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The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
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.
(a)(2) the claimed invention was described in a patent issued under section 151, or in an application for patent published or deemed published under section 122(b), in which the patent or application, as the case may be, names another inventor and was effectively filed before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claim(s) 1 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Kim et al. (US 20150342089), hereinafter referred to as Kim.
Re claim 1, Kim teaches a middle frame assembly, comprising:
a middle frame (211);
a back cover (240), wherein an accommodating cavity (see Fig 6) is formed between the back cover and the middle frame;
a homothermal structure (220) located in the accommodating cavity; and
a radiating fin (222) located in the accommodating cavity, wherein a contact area (contact area) between the radiating fin and the homothermal structure is changeable (the examiner notes that the contact area is changeable during disassembly).
Allowable Subject Matter
Claim18-20 are allowed.
The following is an examiner’s statement of reasons for allowance:
None of the reference of record suggest or render obvious the limitation of wherein the display panel comprises a first frequency and a second frequency, the second frequency is greater than the first frequency, and a contact area between the radiating fin and the homothermal structure at the second frequency is smaller than a contact area between the radiating fin and the homothermal structure at the first frequency, in combination with the other claimed elements. Further, it would not have been obvious to a person of ordinary skill in the art to make such modification, absent permissible hindsight.
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 2-17 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.
The following is a statement of reasons for the indication of allowable subject matter:
Re claim 2, none of the reference of record suggest or render obvious the limitation of wherein the radiating fin comprises at least two radiating sub-fins, one of the at least two radiating sub-fins corresponds to one of the at least two partitions, at least a part of one of the at least two radiating sub-fins is located in one corresponding partition of the at least two partitions, and a contact area between one of the at least two radiating sub-fins and the homothermal structure is changeable, in combination with the other claimed elements. Further, it would not have been obvious to a person of ordinary skill in the art to make such modification, absent permissible hindsight.
Re claim 17, none of the reference of record suggest or render obvious the limitation of wherein in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the middle frame assembly, the radiating fin covers a part of the back cover located in the accommodating cavity; and wherein the radiating fin comprises a second primary heat dissipation portion and a second adjusting portion that are communicated with each other, the second primary heat dissipation portion is located at a side of the back cover, a gap is formed between the second adjusting portion and the back cover, and a contact area between the second adjusting portion and the homothermal structure varies in different states of the second adjusting portion, in combination with the other claimed elements. Further, it would not have been obvious to a person of ordinary skill in the art to make such modification, absent permissible hindsight.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. (see PTO-892).
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/NELSON J NIEVES/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3763 6/26/2026
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