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 .
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) #1-3 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being unpatentable by Fraivillig (U.S. Pub. No, 2017/0321096, hereinafter referred to as "Fraivillig".
Fraivillig shows, with respect to claim #1, a silicon/metal monatomic baseplate heat sink structure for mounting semiconductors in electronic circuits comprising in combination (paragraph 0040): a top sheet having an upper surface (Fig. #Ex1, item TS1) and an under surface (Fig. #Ex1, item BS1), said top sheet comprising a silicon sheet of a size sufficient to attach to, mount, and support a plurality of electrical circuit semiconductors; and B. a bottom sheet having an upper surface (Fig. #Ex1, item TS2) and an under surface (Fig. #Ex1, item BS2) comprising a metallic sheet, said bottom sheet upper surface adhesively attached, by an ultra-thin robust bond line of thermoplastic polyimide (Fig. #Ex1, item AC1) (TPI) (paragraph 0024), to said top sheet under surface providing a heat sink for said top sheet and any semiconductors mounted thereon (paragraph 0003-0004).
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Fraivillig shows, with respect to claim #2, a structure wherein said bottom sheet is composed of aluminum (paragraph 0003-0004, 0022, 0030).
Fraivillig shows, with respect to claim #3, a structure a plurality of semiconductors are mounted (paragraph 0004-0005) on said top sheet upper surface by a silicon/silicon attachment layer (paragraph 0022, 0060-0061).
EXAMINATION NOTE
The rejections above rely on the references for all the teachings expressed in the text of the references and/or one of ordinary skill in the art would have reasonably understood or implied from the texts of the references. To emphasize certain aspects of the prior art, only specific portions of the texts have been pointed out. Each reference as a whole should be reviewed in responding to the rejection, since other sections of the same reference and/or various combinations of the cited references may be relied on in future rejections in view of amendments.
Conclusion
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/Andre’ Stevenson Sr./
Art Unit 2899
12/24/2025
/Brent A. Fairbanks/ Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 2899