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 .
Election/Restrictions
Applicant’s election without traverse of claim 17 in the reply filed on 10/14/2025 is acknowledged. Claims 1-16 and 18-20 have been cancelled and claims 21-39 have been added.
Drawings
The formal drawings filed on 8/14/2025 have been approved by the examiner.
Specification
The title of the invention is not descriptive. A new title is required that is clearly indicative of the invention to which the claims are directed.
The following title is suggested: “ SILVER NANOSTRUCTURES THIN FILM FOR INFRARED PHOTODETECTOR ”.
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 17 and 21-39 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.
Claim 17 recites the limitation " the semiconductor diode " in line 5. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Allowable Subject Matter
The following is a statement of reasons for the indication of allowance subject 6. matter: none of the prior art of record teaches or suggest the combination of a top contact positioned over the semiconductor diode, the top contact comprising a thin film of an optically transparent polymer with a plurality of metal nanowires suspended therein. A loading of the metal nanowires in the polymer thin film is between 5 and 50 wt% in claim 17.
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is cited primarily to show the
product of the instant invention.
Conclusion
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AC/January 24, 2026 /Alonzo Chambliss/
Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2897