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 .
Claim Objections
Claim 22 is objected to because of the following informalities:
Regarding claim 22 depended on claim 5 comprises the same limitations of claim 7 depended of claim 5; therefore, claim 22 is double limitations as in claim 7. Please, revise.
Appropriate correction is required.
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)(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. 102a(1) as being anticipated by
Hou et al. (U.S. Patent 10,082,665) hereafter Hou.
As to claim 21, Hou discloses a pressure-exerting device, as shown in figures 1-15
comprising:
a first pressure-exerting unit (1-3) adapted to press an electronic element (chip-10) on a circuit board (4), including:
a pressure-exerting member (3) defining a central opening (34) sized to at least partially surround the electronic element (10); and
a pressing elastic sheet (32) arranged at an edge of the central opening (34) of
the pressure-exerting member (3) and adapted to press the electronic element (10), and
a second pressing unit (6) adapted to press the electronic element (10) and including a pressing plate (figures 12-13) in contact with the pressing elastic sheet (32) and adapted exert a pressure to the electronic element (10) through the pressing elastic sheet (32).
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1, 3-19, and 22 are allowed.
The following is an examiner’s statement of reasons for allowance:
In response to remarks and claimed amendments made in Applicant’s Amendment filed on 12/22/25, applicant’s arguments are persuasive. Amended claims have been considered and upon conclusion of a comprehensive search of the prior arts. The Office indicates that the claim, as amended, are allowable.
Any comments considered necessary by applicant must be submitted no later than the payment of the issue fee and, to avoid processing delays, should preferably accompany the issue fee. Such submissions should be clearly labeled “Comments on Statement of Reasons for Allowance.”
Claim 22 would be allowable if rewritten to overcome the rejection(s) of Claim Objections, set forth in this Office action and to include all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
Applicant's amendment necessitated the new ground(s) of rejection presented in this Office action. Accordingly, THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. See MPEP § 706.07(a). Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37 CFR 1.136(a).
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/TUAN T DINH/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2848