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 .
Information Disclosure Statement
The information disclosure statement (IDS) submitted on 4/23/2024 is in compliance with the provisions of 37 CFR 1.97. Accordingly, the information disclosure statement is being considered by the examiner.
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 11-20 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.
Regarding claim 11, the term “a clearance fit” or an “interference fit” is unclear to the examiner as it is not clear what exactly is the meaning of these terms. Therefore limitations “a heat sink recess in the arrangement body with the heat sink at least partially arranged in the heat sink recess with a clearance fit or an interference fit between an inner side wall of the heat sink recess and an outer edge of the heat sink, and
At least one third layer recess in the arrangement body with at least one section of the third layer of the heat sink arranged in the third layer recess with a clearance fit or an interference fit between an inner side wall of the third layer recess and an outer edge of the corresponding section of the third layer” is unclear to the examiner.
Note: The dependent claims necessarily inherit the indefiniteness of the claims on which they depend.
Regarding claim 17, the term “a clearance fit” or an “interference fit” is unclear to the examiner as it is not clear what exactly is the meaning of these terms. Therefore limitations “a heat sink recess in the arrangement body with the heat sink at least partially arranged in the heat sink recess with a clearance fit or an interference fit between an inner side wall of the heat sink recess and an outer edge of the heat sink, and
at least one third layer recess in the arrangement body with at least one section of the third layer of the heat sink arranged in the third layer recess with a clearance fit or an interference fit between an inner side wall of the third layer recess and an outer edge of the corresponding section of the third layer” is unclear to the examiner.
Note: The dependent claims necessarily inherit the indefiniteness of the claims on which they depend.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure:
Yen et al (US 2021/0296278)
Gavagnin et al (US 2021/0280490)
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/RATISHA MEHTA/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2817
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