NON-FINA L REJECTION Acknowledgements 1. Claims 1-20 were presented for examination on Aug. 7 , 2023. Claim 1 is independent. 2. The instant application is the national stage entry of PCT/JP2022/001682 filed Jan. 19, 2022 . 3. The presumed effective filing date of the instant application is Jan. 19 , 2022 , which is the filing date of PCT/JP2022/001682 . Drawings 4. The drawings are objected to under 37 CFR 1.83(a). The drawings must show every feature of the invention specified in the claims. The drawings must show “ a 1 st constituent portion , ” “ a 2 nd constituent portion ,” “ region ,” or the features canceled from the claims. 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 5 . Claims 1-20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor, regards as the invention. Specifically, the limitation “ a 2 nd confinement portion that confines at least light of a current or light is provided in at least one of the 1 st or 2 nd constituent portion ” in claim 1 is indefinite because it is unclear whether current/light of the 1 st constituent portion or alternatively, the current/light of a 2 nd constituent portion is provided in the 2 nd confinement portion. Also, the metes and bounds of the claim terms “ 1 st constituent portion ” and “ 2 nd constituent portion ” can not be ascertained because the specification merely describes th ese portions as merely comprising 1 st and 2 nd constituent layers, respectively. Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102 6 . As best understood, c laims 1-20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102 (a)(2) as being anticipated by US 2003/0235226 to Ueki published Dec. 25, 2003 (“Ueki”). The prior art Ueki is presented below in juxtaposition to embodiment #1 of the instant claimed invention. Ueki discloses the following: A SEL , comprising: a 1 st structure (#1, #2) including a 1 st multilayer film reflector (#2) ; a 2 nd structure (#5, #6, #7) including a 2 nd multilayer film reflector (#5) ; and a resonator (between #2 and #5) disposed between the 1 st and 2 nd structures and including an active layer (#3) , wherein a joint portion (#4b) exists in at least one of inside the 1 st structure , inside the 2 nd structure , inside the resonator, between the resonator and the 1 st structure , or between the resonator and the 2 nd structure , and a 1 st confinement portion (#4) that confines a current is provided in at least one of a 1 st constituent portion (side on left of #4a) on one side or a 2 nd constituent portion (side on right of #4a) on another side of the joint portion, and a 2 nd confinement (#4b) portion that confines at least light of a current or light is provided in at least one of the 1 st or 2 nd constituent portion. Because the claim terms “ 1 st constituent portion ” and “ 2 nd constituent portion ” are insolubly ambiguous claims 2-20 cannot be examined over the prior art. Allowable Subject Matter 7. While claims 1- 2 0 are rejected under §112(b) as indefinite, these claims appear to have allowable subject matter. Specifically, the spatial relationship between the C1 and C2 of the figure 1 of the instant claims, which appear to be the antecedent bases of the 1 st /2 nd constituent portions, respectively, appear to distinguish claims 1-20 from the prior art Ueki. Conclusion 8. Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the examiner should be directed to FILLIN "Examiner name" \* MERGEFORMAT DEANDRA M HUGHES whose telephone number is FILLIN "Phone number" \* MERGEFORMAT (571)272-6982 . The examiner can normally be reached FILLIN "Work Schedule?" \* MERGEFORMAT Generally M-Th 8AM-6PM . 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