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 .
Drawings
The drawings are objected to under 37 CFR 1.83(a). The drawings must show every feature of the invention specified in the claims. Therefore, end portions of the bias signal lines are connected together by a short- circuiting bar, and the short-circuiting bar is bound and connected with a driving chip by a signal lead-out line claimed in claim 11 must be shown or the feature(s) canceled from the claim(s). No new matter should be entered.
Corrected drawing sheets in compliance with 37 CFR 1.121(d) are required in reply to the Office action to avoid abandonment of the application. Any amended replacement drawing sheet should include all of the figures appearing on the immediate prior version of the sheet, even if only one figure is being amended. The figure or figure number of an amended drawing should not be labeled as “amended.” If a drawing figure is to be canceled, the appropriate figure must be removed from the replacement sheet, and where necessary, the remaining figures must be renumbered and appropriate changes made to the brief description of the several views of the drawings for consistency. Additional replacement sheets may be necessary to show the renumbering of the remaining figures. Each drawing sheet submitted after the filing date of an application must be labeled in the top margin as either “Replacement Sheet” or “New Sheet” pursuant to 37 CFR 1.121(d). If the changes are not accepted by the examiner, the applicant will be notified and informed of any required corrective action in the next Office action. The objection to the drawings will not be held in abeyance.
Claim Objections
Claims 1-15 are objected to because of the following informalities:
(Proposed Amendments) A flat panel detector, comprising:
a base substrate,
a plurality of driving chips,
a plurality of scanning lines,
a plurality of data lines,
a plurality of bias signal lines, and
a plurality of detecting units arranged in an array, the plurality of scanning lines, the plurality of data lines, the plurality of bias signal lines, and the plurality of detecting units are disposed on the base substrate;
wherein each of the plurality of detecting units comprises a switch sub-circuit and a photosensitive device;
control terminals of switch sub-circuits in detecting units located in a same row are connected with a same scanning line;
first terminals of switch sub-circuits in detecting units located in a same column are connected with a same data line;
in each detecting unit, a second terminal of the switch sub-circuit is connected with a first terminal of the photosensitive device;
second terminals of photosensitive devices of the detecting units located in the same column are connected with a same bias signal line; and
the plurality of bias signal lines [[are]] is divided into a plurality of signal line groups, and bias signal lines in different signal line groups are insulated from each other and are connected with different driving chips.
Appropriate correction is required.
Claim 7 is objected to because of the following informalities:
7. (Proposed Amendments) The flat panel detector according to claim 1, further comprising a photoelectric conversion layer on a side of the plurality of detecting units away from the base substrate, wherein the photoelectric conversion layer is configured to convert X-rays into visible light.
Appropriate correction is required.
Claim 15 is objected to because of the following informalities:
15. (Currently Amended) The detecting apparatus according to claim 10, wherein in a case where the plurality of bias signal lines and the plurality of data lines are disposed on a same side of the plurality of detecting units, orthographic projections of the plurality of bias signal lines and the plurality of data [[line]] lines on the base substrate are at least partially overlapped.
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 pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, 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 11 and 14 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, 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.
Claim 11 recites a limitation “the short-circuiting bar” in line 6, which renders the claim indefinite. There is insufficient antecedent basis for the limitation in the claim. Furthermore, it is unclear whether the limitation refers to a first short-circuiting bar of the plurality of first short-circuiting bars or a second short-circuiting bar of the plurality of second short-circuiting bars. See objections to claim 11 in previous Office action.
Claim 14 recites a limitation “the first signal sub-line” in line 3, which renders the claim indefinite. There is insufficient antecedent basis for the limitation in the claim.
Claim 14 recites a limitation “the second signal sub-line” in lines 3-4, which renders the claim indefinite. There is insufficient antecedent basis for the limitation in the claim.
