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Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that form the basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
A person shall be entitled to a patent unless –
(a)(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use, on sale, or otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claim(s) 1, 3, 20, and 21 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Fukasawa (US Pub. 2018/0184518).
Regarding independent claim 1, Fukasawa teaches a semiconductor device (Fig. 2b; para. 0071+), comprising:
a semiconductor chip (200) having a first bottom surface having a first area and a first side surface (Fig. 2B); and
an electrode (100) provided below the semiconductor chip, the electrode containing an electrically conductive material (metal) (para. 0072), and the electrode having
a first portion having a second top surface, a second bottom surface provided on an opposite side of the second top surface, and a second side surface, and wherein the second top surface is in contact (via connection terminals 210 and pads P2) with the first bottom surface (Fig. 2B),
a second portion connected to an end of the first portion, the second portion being provided diagonally downward with respect to the semiconductor chip, the second portion being protruded downward with respect to the second bottom surface first portion, and the second portion having a third top surface (Fig. 2B), and
a sum of a second area of the second top surface and a third area of the third top surface being larger than the first area of the first bottom surface (Fig. 2B).
Re claim 3, Fukasawa teaches an adhesive (300) in contact with the first side surface, the second side surface, and the third top surface (para. 0077).
Re claim 20, Fukasawa teaches wherein the second portion protrudes from the first side surface and the second side surface in a direction that is parallel to the first bottom surface (Fig. 2B).
Re claim 21, Fukasawa teaches wherein the second bottom surface extends in a direction parallel to the first bottom surface (Fig. 2B).
Response to Arguments
Applicant’s arguments with respect to claim(s) 1, 3, 20, and 21 have been considered but are moot because the new ground of rejection does not rely on any reference applied in the prior rejection of record for any teaching or matter specifically challenged in the argument.
Conclusion
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/MOLLY K REIDA/Examiner, Art Unit 2899
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