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 .
DETAILED ACTION
Response to Amendment
Applicants' submission of replacement drawing, filed on 02/13/2026, is acknowledged. Applicant’ amendment of the claims, filed on 02/13/2026, in response to the rejection of claims 1-12 from the non-final office action, mailed on 12/02/2025, by amending claims 1, 4-6, 8-12; canceling claim 3; and adding new claims 13-20, is acknowledged and will be addressed below.
Claim Objections
Claim(s) is/are objected to because of the following informalities:
(1) Claim 10 recites same limitation, thus for the purpose of simple form of the limitation, the “wherein the evaporation mesh film covers the first surface, and each of the two sides of the evaporation mesh film in the length direction of the evaporation mesh film is arranged in contact…” of Claim 12 would have a better form if amended to be:
“wherein each of the two sides of the evaporation mesh film is arranged in contact…”.
Appropriate correction is required.
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 1-2 and 4-20 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.
(1) The “the bonding portion comprising a bonding surface closer to the second surface than the supporting surface in a first direction from the first surface to the second surface” of Claims 1 and 10 is a new matter, because the applicants’ disclosures fail to provide details to present a difference between a distance from the bonding surface to the supporting surface and a distance from the bonding surface to the second surface. The examiner does not find a proper support from the applicants’ disclosures; thus, it is a new matter.
The text of those sections of Title 35, U.S. Code not included in this action can be found in a prior Office action.
Claims 1-2 and 4-20 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.
(1) Continued from 112 1st paragraph, because the feature is a new matter, the metes and bounds of the “the bonding portion comprising a bonding surface closer to the second surface than the supporting surface in a first direction from the first surface to the second surface” of Claims 1 and 10 cannot be clearly determined, thus the feature is indefinite.
For the purpose of examination, it will be examined inclusive of:
“the bonding portion comprising a bonding surface, the bonding portion extending from the bonding surface to the second surface in a first direction from the first surface to the second surface”.
(2) The “that of the supporting portion” of Claims 2 and 13 is not clear, because of the “that”. The Office does not recommend a form of pronoun.
For the purpose of examination, it will be examined inclusive of “the thickness of the supporting portion”.
Response to Arguments
Applicants' arguments filed on 02/13/2026 have been fully considered but they are not convincing in light of the new ground of rejection above.
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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/AIDEN LEE/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 1718