Allowable Subject Matter
The following is a statement of reasons for the indication of allowable subject matter:
With respect to claims 1-6, 8, and 9, Jung et al. (U. S. Patent No. 7,985,954 B2) disclosed a flat panel detector, comprising:
a base substrate (110),
a plurality of scanning lines (G1-Gn),
a plurality of data lines (D1-Dm),
a plurality of bias signal lines (B1-Bm), and
a plurality of detecting units (PIN diodes Ds) arranged in an array, the plurality of scanning lines, the plurality of data lines, the plurality of bias signal lines, and the plurality of detecting units are disposed on the base substrate;
wherein each of the plurality of detecting units comprises a switch sub-circuit (Qs) and a photosensitive device (PIN diode Ds);
control terminals of switch sub-circuits in detecting units located in a same row are connected with a same scanning line (FIG. 2);
first terminals of switch sub-circuits in detecting units located in a same column are connected with a same data line (FIG. 2);
in each detecting unit, a second terminal of the switch sub-circuit is connected with a first terminal of the photosensitive device (FIG. 2);
second terminals of photosensitive devices of the detecting units located in the same column are connected with a same bias signal line (FIG. 2).
However, the prior art failed to disclose or fairly suggested that the flat panel detector, further comprising:
a plurality of driving chips,
the plurality of bias signal lines is divided into a plurality of signal line groups, and bias signal lines in different signal line groups are insulated from each other and are connected with different driving chips.
Response to Amendment
Applicant’s amendments filed 29 December 2025 with respect to the specification have been fully considered. The objection of the specification has been withdrawn.
Applicant’s amendments filed 29 December 2025 with respect to claims 1-9 have been fully considered. The objections of claims 1-9 have been withdrawn.
Applicant’s amendments filed 29 December 2025 with respect to claim 2 have been fully considered. The objections of claim 2 have been withdrawn.
Applicant’s amendments filed 29 December 2025 with respect to claim 3 have been fully considered. The objections of claim 3 have been withdrawn.
Applicant’s amendments filed 29 December 2025 with respect to claim 4 have been fully considered. The objections of claim 4 have been withdrawn.
Applicant’s amendments filed 29 December 2025 with respect to claims 5, 6, 8, and 9 have been fully considered. The objection of claims 5, 6, 8, and 9 has been withdrawn.
Applicant’s amendments filed 29 December 2025 with respect to claims 8 and 9 have been fully considered. The objections of claims 8 and 9 have been withdrawn.
Applicant’s amendments filed 29 December 2025 with respect to claim 7 have been fully considered. The objections of claim 7 have been withdrawn.
Applicant’s amendments filed 29 December 2025 with respect to claims 10-15 have been fully considered. The objections of claims 10-15 have been withdrawn.
Applicant’s amendments filed 29 December 2025 with respect to claim 11 have been fully considered. The objections of claim 11 have been withdrawn.
Applicant’s amendments filed 29 December 2025 with respect to claim 12 have been fully considered. The objections of claim 12 have been withdrawn.
Applicant’s amendments filed 29 December 2025 with respect to claim 13 have been fully considered. The objections of claim 13 have been withdrawn.
Applicant’s amendments filed 29 December 2025 with respect to claim 14 have been fully considered. The objections of claim 14 have been withdrawn.
Applicant’s amendments filed 29 December 2025 with respect to claim 7 have been fully considered. The rejection of claim 7 under 35 U.S.C. 112(a) or pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, first paragraph, has been withdrawn.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
Zhang et al. (U. S. Patent No. 12,461,254 B2) disclosed an electronic device comprising a photoelectric detector.
Kimura et al. (U. S. Patent No. 6,399,950 B1) disclosed a two-dimensional radiation detector.
Applicant’s amendment necessitated a new ground 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).
A shortened statutory period for reply to this final action is set to expire THREE MONTHS from the mailing date of this action. In the event a first reply is filed within TWO MONTHS of the mailing date of this final action and the advisory action is not mailed until after the end of the THREE-MONTH shortened statutory period, then the shortened statutory period will expire on the date the advisory action is mailed, and any nonprovisional extension fee (37 CFR 1.17(a)) pursuant to 37 CFR 1.136(a) will be calculated from the mailing date of the advisory action. In no event, however, will the statutory period for reply expire later than SIX MONTHS from the mailing date of this final action.
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Allen C. Ho, Ph.D.
Primary Examiner
Art Unit 2884
/Allen C. Ho/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2884 Allen.Ho@uspto.gov