Application No.: 14/007,681
`Amendment Dated September 15, 2015
`Reply to Office Action of June 18, 2015
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`Remarks/Arguments:
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`MTS-3683US
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`Claims 1-12 are presently pending, with all pending claims rejected. Applicant
`herein amends claims 1-3, 5-9, 11, and 12, and adds claims 13-16. No new matter has
`been added. Reconsideration is respectfully requested in view of the above amendments
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`and the following remarks.
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`Claim Rejections Under 35 U.S.C. § 112
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`Page 2 of the Office Action sets forth “Claims 1-12 are rejected under 35 U.S.C,
`112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA), second paragraph, as being indefinite....”.
`In particular,
`the Office Action asserts that the term “the respective first points” lacks antecedent basis.
`Applicant herein amends the claims to remove this term. Accordingly, Applicant respectfully
`submits that this rejection is obviated.
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`Claim Rejections Under 35 U.S.C.§102
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`Page 3 of the Office Action sets forth “Claims 1-4 and 7-10 are rejected under pre-
`AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(b) as being anticipated by Sakai et al. (PGPub# US 2010/0219064 A1).”
`Applicant respectfully submits that these claims are patentable over the applied reference
`for the reasons set forth below.
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`Preliminarily, Applicant notes that claims 5, 6, 11, and 12 have not been rejected
`based on prior art. Applicant herein amends these claims to be in independent form,
`including the above amendments for overcoming the rejection based on § 112. Accordingly,
`Applicant respectfully submits that claims 5, 6, 11, and 12 are in condition for allowance.
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`includes features which are not
`invention, as recited by claim 1,
`Applicant’s
`disclosed, taught, or suggested by the applied reference, namely:
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`..an evaporation source which...holds a deposition material; and
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`an angle correcting member which is provided so as to cover an
`upper space of the principal surface of the base
`member...wherein...
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`..the angle correcting member is a member such that a space
`in which an evaporation particle from the evaporation source
`does not exist is provided to confine to only the deposition
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`Application No.: 14/007,681
`Amendment Dated September 15, 2015
`Reply to Office Action of June 18, 2015
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`material having a constant incident angle with respect to the
`base member.
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`The evaporation source holds a deposition material. An angle correcting memberis
`provided so as to cover an upper space of the principal surface of the base member. The
`angle correcting member is positioned in order to create a space in which an evaporation
`particle from the evaporation source does not exist, and in order to confine the deposition
`material
`to have a constant
`incident angle with respect to the base member.
`In this
`manner, the claimed deposition apparatus regulates the incident angle of the deposition
`material with respect to the base member, so that a deposition having a defined directivity
`can be realized by depositing only deposition material having the constant incident angle on
`the base member. These feature are found in the specification, for example, at 4] 92 and
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`112, and FIG. 1. No new matter is added.
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`Applicant respectfully submits that the applied reference fails to disclose, teach, or
`suggest at least the above features of claim 1.
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`1 and 6, Sakai
`is directed to a film forming method. As shown in FIGS.
`Sakai
`discloses an apparatus having a target 101 and a substrate 106. The substrate is tilted
`relative to the target by an angle of 6, which is from 60° to 90°. The apparatus includes a
`mesh 111 positioned above substrate 106 and covering another target 110. See Sakai at
`qq 43 and 46.
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`The Office Action asserts that mesh 111 of Sakai corresponds to the angle correcting
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`member of claim 1. See page 3. Applicant respectfully disagrees.
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`Mesh 111 provides a path for particles from target 110 to travel to substrate 106.
`See FIGS. 6 and 7. Accordingly, mesh 111 does not create a space in which evaporation
`particles do not exist.
`To the contrary, mesh 111 creates a path to be traversed by
`evaporation particles from target 110. Thus, Sakaiis different from claim 1, which requires
`the angle correcting member to be positioned in order to create a space in which an
`evaporation particle does notexist.
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`Additionally, mesh 111 does not regulate the incident angle of particles from target
`101. To the contrary, target 101 includes a cover 108 for controlling the directivity of
`particles from target 101 to substrate 106. Accordingly, there is no need for a structure
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`Amendment Dated September 15, 2015
`Reply to Office Action of June 18, 2015
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`that confines the deposition material from target 101 to a constant incident angle. Thus,
`Sakai is different from claim 1, which requires the angle correcting member to be positioned
`in order to confine the deposition material to have a constant incident angle with respect to
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`the base member.
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`This is different from the
`is to increase deposition speed.
`The object of Sakai
`present invention, which is concerned with confining deposition material to have a constant
`incident angle with respect to the base member. Sakai does not associate such a feature
`with the object of increased deposition speed, and as such, does not disclose,
`teach, or
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`suggest such a feature.
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`fails to
`For all of the above reasons, Applicant respectfully submits that Sakai
`disclose, teach, or suggest the features of “an evaporation source which...holds a deposition
`material; and an angle correcting member which is provided so as to cover an upper space
`of the principal surface of the base member...wherein...the angle correcting member is a
`member such that a space in which an evaporation particle from the evaporation source
`does not exist
`is provided to confine to only the deposition material having a constant
`incident angle with respect to the base member,”as recited in claim 1.
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`Accordingly, for the reasons set forth above, claim 1 is allowable over the applied
`reference. Therefore, withdrawal of the rejection and allowance of claim 1 is respectfully
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`requested.
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`includes features similar to the features of
`Claim 7, while not identical to claim 1,
`claim 1 discussed above. Thus, Applicant submits that claim 7 is allowable over the applied
`reference for at
`least the reasons set forth above with respect to claim 1. Therefore,
`withdrawal of the rejection and allowance of claim 7 is respectfully requested.
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`Claims 2-4 and 8-10 include all of the features of one of claims 1 and 7, from which
`they respectively depend. Thus, Applicant submits that claims 2-4 and 8-10 are allowable
`over the applied reference for at least the reasons set forth above with respect to claims 1
`and 7. Therefore, withdrawal of the rejection and allowance of claims 2-4 and 8-10 are
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`respectfully requested.
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`Application No.: 14/007,681
`Amendment Dated September 15, 2015
`Reply to Office Action of June 18, 2015
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`MTS-3683US
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`New Claims
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`Applicant herein adds new claims 13-16. Claims 13-16 include all of the features of
`claim 1, from which they depend. Thus, Applicant submits that claims 13-16 are allowable
`over the applied reference for at least the reasons set forth above with respect to claim 1.
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`taught, or
`features which are not disclosed,
`Claims 13-16 include additional
`suggested by the applied reference. Claim 13 recites “the angle correcting memberis an
`object which does not emit gas and merely occupies a space”; claim 14 recites “the
`evaporation source does not have a mechanism which regulates an incoming direction of the
`deposition material”; claim 15 recites “in the evaporation source, an upper surface of the
`deposition material protrudes most”; and claim 16 recites “the evaporation source is only
`one.” These features are evident in the drawings, for example,
`in FIGS. 1, 3, 8, and 10,
`and throughout the specification, for example, in 112. No new matter is added.
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`Accordingly, Applicants respectfully submit that claims 13-16 are allowable over the
`applied reference for at least these additional reasons.
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`Conclusion:
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`In view of the foregoing amendments and remarks, Applicant submits that this
`application is in condition for allowance, which action is respectfully requested.
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`JLE/dmw
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`Dated: September 15, 2015
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`P.O, Box 980
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`(610) 407-0700
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