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 .
Continued Examination Under 37 CFR 1.114
A request for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, including the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e), was filed in this application after final rejection. Since this application is eligible for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, and the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e) has been timely paid, the finality of the previous Office action has been withdrawn pursuant to 37 CFR 1.114. Applicant's submission filed on 4/1/2025 has been entered.
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 “protruding portion” and the “wire slot” must be shown with reference characters 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.
Specification
The disclosure is objected to because of the following informalities:
The claimed “protruding portion” and “a wire slot” are not assigned reference characters. As such, these features are not clearly shown in the drawings
Appropriate correction is required.
The drawings are objected to as failing to comply with 37 CFR 1.84(p)(4) because reference character “1012” has been used to designate both a side cover board and a second connecting groove. 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. 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 Objections
The following claims are objected to because of the following informalities:
Claim 1 line 15 recites “one of the side cover boards”, but should recite “said one of the side cover boards”
Claim 1 line 20 recites “the side cover board”, but should recite “said one of the side cover boards”
Claim 1 line 26 recites “the first connecting groove is”, but should recite “the first connecting grooves are”
Claim 1 line 27 recites “the second connecting groove is”, but should recite “the second connecting grooves are”
Claim 1 line 31 recites “the antenna rotates”, but should recite “the antenna wraps”
Claim 1 line 38 recites “the L-shaped”, but should recite “each L-shaped”
Claim 1 lines 39-40 recite “the L-shaped”, but should recite “each L-shaped”
Claim 1 line 41 recites “the L-shaped”, but should recite “each L-shaped”
Claim 2 line 2 recites “wherein-the”, but should recite “wherein the”
Claim 9 line 3 recites “the first connecting port”, but should recite “one of the first connecting ports”
Claim 10 line 4 recites “one of the side cover boards”, but should recite “said one of the side cover boards”
Claim 10 line 5 recites “one of the side cover boards”, but should recite “said one of the side cover boards”
These are non-limiting examples, the applicant must find and correct all objectionable matters.
Appropriate correction is required.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112(b):
(b) CONCLUSION.—The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor regards as the invention.
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph:
The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the applicant regards as his invention.
Claims 1-2, 6, and 9-10 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor (or for applications subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, the applicant), regards as the invention.
Claim 1 line 29 recites “a lower end of one of the side cover boards protrudes from the cross beam body”. It is unclear exactly how these elements are oriented in view of lines 8-11, which recite “a first connecting port matching the cross beam body is provided above an inner side surface of each side cover board, and a second connecting port matching the scroll is provided below the inner side surface of each side cover board”. How exactly are these components oriented, and how is “above” being defined? Does the lower end of one of side cover boards protrude below the cross beam body, while the first connecting port is provided extending from an inner side surface, while the second connecting portion is lower than the first connecting port? Please clarify.
Claim 1 line 31-32 recites “the antenna rotates around the second connecting port along the periphery of the protruding portion under one of the side cover boards”. How is the protruding portion under one of the side cover boards? It is understood that it is part of the board. Or is this claiming that the antenna is what goes “under one of the side cover boards”? Please clarify.
Claim 1 lines 38-41 refer to a “short side” and a “long side” of each L-shaped angle steel. It is unclear what is exactly required as short and long are relative terms of degree. It is recommended that the applicant insert the limitation that “wherein the short side is shorter than the long side” to clear this up.
Dependent claims are rejected for depending from a rejected claim.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claim 1 would be allowable if rewritten or amended to overcome the rejection(s) under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), 2nd paragraph, set forth in this Office action. The dependent claims would be allowable for depending from an allowed claim.
Response to Arguments
Applicant’s arguments filed 4/1/2025, with respect to the claims have been fully considered and are persuasive.
Conclusion
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/M.S./Examiner, Art Unit 3634
/DANIEL P CAHN/Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 3634