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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 .
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(a)(1)/102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Shimoda et al (US 2016/0337488; submitted by Applicant).
In regards to claim 1, Shimoda discloses an electronic device comprising:
a panel (translucent panel 50) (Figs. 3-8 and paragraphs 18-23);
a housing (casing 20) having a quadrangular annular shape, the housing facing an outer edge portion of a back surface of the panel and being provided along the outer edge portion (Figs. 3-8 and paragraphs 34-37); and
a sheet (connecting part 38) positioned between the outer edge portion and the housing (Figs. 3-8 and paragraphs 38-47),
wherein the outer edge portion and the sheet are bonded via a double-sided tape (double faced tape) (Figs. 3-8 and paragraphs 38, 44-47),
the housing and the sheet are bonded via an adhesive (adhesive 82) (Figs. 3-8 and paragraphs 38, 46-57), and
the sheet has an extending portion extending to an inner side than the housing as viewed from an orthogonal direction orthogonal to the back surface of the panel (Figs. 3-8 and paragraphs 37-47).
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 2-5 are objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
Morioka et al (US 9,405,318) discloses a translucent panel attachment structure according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a translucent panel, a casing, and a silicone resin layer. The casing has an opening into which the translucent panel is fitted. The opening has an inner wall surface which faces a peripheral surface of the translucent panel and an inner bottom surface which inwardly extends from the inner wall surface so as to face a peripheral edge of a back surface of the translucent panel. The silicone resin layer is formed by filling a silicone resin between the peripheral surface of the translucent panel and the inner wall surface of the casing and between the peripheral edge of the back surface of the translucent panel and the inner bottom surface of the casing.
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/MICHAEL PERVAN/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2629 June 23, 2026
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