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 § 102
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.
Claims 16-17 and 30-31 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being clearly anticipated by Allemand, US 2013/0079893 A1, which illustrates shell-shaped, 3D, free-form support structure comprising four moldings formed from a composite of metal fiber-reinforced plastics material [drawings; paragraphs 0017-0019 (tracks 20 of metal alloy or copper), 0020-0021 (support of polyimide or Kapton®), 0023-0024, 0030, 0038, 0050-0051, 0053-0054, 0057, 0068 (molded support 30), 0070], the moldings being connected to one another at a central connection region (with temperature sensor 21) to form an integral support structure [Figure 2; paragraphs 0026 (“flower shape with a central part and a plurality of ‘petals’”), 0030, 0056, 0058].
Response to Arguments
Applicant’s remarks have been considered but are deemed moot in view of the new grounds of rejection.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to Applicant’s disclosure:
US 2012/0271434 A1: drawings; paragraphs 0024, 0078.
Applicant’s amendment necessitated the new grounds of rejection presented in this Office action. Accordingly, THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL (MPEP § 706.07(a)). Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37 CFR 1.136(a). A shortened statutory period for reply to this final action is set to expire THREE MONTHS from the mailing date of this action. In the event a first reply is filed within TWO MONTHS of the mailing date of this final action and the advisory action is not mailed until after the end of the THREE-MONTH shortened statutory period, then the shortened statutory period will expire on the date the advisory action is mailed, and any nonprovisional extension fee (37 CFR 1.17(a)) pursuant to 37 CFR 1.136(a) will be calculated from the mailing date of the advisory action. In no event, however, will the statutory period for reply expire later than SIX MONTHS from the mailing date of this final action.
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/DAVID H WILLSE/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3774
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