DETAILED ACTION
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 § 103
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all obviousness
rejections set forth in this Office action:
A patent for a claimed invention may not be obtained, notwithstanding that the claimed invention is not identically disclosed as set forth in section 102, if the differences between the claimed invention and the prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole would have been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the claimed invention pertains. Patentability shall not be negated by the manner in which the invention was made.
Claims 11 and 19 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over
Gilor (US 2006/0072007). Gilor discloses a modular vision system (1000, particularly for
helmet, subparagraph 7 including three portions, a central portion (1040) in a single
piece, adapted to support a video camera (1021), a rear portion (1014) coupled to a first
end of the central portion (1040) and configured to support an electronic unit (1033),
subparagraph 50 as shown in figures 2 and 4. Further, a front portion is coupled to a
second end of the central portion as also shown in figure 2. However, Gilor does not
show the central portion and the rear portion being configured to conform to a profile of a
helmet.
It would have been obvious to one skilled in the art before the effective date of the
claimed invention that the module vison system of Gilor attached to the helmet by hooks
(1002, 1012) including the central and rear portions with curved arc are mutually coupled
seamlessly as shown in figures 2 and 4 and substantially conforms to a profile of the
helmet secured to the device in a fixed position when the hooks are fastened or as
required for particular application thereof.
Claim 14 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Gilor as applied
to claim 11 above, and further in view of Wang (CN 207720301 U). Gilor discloses the
invention as set forth above except for having the video camera being tilted upward
and/or downward.
Wang discloses a video camera (2) coupled to the helmet having a central portion via adjustable means (6) with a front plate (11) to tilt the video camera upward and or downward as shown in figure 1.
It would have been obvious to one skilled in the art before the effective date of the
claimed invention that the modular vision system of Gilor can be provided with a front plate (11) having adjustable means (6) to tilt the video camera upward and or downward as taught by Wang in order to properly record videos at required angles when the helmet is worn or end use thereof.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 12-13, 15-18 and 20 are objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base
claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the
limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's
disclosure. The prior art reference cited on PTO-892 discloses a helmet having a rail
system having a mount retaining a video camera in an adjustable manner.
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December 22, 2025 /TAJASH D PATEL/ Primary Examiner,
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