DETAILED ACTION
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 .
Response to Amendment
The amendment filed on 1/20/2026 was accepted and entered. Accordingly, claim(s) 1 and 3 has/have been amended. Claim 8 is labeled as “amended,” but does not include any indications of changes. The Examiner is viewing the label of claim 8 to be a typographical error. If changes have been made, the Examiner recommends Applicant to properly denote such changed. Claim(s) 2 and 4 has/have been cancelled. No claim(s) has/have been newly added. Thus, claims 1, 3, and 5-13 are currently pending in this application. Changes have been made to the drawings.
In view of the amendment, the previous objection(s) to the drawings has/have been withdrawn.
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 1, 3, and 5-13 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.
The claims are replete with errors. The claims should be revised carefully to correct the numerous errors. Examples of some unclear, inexact, or verbose limitations in the claims are:
Claim 1, line 16-17, recites “the primary source being moved outside of an emission zone of the emission face.” What would constitute an “emission zone” has not been properly defined. Therefore, it is unclear the parameters of where the primary source must be located.
Due to the run-on structure of claim 1, lines 19-22, it is unclear how elements are being limited.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
Bernasconi et al. (US 8,515,217) discloses a emitting photonic device (Abstract).
Liu et al. (2020/0013699) discloses a stacked electronic-photonic circuit (Abstract).
The claims are not rejected under 35 USC 102 nor 103, but have been rejected under 35 USC 112b, as further explained above.
THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37 CFR 1.136(a).
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/CAROLYN FIN/Examiner, Art Unit 2884
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