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 .
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 1-14 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 recites the limitation "the body", “the device”, “the coupling”. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 2 recites the limitation "the angle”. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 3 recites the limitation "the area”, “the force”, “the body”. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 4 recites the limitation "the temporal dynamics”. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 8 recites the limitation "the tool head”. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 10 recites the limitation "the end”, “the fingers”, “the glove”. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 12 recites the limitation "the testing tool”. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 13 recites the limitation "the tips”. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim Objections
Claims 2-14 are objected to because of the following informalities: the phrase “A medical device” in line 1 of each claim should be amended to read –The medical device--. Appropriate correction is required.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure:
CN 107456248- a percussion hammer device with a spring based force absorbing arrangement in the hammer head
CN 108523933- a percussion hammer device with a hydraulic cylinder type force absorbing arrangement in the hammer head.
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/YASMEEN S WARSI/Examiner, Art Unit 3791
/MAY A ABOUELELA/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3791