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 .
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 1-10 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.
The term “about 400 nm” in claim 1 is a relative term which renders the claim indefinite. The term “about 400 nm” is not defined by the claim, the specification does not provide a standard for ascertaining the requisite degree, and one of ordinary skill in the art would not be reasonably apprised of the scope of the invention. The metes and bounds of the claim limitation, “from about 400 nm to 2400 nm or any subset of wavelengths therein” is not known with certainty. For example, it is not known if 390 nm and/or 395 nm and/or 399 nm, is included within this range.
Claims 2-5 are rejected by virtue of their dependency on clam 1.
The term “about 400 nm” in claim 6 is a relative term which renders the claim indefinite. The term “about 400 nm” is not defined by the claim, the specification does not provide a standard for ascertaining the requisite degree, and one of ordinary skill in the art would not be reasonably apprised of the scope of the invention. The metes and bounds of the claim limitation, “from about 400 nm to 2400 nm or any subset of wavelengths therein” is not known with certainty. For example, it is not known if 390 nm and/or 395 nm and/or 399 nm, is included within this range.
Claims 7-10 are rejected by virtue of their dependency on clam 6.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. Baudoin et al. (US 2026/0013259 A1) disclose colloidal quantum dot CQD thin films are technologies adapted to photodetection that make it possible to develop image sensors at low cost, high resolution and according to very good performances in the Short Wave Infra Red (SWIR), particularly in terms of outer quantum efficiency, of diaphony and of obscurity current. McGarvey et al. (US 2025/0386607 A1) disclose quantum dots of the CQD layer may have a selected quantum efficiency in a short-wave infrared (SWIR) spectrum. Oh et al. (USPN 12,439,166 B2) disclose the use of a relatively cheap and small form-factor SWIR ALPD solution, such as a colloidal quantum dot (CQD) sensor.
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/JURIE YUN/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2884
February 2, 2026