DETAILED ACTION
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) 1-4 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(A)(1) as being anticipated by Daniel (7,618,260).
Regarding Claim 1: Daniel teaches a semiconductor device comprising: a flexible display portion (col. 8 lines 20-35); a control circuit (14) on a control board (20); and a battery (col. 11 lines 1-26), wherein the control circuit is electrically connected to the battery (figs. 2a-3a), wherein the control board is in contact with the battery (col. 13 line 46 – col. 14 line 15), wherein the control board is not fixed to the battery (col. 13 line 46 – col. 14 line 15), and wherein the control board is configured to slide with respect to the battery (movement inherent through how the device bends shown from figs. 8a-9b and 15a-16b).
Regarding Claim 2: Daniel teaches a holding structure body (118), wherein the holding structure body overlaps the flexible display portion (figs. 15a-16b) with the control circuit and the battery interposed therebetween (figs. 15a-16b), wherein the holding structure body is in contact with the battery (figs. 15a-16b), and wherein the battery is not fixed to the holding structure body (figs. 15a-16b wherein the battery is removable).
Regarding Claim 3: Daniel teaches the control circuit (14) is configured to slide with respect to the flexible display portion (figs. 8a-9b and 15a-15b) when the control board slides with respect to the battery (figs. 8a-9b and 15a-15b).
Regarding Claim 4: Daniel teaches the control circuit is configured to control charge and discharge of the battery (col. 13 line 46 – col. 14 line 15).
Conclusion
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/ANTHONY M HAUGHTON/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2841