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
Receipt is acknowledged of certified copies of papers required by 37 CFR 1.55.
Applicant’s claim for the benefit of a prior-filed application under 35 U.S.C. 119(e) or under 35 U.S.C. 120, 121, 365(c), or 386(c) is acknowledged. Applicant has not complied with one or more conditions for receiving the benefit of an earlier filing date under 35 U.S.C. 2.10 as follows:
The later-filed application must be an application for a patent for an invention which is also disclosed in the prior application (the parent or original nonprovisional application or provisional application). The disclosure of the invention in the parent application and in the later-filed application must be sufficient to comply with the requirements of 35 U.S.C. 112(a) or the first paragraph of pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, except for the best mode requirement. See Transco Products, Inc. v. Performance Contracting, Inc., 38 F.3d 551, 32 USPQ2d 1077 (Fed. Cir. 1994).
The disclosure of the prior-filed applications, Application No. 17/369,975, 18/092,445, and 18/544,698 fails to provide adequate support or enablement in the manner provided by 35 U.S.C. 112(a) or pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, first paragraph for one or more claims of this application. The specification does not provide support or enablement for the foldable structure, the first metal layer, the second mater layer, the insulating layer, the first spacing, the organic material, the second spacing, the flexible substrate, the electronic layer, the light-emitting element, the organic light-emitting diode, the inorganic light-emitting diode, and the transistor as presently claimed. Accordingly, claims 1-9 are not entitled to the benefit of the prior applications.
Drawings
The drawings are objected to under 37 CFR 1.83(a). The drawings must show every feature of the invention specified in the claims. Therefore, the foldable structure, the first metal layer, the second mater layer, the insulating layer, the first spacing, the organic material, the second spacing, the flexible substrate, the electronic layer, the light-emitting element, the organic light-emitting diode, the inorganic light-emitting diode, and the transistor as presently claimed must be shown or the feature(s) canceled from the claim(s). No new matter should be entered.
Corrected drawing sheets in compliance with 37 CFR 1.121(d) are required in reply to the Office action to avoid abandonment of the application. Any amended replacement drawing sheet should include all of the figures appearing on the immediate prior version of the sheet, even if only one figure is being amended. The figure or figure number of an amended drawing should not be labeled as “amended.” If a drawing figure is to be canceled, the appropriate figure must be removed from the replacement sheet, and where necessary, the remaining figures must be renumbered and appropriate changes made to the brief description of the several views of the drawings for consistency. Additional replacement sheets may be necessary to show the renumbering of the remaining figures. Each drawing sheet submitted after the filing date of an application must be labeled in the top margin as either “Replacement Sheet” or “New Sheet” pursuant to 37 CFR 1.121(d). If the changes are not accepted by the examiner, the applicant will be notified and informed of any required corrective action in the next Office action. The objection to the drawings will not be held in abeyance.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
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.
Claims 1-9 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 written description requirement. The claim(s) contains subject matter which was not described in the specification in such a way as to reasonably convey to one skilled in the relevant art that the inventor or a joint inventor, or for applications subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, the inventor(s), at the time the application was filed, had possession of the claimed invention. The specification does not properly describe, in the application as presently filed, the foldable structure, the first metal layer, the second mater layer, the insulating layer, the first spacing, the organic material, the second spacing, the flexible substrate, the electronic layer, the light-emitting element, the organic light-emitting diode, the inorganic light-emitting diode, and the transistor as presently claimed. It is noted that the present specification and abstract includes reference to the elements stated above, see at least the abstract and paragraph [0006]. However, the brief description of the drawings and the detailed description sections of the specification does not provide support for nor structure to the invention as presently claimed. Also, it is noted that the specification does provide support for and structure to a display device in a rolled and unrolled state with heat dissipation.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the statutory basis (i.e., changing from AIA to pre-AIA ) for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status.
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.
Claim(s) 1-9 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Wu et al. (10642313). With respect to claim 1, Wu et al. discloses an electronic device (ED,100), comprising: a foldable structure (FR); a first metal layer (M1) disposed on the foldable structure (FR); a second metal layer (M2) disposed on the foldable structure (FR), wherein the first metal layer (M1) is disposed between the second metal layer (M2) and the foldable structure (FR); and an insulating layer (1321) disposed between the foldable structure (FR) and the first metal layer (M1), wherein in a side view, the first metal layer (M1) comprises a first spacing (d3). With respect to claim 2, Wu et al. discloses the electronic device (ED, 100) according to claim 1, wherein the insulating layer (1321) comprises an organic material. With respect to claim 3, Wu et al. discloses the electronic device (ED, 100) according to claim 1, wherein in the side view, the insulating layer (1321) comprises a second spacing (d4). With respect to claim 4, Wu et al. discloses the electronic device (ED, 100) according to claim 3, wherein the first spacing (d3) of the first metal layer (M1) is at least partially overlapped with the second spacing (d4) of the insulating layer (1321). With respect to claim 5, Wu et al. discloses the electronic device (ED, 100) according to claim 1, wherein the foldable structure (FR) comprises a flexible substrate (SUB) and an electronic layer (190), and the flexible substrate (SUB) is disposed between the insulating layer (1321) and the electronic layer (190). With respect to claim 6, Wu et al. discloses the electronic device (ED, 100) according to claim 5, wherein the electronic layer (190) comprises a light-emitting element. With respect to claim 7, Wu et al. discloses the electronic device (ED, 100) according to claim 6, wherein the light-emitting element comprises an organic light-emitting diode. With respect to claim 8, Wu et al. discloses the electronic device (ED, 100) according to claim 6, wherein the light-emitting element comprises an inorganic light-emitting diode. With respect to claim 9, Wu et al. discloses the electronic device(ED, 100) according to claim 5, wherein the electronic layer comprises a transistor (T1).
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
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LISA LEA-EDMONDS
Primary Examiner
Art Unit 2847
/LISA LEA-EDMONDS/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2847 2026-08-06
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