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 .
Election/Restrictions
Claims 2-3 & 7-10 are withdrawn from further consideration pursuant to 37 CFR 1.142(b), as being drawn to a nonelected specie(s), there being no allowable generic or linking claim. Applicant timely traversed the restriction (election) requirement in the reply filed on August 18, 2025.
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.
Claim(s) 1 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Lu et al. (WO 2018/231444).
1.
A dual-signal collection electrode sticker, wherein the dual- signal collection electrode sticker comprises an electrode cable interface, a BCG sensing layer and an ECG electrode layer,
E.G. via the disclosed SCG sensor 110 and the ECG electrode(s) 102 integrated together on a single, wearable patch 100 [0037], further comprising ribbons 102, 104 directly associated with said sensor 110 and ECG electrodes {[0044] & (Fig 1)}.
Note that the examiner is interpreting the disclosed ribbons 102, 104 as being the claimed electrode cable interface.
the electrode cable interface is located at the center of the dual-signal collection electrode sticker, the BCG sensing layer is located above the ECG electrode layer; the dual-signal collection electrode sticker is in a flat cake-shaped structure as a whole;
E.G. via the disclosed tattoo-patch 100 which houses the ribbons 102, 104 incorporated on said patch, wherein the sensor is fabricated and patterned onto a substrate in relation to the ECG electrodes {[0044], [0047] & (Figs 1& 2)}.
wherein the electrode cable interface comprises two BCG cable wires and an ECG cable wire, the BCG sensing layer comprises two layers of BCG sensing electrodes and a layer of BCG piezoelectric sensing material positioned between the two layers of BCG sensing electrodes,
E.G. via the disclosed serpentine ribbons that are incorporated unto the patch and the fabrication process that details the creation/patterning of piezo film sheets in respect to the ECG electrodes and SCG sensor {[0016], [0047]-[0049] & (Fig 1)}.
the ECG electrode layer comprises one layer of ECG sensing electrode and a conductive gel located at the bottom; the two BCG cable wires being respectively connected with the two layers of BCG sensing electrodes, the ECG cable wire is connected with the one layer of ECG sensing electrode;
E.G. {[0047]-[0049] & (Fig 1)}.
the BCG sensing layer converts vibration signals into electrical signals, the ECG electrode layer collects the ECG signal in the manner of ECG lead.
E.G. ([0011]-[0012] & [0022]-[0023]).
Response to Arguments
Applicant’s arguments, filed December 29, 2025, with respect to the 35 U.S.C. §101 and §112(b) claim rejections have been fully considered and are persuasive and have been withdrawn, per the applicant’s amendments made to the claims.
Applicant’s arguments with respect to claim(s) 1 & 4-6 in respect to the 35 U.S.C. §103 rejection have been considered but are moot because the new ground of rejection does not rely on any reference applied in the prior rejection of record for any teaching or matter specifically challenged in the argument. Please see the above action.
Conclusion
Applicant's amendment necessitated the new ground(s) of rejection presented in this Office action. Accordingly, THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. See 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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/NICOLE F JOHNSON/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3796