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`15/052,224
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`02/24/2016
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`Takahiro NAGAMI
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`TYPHA IP LLC
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`Washington, DC 20036
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`NGUYEN, HOAN C
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`ART UNIT
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`2871
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`MAIL DATE
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`07/13/2017
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`PAPER NUIVIBER
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`PTOL—90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`Applicant(s)
`Application No.
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`Office Action Summary
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`Disposition of Claims*
`5)|XI CIaim(s)1-_17is/are pending in the application.
`5a) Of the above claim(s) 8-_17is/are withdrawn from consideration.
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`Application/Control Number: 15/052,224
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`Art Unit: 2871
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`The present application is being examined under the pre-AIA first to invent provisions.
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`Response to Arguments
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`Applicant's request for reconsideration of the finality of the rejection of the last Office
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`action is persuasive and, therefore, the finality of that action is withdrawn. Applicant’s
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`arguments, see Response, filed 06/20/2017, with respect to the rejection(s) of claim(s)
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`1-7 under 112-rejection have been fully considered and are persuasive. Therefore, the
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`rejection has been withdrawn.
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`This instant application is continuation of 12/637856 filed on 12/15/2019 having the
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`foreign priority in Japan filed on 12/15/2008.
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`Applicant’s election without traverse of Species 1, claims 1-7 in the reply filed on
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`01/04/2017 is acknowledged. Claims 8-17 are withdrawn.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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`The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of pre-AIA 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 —
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`(b) the invention was patented or described in a printed publication in this or a foreign country
`or in public use or on sale in this country, more than one year prior to the date of application
`for patent in the United States.
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`1.
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`Claims 1-7 are rejected under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(b) as being anticipated by
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`Yamazaki et al. (US 20030222575).
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`Yamazaki et al. disclose a display device comprising:
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`a first substrate,
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`an organic film [numeral 5 designates an inter/ayer insulating film comprising an
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`organic insulating material [0077]] over the first substrate,
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`an inorganic film [numeral 6 designates an inter/ayer insulating material
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`comprising an inorganic insulating film material [0077]] on the organic film 5,
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`a second substrate 18 opposed to the first substrate, and
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`a seal material [seal member 19a] between the first substrate and the second
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`substrate,
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`wherein
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`the organic film 5 having a first part and a second part (see Fig. 1A above),
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`the first part is separated from the second part (see Fig. 1A above),
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`the inorganic film 6 covers the first part and the second part (see Fig. 1A above).
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`Claim 2:
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`first spacers 19b (see Fig. 1A above) between the first substrate and the second
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`substrate, wherein the first part facing the first spacers, wherein a part of the first
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`part are overlapped with the seal material, wherein the first spacers are in
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`contact with the seal material.
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`Claim 3:
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`the first substrate having a first electrode [numeral 4 designates a source
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`electrode or a drain electrode] and a second electrode [first electrode 7 or other
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`wiring 10],
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`the first electrode and the second electrode are between the organic film 5 and
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`the second substrate 18.
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`Claim 4:
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`the organic film 6 having a third part, wherein (see Fig. 1A above)
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`the third part is between the first part and the second part, and is
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`separated from the first part and the second part,
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`the seal material is between the first part and the third part.
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`Claim 5:
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`second spacers 19b (see Fig. 1A above) are between the first substrate and the
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`second substrate, wherein the third part is facing the second spacers.
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`Claim 6:
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`a part of the first part and a part of the third part are overlapped with the seal
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`material (in between first and second spacers), wherein the first spacers and the
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`second spacers are in contact with the seal material (between them).
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`Claim 7:
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`the first part is closer to an end of the first substrate and an end of the second
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`substrate than the second part and the third part.
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`Conclusion
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