Prior art — US Patent 9250758

To identify the most relevant prior art for US patent 9250758, I will examine the patent citations listed within the patent document itself. The patent references 46 "Patent Citations" and 17 "Family Cites Families". "Prior art" generally refers to information publicly known before the effective filing date of a U.S. patent application. This can include earlier patents, published patent applications, and other forms of publication.

The following are the patent citations directly listed as "Cited by examiner" within US9250758, along with their details and potential anticipation. The "Cited by examiner" patents are generally considered more relevant during patent prosecution as they were deemed pertinent by the patent examiner.

Most Relevant Prior Art for US9250758 (Cited by Examiner):

US20020036610A1
- Full Citation: US20020036610A1, "Method of driving electro-optical apparatus, drive circuit for electro-optical apparatus, electro-optical apparatus, and electronic apparatus"
- Publication Date: March 28, 2002
- Filing Date: September 8, 2000
- Brief Description: This patent application describes a method for driving an electro-optical apparatus, such as a liquid crystal display, and includes a drive circuit and the apparatus itself. It also covers an electronic apparatus incorporating such a display.
- Potential Anticipation (35 U.S.C. § 102): This reference potentially anticipates aspects of the display panel and its driving mechanism mentioned in US9250758, particularly where US9250758 discusses the display panel being a liquid crystal display.
US20020175888A1
- Full Citation: US20020175888A1, "Electrooptical apparatus, method of producing the same and electronic apparatus"
- Publication Date: November 28, 2002
- Filing Date: January 30, 1998
- Brief Description: This patent application details an electro-optical apparatus, its manufacturing method, and an electronic apparatus. It may cover general aspects of display construction and manufacturing.
- Potential Anticipation (35 U.S.C. § 102): This could potentially anticipate general structural elements or manufacturing methods of display devices.
US20060033016A1
- Full Citation: US20060033016A1, "Touch panel"
- Publication Date: February 16, 2006
- Filing Date: August 5, 2004
- Brief Description: This patent application describes a touch panel. Given the title, it likely covers various aspects of touch panel construction and operation.
- Potential Anticipation (35 U.S.C. § 102): This is highly relevant as it describes a touch panel itself. Depending on the specifics of its claims, it could anticipate the fundamental structure of the touch panel, including substrates, electrodes, and their arrangement, as described in Claim 1 of US9250758.
US20070120471A1
- Full Citation: US20070120471A1, "Display device and method for fabricating the same"
- Publication Date: May 31, 2007
- Filing Date: November 14, 2003
- Brief Description: This patent application discloses a display device and a method for fabricating it. This could encompass the integration of display components.
- Potential Anticipation (35 U.S.C. § 102): This could anticipate the overall structure of a display device with a touch panel or methods for assembling such devices, particularly elements of Claim 1 related to the arrangement of the display panel and touch panel.
US20070176868A1
- Full Citation: US20070176868A1, "Display device, liquid crystal display, and method thereof"
- Publication Date: August 2, 2007
- Filing Date: January 27, 2006
- Brief Description: This patent application describes a display device, specifically a liquid crystal display, and its method of operation.
- Potential Anticipation (35 U.S.C. § 102): Similar to US20020036610A1, this could anticipate aspects of the liquid crystal display panel described in US9250758, particularly in relation to claim 2 where the display panel is a liquid crystal display panel.
US20080079856A1
- Full Citation: US20080079856A1, "Liquid-crystal device, method for driving liquid-crystal device, projector, and electronic apparatus"
- Publication Date: April 3, 2008
- Filing Date: September 26, 2006
- Brief Description: This patent application focuses on liquid crystal devices, their driving methods, and applications in projectors and other electronic apparatuses.
- Potential Anticipation (35 U.S.C. § 102): This could anticipate details of the liquid crystal display panel and its operation, as relevant to claim 2 of US9250758.
US20080122804A1
- Full Citation: US20080122804A1, "Image display unit with screen input function"
- Publication Date: May 29, 2008
- Filing Date: November 27, 2006
- Brief Description: This patent application describes an image display unit that incorporates a screen input function, indicating a display with touch capabilities.
- Potential Anticipation (35 U.S.C. § 102): This is highly relevant as it describes a display device with an input function, potentially anticipating the combination of a display panel and a touch panel as in Claim 1 of US9250758.
