DETAILED ACTION
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.
Claims 1-7 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Narita (US 2008/0054927).
Regarding claims 1 and 7, Narita shows a stem (prove assembly 10 in FIG. 1 and [0032])) comprising: a base member (ring plate 58) that includes a main body portion (main body plate 58), and a columnar portion ( corner opening portion of substrate 12) that rises from one surface of the main body portion ( ring 52); and a block member that includes a device mounting surface, on which a semiconductor device ( device 68a as seen FIG. 7b) is able to be mounted, and that is fixed to the one surface of the main body portion in a state in which the block member is pressed against the columnar portion (see FIG. 1 with respect to FIG. 2-7).
Regarding claim 2, Narita shows a stem (prove assembly 10 in FIG. 1 and [0032])) comprising, wherein the block member includes an area which is pressed (pressed by spring 28/14) against the columnar portion on a same surface side as a side of the device mounting surface ( element 50 as shown in FIG. 2) in a plan view of the main body portion viewed from the one surface (see FIG. 1 with respect to FIG. 2).
Regarding claim 3, Narita shows a stem (prove assembly 10 in FIG. 1 and [0032])) comprising, wherein the block member includes an area which is pressed against the columnar portion on another surface side that is different from a side of the device mounting surface in a plan view of the main body portion viewed from the one surface (see Fig. 1 with respect to FIG. 2).
Regarding claim 4, Narita shows a stem (prove assembly 10 in FIG. 1 and [0032])) comprising, wherein the block member includes a recess portion in an area which is pressed against the columnar portion (see FIG. 2 with respect to FIG. 1).
Regarding claim 5, Narita shows a stem (prove assembly 10 in FIG. 1 and [0032])) comprising, wherein the base member includes a plurality of the columnar portions and the block member is fixed to the one surface of the main body portion in a state in which the block member is pressed against the plurality of the columnar portions (press by spring 28 in FIG. 1).
Regarding claim 6, Narita shows a stem (prove assembly 10 in FIG. 1 and [0032])) comprising, wherein further includes a plurality of leads that are respectively fixed to a plurality of through-holes ( hole located 58 in Fig. 1) each of which passes through the main body portion in a thickness direction wherein the block member includes a projecting portion that projects in a direction intersecting a line segment that connects the leads that are disposed opposite the block member and that are adjacent each other from among the plurality of leads ( bolt 64) and the device mounting surface is formed at a tip of the projecting portion (see FIG. 1).
Conclusion
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/ELIAS ULLAH/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2893
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