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 Examiner acknowledges and accepts the amendment filed on 04/02/26.
Claims 2-4, 6-10 and 15 are amended;
Claim 1 is canceled;
Claim 16 is newly added; and
Claims 2-16 are currently pending.
Claim Objections
The previous objection to claim 14 has been withdrawn in view of the amendment filed on 04/02/26.
Response to Arguments
Applicant’s arguments with respect to claim 16 have been considered but are moot because the new ground of rejection does not rely on any reference applied in the prior rejection of record for any teaching or matter specifically challenged in the argument.
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)(2) the claimed invention was described in a patent issued under section 151, or in an application for patent published or deemed published under section 122(b), in which the patent or application, as the case may be, names another inventor and was effectively filed before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claim 16 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102a2 as being anticipated by ONO et al. (US PG Pub 2021/0384701 A1, 05/31/23 IDS).
Regarding claim 16, ONO discloses a radiation emitting laser component (209, FIGS. 18-19, [0208]) comprising:
an edge-emitting laser diode (109, FIG. 19, [0208]) configured to generate electromagnetic laser radiation; and
a substrate (a submount 12c, FIG. 19, [0210]) on which the edge-emitting laser diode is arranged (109 is flip-chip bonded to 12c, FIG. 19),
wherein:
the edge-emitting laser diode comprises a contact layer (an electrode film 11, FIG. 18, [0071]),
the edge-emitting laser diode comprises a semiconductor body (a stack structure 500, shown in FIG. 19 and labeled in FIG. 1, [0072]) with a ridge (16, shown in FIG. 19 and labeled in FIG. 1, [0070]),
the ridge of the semiconductor body is embedded in the contact layer (the electrode film 11 completely surrounds the top and side surfaces of the ridge 16, FIG. 1),
the substrate has a substrate bar (a projected portion 40, FIG. 19, [0213]),
the contact layer is mechanically stably connected to the substrate bar by means of a solder layer (14, FIG. 19, [0107] and [0208]),
the ridge of the semiconductor body and the substrate bar face each other (the ridge of 109 is bonded to the projected portion 40 via the solder layer 14 therefore they are facing each other, FIG. 19), and
a width of the substrate bar is smaller than a width of the semiconductor body (a width of the projected portion W1 is smaller than a width of the stack structure W2, see annotated FIG. 19 below).
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Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 2-15 are allowed.
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).
A shortened statutory period for reply to this final action is set to expire THREE MONTHS from the mailing date of this action. In the event a first reply is filed within TWO MONTHS of the mailing date of this final action and the advisory action is not mailed until after the end of the THREE-MONTH shortened statutory period, then the shortened statutory period will expire on the date the advisory action is mailed, and any nonprovisional extension fee (37 CFR 1.17(a)) pursuant to 37 CFR 1.136(a) will be calculated from the mailing date of the advisory action. In no event, however, will the statutory period for reply expire later than SIX MONTHS from the mailing date of this final action.
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
Rudy et al. (US PG Pub 2020/0232618 A1) discloses a contact layer (215, FIG. 4) in direct contact with top and side surfaces of a ridge (211, FIG. 4).
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/YUANDA ZHANG/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2828
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