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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 .
Specification
The title of the invention is not descriptive. A new title is required that is clearly indicative of the invention to which the claims are directed.
The abstract should be updated to reflect method invention.
The lengthy specification has not been checked to the extent necessary to determine the presence of all possible minor errors. Applicant’s cooperation is requested in correcting any errors of which applicant may become aware in the specification.
Claim Objections
Claims 1-8 are objected to because of the following informalities:
The preamble is objected to because of the following:
“A method of mitigating fiber weave effect, comprising:” (claim 1, line 1) should be more specific, the use of: --"“A method of mitigating fiber weave effect in a Printed Circuit Board (PCB), the method comprising steps of:” --.
In the body of the claims each step should be in line or as same space as the first “two limitations” (see below) for claim 1 as well as claims 6, 8, 10, respectively.
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It is unclear as to what being referring to as “obtaining” (claim 1, in line 2 and 5) appear to be missing step of “identifying PCB design image from a source of PCB design” should be inserted prior to step of “obtaining” (claim 1, line 2) for better understanding since it is not known as to where the laminate sheet is coming from.
The phrase:” obtaining a cut laminate sheet from the laminate sheet, the laminate sheet including a first side and a second side opposite to the first side, the obtaining including:” (claim 1, lines 5-6) appear to be awkwardly worded and should be deleted.
The phrase: “forming the PCB on the cut laminate sheet based on the rotation of the cut laminate sheet with respect to the PCB design image and the alignment between the cut laminate sheet and the PCB design image” (claim 1, lines 24-26) is not understood since it is not known as to how the alignment of the PCB design image with the laminate cut sheet would result or obtained “the PCB”. Please be more specific as to how the PCB is formed. It appears that the previous step of cutting all four marking lines to form “a PCB” from laminate sheet.
Appropriate correction is required.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112(b):
(b) CONCLUSION.—The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor regards as the invention.
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph:
The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the applicant regards as his invention.
Claims 1-12 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor (or for applications subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, the applicant), regards as the invention.
whether or not “a first side and a second side opposite to the first side” occurrence in lines 5-6 of claim 1 is as same as that in previous line 3?
“cutting the laminate sheet at the first, second, third, and fourth cutting lines to form first, second, third, and four sides, respectively, of the cut laminate sheet;” (claim 1, lines 18-19) is awkwardly worded and confusing the use of: --" cutting the laminate sheet at the marking of the first, second, third, and fourth cutting lines to form a cut laminate sheet; “--
“positioning a printed circuit board (PCB) design image in superimposition with the cut laminate sheet;” (claim 1, line 20-21) should be changed to: --“simultaneously, positioning and lapping the (PCB) design image in superimposition with the cut laminate sheet,” --.
“rotating the cut laminate sheet such that each of the sides of the cut laminate sheet are aligned with a respective side of the PCB design image;” (claim 1, lines 22-23) should be updated to: --“wherein the simultaneously, positioning and lapping further comprises rotating and aligning the cut laminate sheet such that each of the sides of the cut laminate sheet are aligned with a respective side of the PCB design image;”
“the PCB”(claim 1, line 24) lacks proper antecedent basis.
“forming the PCB on the cut laminate sheet based on the rotation of the cut laminate sheet with respect to the PCB design image and the alignment between the cut laminate sheet and the PCB design image” (claim 1, lines 24-26) is awkwardly worded should be updated to: --"removing the cut laminate sheet after the rotating and aligning the cut laminate sheet from the PCB design image to obtain the PCB”--, for clarity of the method inventive claim.
Claims 2-12 are rejected as indefinite, so rendered by virtue of their dependency upon the indefinite subject matter of independent claim 1
Potential Allowable claims
Claims 10-12 are objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
Conclusion
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/MINH N TRINH/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3729
Mt, 7/8/26
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