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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 elliptical shape, rounded curve shape of claims 4, 12, quadrangular shape, pentagonal shape, other polygonal shapes of claims 5, 13 must be shown or the feature(s) canceled from the claim(s). No new matter should be entered.
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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(s) 1-14 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Moran et al (US 2011/0310037).
Re claim 1, Moran et al disclose an electromagnetic wave shielding sheet [0045] comprising:
a transparent sheet (130) through which light passes; and
a conductive metal pattern (140) defined by a line on the transparent sheet (Fig 2)[0041], wherein the conductive metal pattern includes a first row, a second row, ..., and an Nth row (at least two overlaid electrically conductive mesh micropatterns) (abstract) in which identically-shaped figures are disposed to partially overlap in rows (Fig 33).
Re claim 2, wherein the first row, the second row, ..., and the Nth row are disposed to partially overlap in columns (Fig 33).
Re claim 3, wherein the transparent sheet is made of glass [0037].
Re claim 4, wherein a shape of the conductive metal pattern is one of a complete circular shape [0085], [0086], an elliptical shape [0086], and a rounded curve shape.
Re claim 5, wherein a shape of the conductive metal pattern is one of a triangular shape, a quadrangular shape, a pentagonal shape, a hexagonal shape [0049], and other polygonal shapes.
Re claim 6, wherein a size of the conductive metal pattern ranges from 0.1 mm to 3 mm [0027].
Re claim 7, wherein a thickness of the line defining the conductive metal pattern is 10 µm or less [0091].
Re claim 8, wherein a thickness of the conductive metal pattern ranges from 100 nm to 10 µm [0091].
Re claim 9, further comprising an anti- reflective layer (overlayer) [0090] coated on at least a surface of the transparent sheet on which the conductive metal pattern is formed.
Re claim 10, Moran et al disclose a method of manufacturing an electromagnetic wave shielding sheet [0045], comprising:
depositing a conductive metal material on a transparent sheet material (130) (Fig 2) [0041];
defining a pattern (140) on the deposited conductive metal material; and
forming the defined conductive metal pattern, wherein the conductive metal pattern includes a first row, a second row, ..., and an Nth row (at least two overlaid electrically conductive mesh micropatterns) (abstract) in which identically-shaped figures are disposed to partially overlap in rows (Fig 33).
Re claim 11, wherein the first row, the second row, ..., and the Nth row are disposed to partially overlap in columns (Fig 33).
Re claim 12, wherein a shape of the conductive metal pattern is one of a complete circular shape [0085], [0086], an elliptical shape [0086], and a rounded curve shape.
Re claim 13, wherein a shape of the conductive metal pattern is one of a triangular shape, a quadrangular shape, a pentagonal shape, a hexagonal shape [0049], and other polygonal shapes.
Re claim 14, further comprising depositing an anti-reflective layer (overlayer) [0090] on at least a surface on which the conductive metal pattern is formed.
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/HUNG V NGO/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2841
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