US20080136788A1
- Full Citation: US20080136788A1, "Touch Panel Unit"
- Publication Date: June 12, 2008
- Filing Date: March 8, 2005
- Brief Description: This patent application is directed to a touch panel unit.
- Potential Anticipation (35 U.S.C. § 102): This could anticipate structural aspects of the touch panel itself, as laid out in Claim 1 of US9250758.
US20080266273A1
- Full Citation: US20080266273A1, "Interactive display system"
- Publication Date: October 30, 2008
- Filing Date: April 24, 2007
- Brief Description: This patent application describes an interactive display system, which would likely include touch input functionality.
- Potential Anticipation (35 U.S.C. § 102): This could anticipate the combination of a display and touch panel, as well as the interactive aspects, relevant to the overall device of Claim 1.
US20090079464A1
- Full Citation: US20090079464A1, "Electro-optical device and electronic apparatus"
- Publication Date: March 26, 2009
- Filing Date: September 25, 2007
- Brief Description: This patent application describes an electro-optical device and an electronic apparatus.
- Potential Anticipation (35 U.S.C. § 102): This could anticipate general aspects of display devices or electronic devices that include them.
US20090096764A1
- Full Citation: US20090096764A1, "Touch screen display device and method for controlling the same"
- Publication Date: April 16, 2009
- Filing Date: October 15, 2007
- Brief Description: This patent application directly addresses a touch screen display device and its control method.
- Potential Anticipation (35 U.S.C. § 102): This is highly relevant as it describes a touch screen display device and could anticipate many features of Claim 1 of US9250758.
US20100060593A1
- Full Citation: US20100060593A1, "Phase compensation for multi-stimulus controller"
- Publication Date: March 11, 2010
- Filing Date: September 10, 2008
- Brief Description: This patent application describes phase compensation for a multi-stimulus controller, potentially related to touch panel signal processing.
- Potential Anticipation (35 U.S.C. § 102): While not directly about the physical structure, it could anticipate methods of control or signal processing within a touch panel system, which could be an implicit part of "detect[ing] a coordinate" in Claim 1.
US20100097344A1
- Full Citation: US20100097344A1, "Electronic apparatus with a capacitive touch sensor"
- Publication Date: April 22, 2010
- Filing Date: October 16, 2008
- Brief Description: This patent application describes an electronic apparatus featuring a capacitive touch sensor. While US9250758 primarily discusses a resistive film type, the general concept of an electronic apparatus with a touch sensor is relevant.
- Potential Anticipation (35 U.S.C. § 102): This could anticipate the broad combination of an electronic apparatus and a touch sensor, particularly the resistive-film type touch panel in Claim 8, or other elements of a display device with touch capabilities.
US20100214266A1
- Full Citation: US20100214266A1, "Organic electroluminescence device having input function and electronic apparatus"
- Publication Date: August 26, 2010
- Filing Date: March 2, 2007
- Brief Description: This patent application describes an organic electroluminescence (EL) device that includes an input function, and an electronic apparatus utilizing it. This is highly relevant to the organic emitting display panel in Claim 1.
- Potential Anticipation (35 U.S.C. § 102): This directly addresses an organic electroluminescence device with an input function, strongly anticipating the "organic emitting display panel under the touch panel" in Claim 1 of US9250758.
US7850338B1
- Full Citation: US7850338B1, "Methods for directing light"
- Publication Date: December 14, 2010
- Filing Date: September 25, 2006
- Brief Description: This patent describes methods for directing light.
- Potential Anticipation (35 U.S.C. § 102): While general, this might be relevant to the optical properties of the display device, including the polarizing plate.
US7868957B2
- Full Citation: US7868957B2, "Thin film transistor, display device and liquid crystal display device and method for manufacturing the same"
- Publication Date: January 11, 2011
- Filing Date: December 2, 2003
- Brief Description: This patent focuses on thin film transistors, display devices, liquid crystal display devices, and their manufacturing methods.
- Potential Anticipation (35 U.S.C. § 102): This could anticipate components and manufacturing methods related to the display panel, particularly liquid crystal display aspects in Claim 2.

The "Prior art keywords" provided in the patent document itself also indicate the focus areas: "touch panel", "lines", "display device", "substrate", and "polarizing plate". These keywords align with the types of prior art identified above.