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 .
Priority
Acknowledgment is made of applicant’s claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. 119 (a)-(d). The certified copy has been filed in parent Application No. 16823949, filed on 0319/2020.
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 1 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a2) as being anticipated by Tseng et al. (US 20180103513 A1) (Tseng, hereafter).
Tseng discloses (Figures 1-8 and corresponding text) a light emitting device (Figures 1-2), comprising: a substrate (10); and a plurality of light emitting diodes(21,22) disposed on a surface of the substrate(10); two electrode pads (11,12) disposed on the substrate (10) (π37-π40).
Claim 1 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a2) as being anticipated by Kim et al. (US 20170336038 A1) (Kim, hereafter).
Kim discloses (Figures 1-15 and corresponding text) a light emitting device(Figures 5 and6) comprising: a substrate (1100); and a plurality of light emitting diodes(1300) disposed on a surface of the substrate (1100,π40); two electrode pads(1321,1341) disposed on the substrate (100)π40).
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure can be found in the 892 provided with this office action and below:
KR 20170115823 A-general state of the art -light emitting device package and a display device including the same
CN 204289444 U-General State of the art-an adjustable COB light source and LED lamp.
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/TRACIE Y GREEN/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2875
TRACIE Y. GREEN
Primary Examiner
Art Unit 2875
