Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
The following is a quotation of the first paragraph of 35 U.S.C. 112(a):
(a) IN GENERAL.—The specification shall contain a written description of the invention, and of the manner and process of making and using it, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make and use the same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor or joint inventor of carrying out the invention.
The following is a quotation of the first paragraph of pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112:
The specification shall contain a written description of the invention, and of the manner and process of making and using it, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make and use the same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor of carrying out his invention.
Claims 36 and 37 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(a) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), first paragraph, as failing to comply with the written description requirement. The claim(s) contains subject matter which was not described in the specification in such a way as to reasonably convey to one skilled in the relevant art that the inventor or a joint inventor, or for applications subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, the inventor(s), at the time the application was filed, had possession of the claimed invention. The original disclosure does not teach “”a common electrode bridging a first tile structure and a second tile structure of the plurality of tile structures, the common electrode being connected to one terminal of the one or more microdevices of the first tile structure and one terminal of the one or more microdevices of the second tile structure [[.]] span” or “a common electrode bridging each adjacent pair of tile structures of the plurality of tile structures, each common electrode being connected to one terminal of the one or more microdevices of one tile structure of the adjacent pair of tile structures and one terminal of the one or more microdevices of another tile structure of the adjacent pair of tile structures”, and “wherein the tile structures of the plurality of tile structures are stacked on each other such that the microdevices of all of the plurality of tile structures at least partially horizontally overlap and are mounted to and substantially level with the substrate” (claim 21). Applicant points to fig. 23 for support for claims 36 and 37. The features in claim 21, “wherein the tile structures of the plurality of tile structures are stacked on each other such that the microdevices of all of the plurality of tile structures at least partially horizontally overlap and are mounted to and substantially level with the substrate,” are shown only in figs. 19 and 20 and are not shown in fig. 23. Therefore, combining the features from different embodiments renders claims 36 and 37 rejectable under 112(a).
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 21-24,28,29,33,39,40 are allowed.
The following is a statement of reasons for the indication of allowable subject matter: Prior art does not teach
“each of the plurality of tile structures includes at least one alignment mark for aligning the tile structure with an adjacent one of the plurality of tile structures” (claim 21).
Response to Arguments
Applicant's arguments filed March 2, 2026 have been fully considered but they are not persuasive. See rejection above.
Conclusion
Applicant's amendment necessitated the new ground(s) of rejection presented in this Office action. Accordingly, THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. See MPEP § 706.07(a). Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37 CFR 1.136(a).
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/FEIFEI YEUNG LOPEZ/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2899
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