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`emitted from the first light source, and the second lens concentrating the light emitted from the
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`second light source,
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`the band-pass filter is disposed in a position facing the first lens and the second lens,
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`the band-pass filter includes a first band-pass filter and a second band-pass filter, the first
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`band-pass filter being adjacent to the second band-pass filter, the first band-pass filter being
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`spaced from the second band-pass filter,
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`the first band-pass filter faces the first lens,
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`the second band-pass filter faces the second lens,
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`no lens is disposed between the first band-pass filter and the second band-pass filter, a
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`the specific-band light transmitted through the band-pass filter is incident on a lateral
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`surface of the light guide plate.
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`2. (Original) The liquid crystal display deVice according to claim 1, wherein
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`the light source, the lens, and the band-pass filter are disposed on a lateral surface side of
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`the light guide plate,
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`the liquid crystal display deVice further comprises a sub-light guide plate disposed
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`between the band-pass filter and the light guide plate, and
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`in the sub-light guide plate, a height in a first direction, which is a thickness direction of
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`the light guide plate, at a light exiting port through which the light eXits to the light guide plate is
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`smaller than a height in the first direction at a light incident port through which the light is
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`incident from the band-pass filter.
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`3. (Original) The liquid crystal display deVice according to claim 1, wherein
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`the light source, the lens, and the band-pass filter are disposed on a rear surface side of
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`the light guide plate,
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`the liquid crystal display deVice further comprises a sub-light guide plate that guides the
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`specific-band light transmitted through the band-pass filter to the light guide plate, and
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`the sub-light guide plate includes a first portion located on a lateral surface side of the
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`light guide plate and a second portion that is connected to the first portion and located on the rear
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`surface side of the light guide plate.
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`4. (Original) The liquid crystal display deVice according to claim 3, wherein in the sub-
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`light guide plate, a height in a first direction, which is a thickness direction of the light guide
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`plate, at a light exiting port through which the light eXits to the light guide plate is smaller than a
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`height in the first direction at a light incident port through which the light is incident from the
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`band-pass filter.
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`5. (Original) The liquid crystal display deVice according to claim 3, wherein
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`a bent portion is formed in the first portion of the sub-light guide plate to guide the
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`specific-band light transmitted through the band-pass filter from the second portion to the lateral
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`surface of the light guide plate, and
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`a reflecting tape is provided in the bent portion, the reflecting tape configured to reflect
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`the light radiated to an outside of the sub-light guide plate in the bent portion so as to guide the
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`light to the lateral surface of the light guide plate.
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`6. (Previously Presented)
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`The liquid crystal display device according to claim 3,
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`wherein in the second portion, the height in a first direction, which is a thickness direction of the
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`light guide plate, of a connection portion between the second portion and the first portion is
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`smaller than the height in the first direction at the light incident port through which the light is
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`incident from the band-pass filter.
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`7. (Original) The liquid crystal display device according to claim 6, further comprising
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`a circuit board on which a driving circuit that drives the display panel is mounted,
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`wherein the second portion of the sub-light guide plate includes a higher portion which is
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`high in the first direction and a lower portion in which a height in the first direction is smaller
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`than that of the higher portion, and
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`the circuit board is disposed on a rear surface side of the lower portion of the sub-light
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`guide plate.
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`8. (Original) The liquid crystal display device according to claim 6, further comprising
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`a circuit board on which a driving circuit that drives the display panel is mounted,
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`wherein the height in the first direction at the light incident port is a first height,
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`the second portion of the sub-light guide plate includes a slope in which the height in the
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`first direction is inclined from the first height to a second height smaller than the first height, and
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`a flat plate having the constant second height, and
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`the circuit board is disposed so as to overlap the flat plate of the sub-light guide plate in
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`planar view.
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`9. (Currently Amended)
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`A liquid crystal display device comprising:
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`a substrate'
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`a light source that emits light having a predetermined color, the light source mounted on
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`[[a]] th_e substrate,
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`a band-pass filter that transmits specific-band light having a specific-band wavelength in
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`the light emitted from the light source,
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`a light guide plate disposed on a rear surface side of a display panel, and
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`a wavelength converter that receives the light reflected by the band-pass filter in the light
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`emitted from the light source and converts a wavelength of the received reflected light into the
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`specific-band wavelength, wherein
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`the light source, the wavelength converter, and the substrate are stacked in this order.
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`10-11. (Canceled)
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`12. (Previously Presented)
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`The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1,
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`wherein
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`a first light concentrated in the first lens is incident on a first surface of the band-pass
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`filter, the first surface faces the first lens,
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`a second light concentrated in the second lens is incident on a second surface of the band-
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`pass filter, the second surface faces the second lens.
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`13. (Currently Amended)
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`A liquid crystal display device comprising:
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`a light source that emits light having a predetermined color,
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`a lens that concentrates the light emitted from the light source and causes the light to eXit,
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`a band-pass filter that transmits specific-band light having a specific-band wavelength in
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`the light exiting from the lens, and
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`a light guide plate disposed on a rear surface side of a display panel, wherein
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`the light source includes a first light source, [[and]] a second light source, and a third
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`light source the—firsHight—seuree—beingadfieent—tethe—seeendfight—seuree,
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`the lens includes a first lens, [[and]] a second lens, and a third lens, the first lens
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`concentrating the light emitted from the first light source, [[and]] the second lens concentrating
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`the light emitted from the second light source, and the third lens concentrating the light emitted
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`from the third light source,
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`the band-pass filter includes a first band-p_ass filter and a second band-p_ass filter facing
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`the first lens, the second lens, and the third lens, the first band-p_ass filter is overlapped with both
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`of the first lens and the second lens in a thickness direction of the band-pass filter, the second
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`band-pass filter is overlapped with the third lens in the thickness direction of the band-pass filter,
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`the specific-band light transmitted through the band-pass filter is incident on a lateral
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`surface of the light guide plate.
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`14. (New) The liquid crystal display deVice according to claim 13, wherein
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`the light source further includes a fourth light source,
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`the lens further includes a fourth lens, the fourth lens concentrating the light emitted from
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`the fourth light source, and
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`the first band-pass filter is overlapped with the fourth lens in a thickness direction of the
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`band-pass filter.
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