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 .
Reopening of Prosecution
Prosecution on the merits of this application is reopened on claims 1-7 considered unpatentable for the reasons indicated below: See rejection under 35 USC §102 (a)(1).
Applicant is advised that the Notice of Allowance mailed 12/23/2025 is vacated. If the issue fee has already been paid, applicant may request a refund or request that the fee be credited to a deposit account. However, applicant may wait until the application is either found allowable or held abandoned. If allowed, upon receipt of a new Notice of Allowance, applicant may request that the previously submitted issue fee be applied. If abandoned, applicant may request refund or credit to a specified Deposit Account.
A Supervisory Patent Examiner (SPE) has approved of reopening prosecution by signing below:
/EDWARD F LANDRUM/Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 3761
Priority
This application discloses and claims only subject matter disclosed in prior Application No. PCT/CN2018/119449, filed 12/06/2018. Since Applicant, apparently inadvertently, failed to include the priority in the ADS for the instant Application (18/050,475) the priority to CN20181041173.3 is not proper and effective filing date of this Application is taken at the last proper domestic priority date with respect to 16/725,994 on 12/23/2019.
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) 1-7 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being clearly anticipated by CN 108185450A
As can be seen CN108185450A is the publication of application no. CN 20181041173.3 from which the present Application claimed Foreign Priority. The written disclosure and drawings are identical (see figures and translation) and therefore there can be no subject matter differing between the applications and CN 108185450A must clearly anticipate all claimed structures in the present application.
Conclusion
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/WOODY A LEE JR/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3761 /EDWARD F LANDRUM/Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 3761