This Office Action is in response to the papers filed on November 30, 2023.
FIG. 2A is objected to because it does not show element 200 described in the specification at page 5, paragraphs [0021], [0022] and [0024]. Correction is required.
FIG. 4 is objected to because elements 141 lack the cross-hatching shown in all the other figures. Correction is required.
Claim 3 is objected to because “mesa surface 126” (line 5) should be “mesa surface” (126 should be deleted). Claims 4 and 5 depend on claim 3 and are thus similarly objected to. Correction is required.
Claims 1, 2, 19 and 20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Wang (United States Patent Application Publication 2024/0297207).
As to independent claim 1, Wang discloses a light-emitting device 10a (see the entire reference, including the Figs. 3E-3F disclosure) comprising:
a semiconductor laminate 104/106/108 having a mesa surface, an upper surface, a connecting surface that connects said upper surface and said mesa surface, and a lower surface opposite to said mesa surface and said upper surface, said semiconductor laminate including a first semiconductor layer 104, an active layer 106, and a second semiconductor layer 108 disposed in such order in a direction from said lower surface to said upper surface, and having at least one trench TRCH that extends from said mesa surface into said first semiconductor layer;
a first electrode 202 electrically connected to said first semiconductor layer 104, said first electrode being formed on said mesa surface and having an extending portion that extends into said trench; and
a second electrode 112/301 electrically connected to said second semiconductor layer 108 and formed on said upper surface.
As to dependent claim 2, Wang’s at least one trench TRCH is formed as a continuous groove.
As to dependent claim 19, Wang’s first electrode 202 has a strip portion (Fig. 1).
As to dependent claim 20, Wang discloses a lighting apparatus, comprising a light-emitting device according to claim 1 (page 1, paragraph [0003]).
Claims 3-18 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.
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/MARK V PRENTY/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2814
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