CTFR 17/886,278 CTFR 84655 DETAILED ACTION Notice of AIA Status 07-03-aia AIA 15-10-aia 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 Arguments The Applicant’s remarks with respect to claims #1-22 in the reply filed on 01/01/1111 have been carefully considered, but are moot in view of the new grounds of rejection. The Examiner reminds Applicant that claims 23-25 were withdrawn by the Examiner for reading on non-elected species FIG. 7. Claim Rejections – 35 U.S.C. § 112(a) 07-30-01 The following is a quotation 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. 07-31-01 Claims 1-22 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112(a) or pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. § 112, 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 pre-AIA the inventor(s), at the time the application was filed, had possession of the claimed invention. As to claims 1, 13, and 20, the limitation “a via in the glass of the substrate” (emphasis added) comprises new matter. The Examiner notes that Applicant’s specification/claims do not limit the substrate material to only glass, due to the open ended scope of ‘comprising’. See published specification, ¶ [0018]. Nor do Applicant’s specification/claims recite a through-glass-via (TGV) structure. Therefore, the substrate material may include other materials besides glass and the via is not necessarily formed “in the glass” of the substrate. No Prior Art Applied The Examiner was unable to find prior art applicable to the claims as presently written. As to claim 1, Lee et al. (U.S. Patent Publication No. 2022/0367365 A1), hereafter “Lee”, teaches a substrate 135, wherein the substrate comprises glass; a capacitor 1110, wherein the capacitor comprises a first conductive layer 1110a, a dielectric layer 1110c over the first conductive layer, and a second conductive layer 1110b over the dielectric layer; and a via 131 in the glass of the substrate, the via coupled to the first conductive layer of the capacitor. Lee teaches the via 131 is a through glass via or TGV so it is necessarily formed in the glass of the substrate. Lee however does not teach inter alia a pillar over the substrate and a capacitor over the pillar. Similar reasoning for Lee applies to claims 13 and 20. Conclusion 07-40 AIA 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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