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 .
Election/Restrictions
Applicant’s election without traverse of claims 19-20 in the reply filed on 10/15/2025 is acknowledged.
Information Disclosure Statement
The information disclosure statement (IDS) submitted on 02/06/2023 is being considered by the examiner.
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.
Claims 19-20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Black et al. (US 20200191699 A1).
Regarding claim 19, Black teaches a biosensor apparatus (Fig. 7) comprising: a photodiode array (50)(Figs. 1B and 7 and there is an array of depressions 20, and a photodiode per depression), a substrate (14) atop the photodiode array (Fig. 7), an electrically conductive coating (electrode 16) atop the substrate (Fig. 7 and para. 0049), and an analyte receiving area (depressions 20) atop the electrically conductive coating, the photodiode array having a field of view (the combined detection area of each photodiode)(para. 0148) encompassing the analyte receiving area and extending across the substrate and the electrically conductive coating (Fig. 7 and para. 0005 0150).
Regarding claim 20, Black teaches all of the elements of the current invention as stated above with respect to claim 19. Black further teaches wherein when an electrical voltage is applied across the electrically conductive coating (16), analytes present at the analyte receiving area emit electrochemiluminescence (ECL) light emission across the electrically conductive coating, across the substrate and towards the photodiode array (Interpreted as an intended use. The instant invention does not recite a structure for applying and electrical volage, and analyte is not positively recited. For compact prosecution, paras. 0134 and 0150 teaches an electrical potential is applied to initiate a redox reaction on an ECL label, causing the ECL-label to emit light, which is detected by photodiode 50).
Conclusion
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/M.L.C./Examiner, Art Unit 1758
/MARIS R KESSEL/Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 1758