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 Objections
Claims 1, 2, 4 and 6-8 are objected to because of the following informalities: all quotations (“”) should be removed from the claims. 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 1-8 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.
In claim 1, the limitation “obtaining a change law of the liquid constraint layer feature…, on a basis of the change on a basis of the change law obtained in step S7, obtaining an adjusting principle of a liquid constraint layer feature condition…in step S7, in a case of controlling other liquid constraint layer feature conditions to be unchanged, an influence law of the single liquid constraint layer feature condition on the change of the occurring intensity ratio of "plasma shock" to "cavitation" is obtained” is unclear what is “a change law of the liquid constraint layer feature” and how it is obtained? What is “an influence law of the single liquid constraint layer feature condition” and how it is obtained?
Claims 2-8 are rejected due to their dependency from claim 1.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1-8 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 following is a statement of reasons for the indication of allowable subject matter: allowable subject matter is indicated for claims 1-8 because even though LU (CN 111074061) teaches adjusting a liquid constraint layer thickness for laser shock peening, the prior art of record does not show or fairly suggest a single-beam double-physical-effect coordinating and distributing method applicable to uniform laser shock comprising obtaining a change law of the liquid constraint layer feature when an occurring intensity ratio of "plasma shock" to a "cavitation" effect is transformed from 1:0 to 0.5:0.5 in a mode of controlling a variable; and on a basis of the change law obtained in step S7, obtaining an adjusting principle of a liquid constraint layer feature condition needing to be changed when taking laser shock uniform peening in a multiple spot region as a target as recited in claim 1.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure: CN 106435158, CN 105246640 and CN 110026686.
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/ALBA T ROSARIO-APONTE/Examiner, Art Unit 3761 02/06/2026
/STEVEN W CRABB/Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 3761