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 .
In response to an Office action mailed on 10/02/2025 (“10/02/2025 OA”), the Applicant amended claims 19-25 in a reply filed on 12/29/2025.
Claims 1-18 are withdrawn.
Currently, claims 19-25 are examined as below.
Response to Arguments
Applicant’s amendments to claims 19-25 have overcome only parts of the 112(b) rejections as set forth under line item 1 in the 10/02/2025 OA.
Applicant’s amendments to independent claim 19 have overcome the prior-art rejections as set forth under line item numbers 2-3 in the 10/02/2025 OA.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112(b):
(b) CONCLUSION.—The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor regards as the invention.
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph:
The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the applicant regards as his invention.
Claims 19-25 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor (or for applications subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, the applicant), regards as the invention.
Independent claim 19 is indefinite, because:
(1) The abbreviation “µLED” in line 1 has not been clearly defined in the claim. It is unclear what is necessarily required by the abbreviation “µLED.” The limitation should be amended to “micro light emitting diode (µLED)” to overcome the 112(b) rejection.
(2) The limitation “the µLED light-emitting and display device” in lines 1-2 is not mentioned before. There is insufficient antecedent basis. The examiner suggests to amend the limitation to “a micro light emitting diode (µLED) light-emitting and display device.”
Note the dependent claims 20-25 necessarily inherit the indefiniteness of the claims on which they depend.
EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT
An examiner’s amendment to the record appears below. Should the changes and/or additions be unacceptable to applicant, an amendment may be filed as provided by 37 CFR 1.312. To ensure consideration of such an amendment, it MUST be submitted no later than the payment of the issue fee.
Authorization for this examiner’s amendment was given in an interview with Attorney of Record, Jose Cherson Weissbrot on 01/22/2026.
The application has been amended as follows:
Claims 1-18 have been canceled.
Claims 1-18. (Canceled)
Allowable Subject Matter
The following is an examiner’s statement of reasons for allowance:
Claims 19-25 would be allowable.
Independent claim 19 would be allowable, because the prior art of record, singularly or in combination, fails to disclose or suggest, in combination with the other claimed elements in claim 19, in Step 3, realizing non-electrical contact between the µLED chip and a corresponding sub-pixel lower electrode through an insulation layer preparation process by disposing red, green and blue µLED chips on a surface of a lower electrode of the sub-pixel having three primary colorssand blue correspondingly and respectively; and in Step 4, realizing non-electrical contact between the µLED chip and a corresponding sub-pixel upper electrode through the insulation layer preparation process by disposing a pixel upper electrode and an electrical connection line thereof on the surface of the substrate provided with red, green and blue µLED chips, so as to obtain the µLED light-emitting and display device without electrical contact, external carrier injection and mass transfer.
Claims 20-25 would be allowed, because they depend from the allowed claim 19.
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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/M.L./Examiner, Art Unit 2817
/RATISHA MEHTA/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2817