DETAILED ACTION
The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
Continued Examination Under 37 CFR 1.114
A request for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, including the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e), was filed in this application after final rejection. Since this application is eligible for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, and the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e) has been timely paid, the finality of the previous Office action has been withdrawn pursuant to 37 CFR 1.114. Applicant's submission filed on 12/15/2025 has been entered.
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 1, 3-5, 7-11, 14-15, 18-23 and 27 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.
Claim 1 recites the limitation “wherein the RF signal feed is disposed only within the footprint of the semiconductor chip and not outside of the footprint of the semiconductor chip” in the last two lines of the claim, which lacks the full support of the original disclosure. This limitation is a negative limitation. Any negative limitation or exclusionary proviso must have basis in the original disclosure (MPEP 2173.05(i)). The original specification does not disclose this limitation. Applicant elected Species I of Fig. 3A. Fig. 3A is a cross-sectional view of the device and does not give a complete view of the RF signal feed and the footprint of the semiconductor chip, which generally requires a top-down view of the device. Thus, the limitation lacks the full support of the original disclosure.
Claim 11 recites the limitation “wherein the RF signal feed is disposed only within the footprint of the semiconductor chip and not outside of the footprint of the semiconductor chip” in the last two lines of the claim, which lacks the full support of the original disclosure. This limitation is a negative limitation. Any negative limitation or exclusionary proviso must have basis in the original disclosure (MPEP 2173.05(i)). The original specification does not disclose this limitation. Applicant elected Species I of Fig. 3A. Fig. 3A is a cross-sectional view of the device and does not give a complete view of the RF signal feed and the footprint of the semiconductor chip, which generally requires a top-down view of the device. Thus, the limitation lacks the full support of the original disclosure.
Claims 3-5, 7-10, 14-15, 18-23 and 27 are rejected because they depend on the rejected claims 1 and 11.
Response to Arguments
Applicant’s amendments, filed 12/15/2025, overcome the rejections to claims 1, 3-5, 7-10 and 27 under 35 U.S.C. 112. The rejections to claims 1, 3-5, 7-10 and 27 under 35 U.S.C. 112 have been withdrawn.
Applicant's arguments with respect to claims 1 and 11 have been considered but are moot in view of the new ground(s) of rejection.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. Abdulla teach (US 2016/0197653 A1) passing the signals between the distributed memory integrated circuits using near field electromagnetic technology via loop antennas to eliminate the need for direct electrical contact in providing inter die communication.
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/HSIN YI HSIEH/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2899 2/19/2026