Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
The present application, filed after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112(b):
(b) CONCLUSION.—The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor regards as the invention.
Claims 1-9 and 12-20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor regards as the invention.
Claims 1 and 13 are indefinite because they recite that an object (the adhesive element) is positioned between itself and another object (the at least one organizer support). It appears that "the adhesive element" should be replaced with "the at least one optical organizer" in each of claims 1 and 13. Claims 2-9, 12, and 14-20 are indefinite by dependence from claims 1 or 13.
Response to Arguments
It is assumed that the remarks meant to refer to independent claims 1 and 13 (not 1 and 10) and that the status identifier of claim 13 should have been "(Currently Amended)" instead of "(Original)". All objections and the 112 rejection of the 6/17/2025 action were overcome by the 9/17/2025 response. The prior art rejections are withdrawn in view of the new indefiniteness rejection in this action.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1-9 and 12-20 would be allowable if claims 1 and 13 are revised to clarify that the adhesive element is positioned between the at least one optical organizer and the at least one organizer support, as mentioned above.
Conclusion
THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. 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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/Michael Stahl/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2874