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 .
DETAILED ACTION
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
1. The following is a quotation of the first paragraph of 35 U.S.C. 112(a):
(a) IN GENERAL.—The specification shall contain a written description of the invention, and of the manner and process of making and using it, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make and use the same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor or joint inventor of carrying out the invention.
The following is a quotation of the first paragraph of pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112:
The specification shall contain a written description of the invention, and of the manner and process of making and using it, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make and use the same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor of carrying out his invention.
2. Claims 1-16 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(a) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), first paragraph, as failing to comply with the enablement requirement. The claim(s) contains subject matter which was not described in the specification in such a way as to enable one skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make and/or use the invention. In independent claim 1, 11, the applicant claimed “the first inverter output connected to either the first transistor or the second transistor;… the second inverter output connected to either the third transistor or the fourth transistor” the applicant is claiming Fig. 2 where the inverter connect to first and third transistors, and Fig. 4 where the inverter connect to second and fourth transistors. Two different embodiments is incorporate in a single claim, each claim can only claim one embodiment, please fix.
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.
3. Claims 1-16 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.
In independent claim 1, 11, the applicant claimed “the first inverter output connected to either the first transistor or the second transistor… the second inverter output connected to either the third transistor or the fourth transistor” the applicant is claiming Fig. 2 where the inverter connect to first and third transistors, and Fig. 4 where the inverter connect to second and fourth transistors. Two different embodiments is incorporate in a single claim, each claim can only claim one embodiment, please fix.
Allowable Subject Matter
4. Claims 17-20 are allowed.
5. With respect to independent claims 17, there is no teaching, suggestion, or motivation for combination in the prior art to wherein each of the first transistor, the second transistor, the third transistor, the fourth transistor, the fifth transistor, the sixth transistor, the first access transistor, and the second access transistor is a gallium nitride (GaN) transistor.
6. With respect to dependent claims 18-20, since these claims are depending on claim 17, therefore claims 18-20 are allowable subject matter.
7. Claims 1-16 would be allowable if rewritten or amended to overcome the rejection(s) under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), 2nd paragraph, set forth in this Office action.
8. With respect to independent claim 1, there is no teaching, suggestion, or motivation for combination in the prior art to wherein each of the first transistor, the second transistor, the third transistor, the fourth transistor, the first access transistor, and the second access transistor is a gallium nitride (GaN) transistor; and wherein each of the first inverter and the second inverter comprises GaN transistors.
9. With respect to dependent claims 2-10, 16, since these claims are depending on claim 1, therefore claims 2-10, 16 are allowable subject matter.
10. With respect to independent claim 11, there is no teaching, suggestion, or motivation for combination in the prior art to wherein each of the first transistor, the second transistor, the third transistor, the fourth transistor, the first access transistor, and the second access transistor is a gallium nitride (GaN) transistor; and wherein each of the first inverter and the second inverter comprises GaN transistors.
11. With respect to dependent claims 2-10, 16, since these claims are depending on claim 1, therefore claims 2-10, 16 are allowable subject matter.
Conclusion
19. The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure, DASGUPTA et al (Pub. No.: US 2020/0194552A1).
DASGUPTA et al (Pub. No.: US 2020/0194552A1) shows a GaN transistor.
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03/26/2026
/HAN YANG/
Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2824
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