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 .
Drawings
The drawings are objected to under 37 CFR 1.83(a). The drawings must show every feature of the invention specified in the claims. Therefore, the wireless charging component (claim 6), the push switch (claim 4) and the light emitting label in general having the shape of a trapezoidal curved surface (claim 14) must be shown or the feature(s) canceled from the claim(s). No new matter should be entered.
Corrected drawing sheets in compliance with 37 CFR 1.121(d) are required in reply to the Office action to avoid abandonment of the application. Any amended replacement drawing sheet should include all of the figures appearing on the immediate prior version of the sheet, even if only one figure is being amended. The figure or figure number of an amended drawing should not be labeled as “amended.” If a drawing figure is to be canceled, the appropriate figure must be removed from the replacement sheet, and where necessary, the remaining figures must be renumbered and appropriate changes made to the brief description of the several views of the drawings for consistency. Additional replacement sheets may be necessary to show the renumbering of the remaining figures. Each drawing sheet submitted after the filing date of an application must be labeled in the top margin as either “Replacement Sheet” or “New Sheet” pursuant to 37 CFR 1.121(d). If the changes are not accepted by the examiner, the applicant will be notified and informed of any required corrective action in the next Office action. The objection to the drawings will not be held in abeyance.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
(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 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 1-14 and 16 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.
Regarding claim 1, the phrase “the sealing face” (lines 2-3) lacks antecedent basis.
Regarding claim 4, the phrase “the center row” (line 3) lacks antecedent basis.
Regarding claim 9, the phrase “the size of a plurality of dots portions” lacks antecedent basis.
Regarding claim 9, it is unclear if the “light-emitting diodes” is the same as the plurality of light-emitting didoes recited in claim 1.
Regarding claim 10, it is unclear if the “light-emitting diodes” (lines 7-8) is the same as the plurality of light-emitting didoes recited in claim 1.
Regarding claim 11, the phrase “the vertical and horizontal distances between the centers of any two closest dots” lacks antecedent basis.
Regarding claim 12, the phrase “the surface area ratio” lacks antecedent basis.
Regarding claim 13, the phrase “the shape of a curved surface” lacks antecedent basis.
Regarding claim 16, it is unclear if the “one or more light-emitting labels” is the same as the light-emitting labels recited in claim 1. The examiner suggest the following phrase “one or more of the light-emitting label”.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claim 15 is allowed.
Claims 1-14 and 16 would be allowable if rewritten or amended to overcome the rejection(s) under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), 2nd paragraph, set forth in this Office action.
Regarding claim 1 and 14, the prior art of record does not teach or suggest the claimed the combination of the claimed limitations. The prior art does not teach a light-emitting label comprising in combination a back plate; at least one battery; a light guide plate comprising a front light guide surface and a rear light guide surface opposite to the front light guide surface; a flexible printed circuit comprising an electrically-conductive surface juxtaposed to the front light guide surface and having a plurality of light-emitting diodes; a pattern layer fixing the flexible printed circuit onto the front light guide surface, wherein the back plate seals the at least one battery onto the rear light guide surface; the light guide plate further having a receiving portion shaped and sized to receive the flexible printed circuit, and the plurality of light-emitting diodes extend into the receiving portion; and the light guide plate further comprises a slot for allowing the flexible printed circuit to be electrically connected to the at least one battery.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
CN 207977073 to Li teaches a luminous wine label comprising a main body (1), a LED lamp (2) is installed on the main body (1), a switch (3), battery (4), the LED lamp (2) connected with the battery (4) through the switch (3), said body (1) comprises adhesive (5) in turn from inside to outside, a PCB layer (6), a reflecting sheet (7), light guide plate layer (8), pattern layer (PET layer 9). Li does not teach a back plate sealing at least one battery onto the light guide; the light guide plate having a receiving portion shaped and sized to receive the flexible printed circuit (PCB), the plurality of light-emitting diodes extend into the receiving portion; and the light guide plate further comprises a slot for allowing the flexible printed circuit to be electrically connected to the at least one battery.
CN 210865362 to Wand teaches a luminescent label comprising: a back plate (gum 1) having a sealing (front) surface and a target attachment (back) surface opposite to the sealing face; at least one battery (2); a light guide plate comprising a front light guide surface and a rear light guide surface opposite to the front light guide surface; a flexible printed circuit (3) comprising comprising a light-emitting diodes (side emitting LED, now shown); a pattern layer (label 5) and the back plate sealing the at least one battery onto the rear light guide surface.
Wand teaches the flexible printed circuit attached to the rear of the light guide and not the front of the light guide as claimed.
Wand does not teach the pattern layer fixing the flexible printed circuit onto the front light guide surface. Wand does not teach the light guide plate comprising a receiving portion shaped and sized to receive the flexible printed circuit or a slot for allowing the flexible printed circuit to be electrically connected to the at least one battery.
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/CASSANDRA DAVIS/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3631