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
In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the statutory basis (i.e., changing from AIA to pre-AIA ) for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status.
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)(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use, on sale, or otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claim(s) 21 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Kani (US 20230055647).
Regarding claim 21, Kani discloses a component carrier having a stack (the structure may be folding into a stack) comprising at least one electrically insulating layer structure and/or at least one electrically conductive layer structure, the stack comprising:
a central rigid portion (system-on-packer SiP, 125);
a first flexible portion (the flexible circuit 140), extending from a first side of the central rigid portion; and
a second flexible portion (the module routing substrate 220), extending from a second side of the central rigid portion;
wherein the first flexible portion extends from a first vertical level (the level of 140 extending from 125) from the central rigid portion that is different from a second vertical level (the level 220 extending from 125) from which the second flexible portion extends from the central rigid portion;
wherein a first opening and/or a second opening comprises a metal residue at the bottom part (when the structure is folded together into a stack, there are opening on the stack with the metal parts such as the terminal of components such as components 215 and 225).
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1 – 14, 17 – 20 are allowed.
Reasons for Allowance
The following is an examiner’s statement of reasons for allowance:
Regarding claim 1, the prior art of record, taken alone or in combination, fails to teach or fairly suggest, in combining with other limitations recited in claim 1, a combination of limitations that the first flexible portion and/or the second flexible portion comprises at least one flexible layer structure, and wherein the flexible layer structure comprises a flexible solder resist layer structure. None of the reference art of record discloses or renders obvious such a combination.
Regarding claim 19, the prior art of record, taken alone or in combination, fails to teach or fairly suggest, in combining with other limitations recited in claim 19, a combination of limitations that the first flexible portion and/or the second flexible portion comprises at least one flexible layer structure, and wherein the flexible layer structure comprises a flexible solder resist layer structure. None of the reference art of record discloses or renders obvious such a combination.
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Conclusion
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/BINH B TRAN/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2848