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 .
DETAILED ACTION
Status of the Claims
Claim 1 is pending and the subject of this NON-FINAL Office Action.
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)Novelty; Prior Art.—A person shall be entitled to a patent unless—
(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; or
(2)the claimed invention was described in a patent issued under section 151, or in an application for patent published or deemed published under section 122(b), in which the patent or application, as the case may be, names another inventor and was effectively filed before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claims 1 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by BASHIR (US20140363821).
As to claim 1, BASHIR teaches a system for rapid analysis of biological samples, comprising: a mobile device that receives at least one integrated chip (e.g. paras. 0006 & 0035); the mobile device processing the integrated chip to analyze a biological sample loaded thereon (id.); the mobile device and the integrated chip together being configured to perform at least one of manipulation and control of a molecule or a fluidic system on the integrated chip (id.); and wherein the mobile device and integrated chip together are configured to precision control at least one parameter that governs at least one of a plurality of steps of the analysis of the biological sample to within plus or minus 10%, plus or minus 1% (para. 0013; “In an aspect, the minimum temperature in the fluid droplet for any of the methods and devices provided herein is substantially equal to the temperature of the gas phase atmosphere that surrounds the fluid droplet. “Substantially equal” in this aspect refers to temperatures that are within about 10%, within about 5%, or within about 1% of each other.”).
It is also noted that “the mobile device processing the integrated chip to analyze a biological sample loaded thereon” merely states an intended use of the claimed system and fails to further define the system.
Claims 1 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by FORET (US20020157951).
As to claim 1, FORET teaches a system for rapid analysis of biological samples, comprising: a mobile device that receives at least one integrated chip (portable microchip, which requires device to process it; e.g. paras. 0008, 0021-22); the mobile device processing the integrated chip to analyze a biological sample loaded thereon (id.); the mobile device and the integrated chip together being configured to perform at least one of manipulation and control of a molecule or a fluidic system on the integrated chip (id.); and wherein the mobile device and integrated chip together are configured to precision control at least one parameter that governs at least one of a plurality of steps of the analysis of the biological sample to within plus or minus 0.0001% (e.g. para. 0008; “Using the system of the invention, a run temperature can remain stable to within 0.01-0.02°C” yields, for example, 0.01/100°C=0.0001% stable).
It is also noted that “the mobile device processing the integrated chip to analyze a biological sample loaded thereon” merely states an intended use of the claimed system and fails to further define the system.
Conclusion
No claims are allowed.
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/AARON A PRIEST/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 1681
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