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 .
The following correspondence is a Final Office Action for application no. 18/213,906 for a FIRE EXTINGUISHER BRACKET HOLDER WITH EJECTION BUTTN SWITCH DEVICE, filed on 6/26/2023. This correspondence is in response to applicant's reply filed on 10/21/2025. 1-2 and 8-10 are pending.
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.
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph:
The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the applicant regards as his invention.
Claims 1-2 and 8-10 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor (or for applications subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, the applicant), regards as the invention.
Claim 1 contains the limitation regarding “wherein a fastening force of the fire extinguisher bracket clamp and the fire extinguisher bracket holder ejection button switch assembly is detected.” It is unclear what is the purpose of the detection of the fastening force. That is, how does the detection of the fastening force relate to the structure of the bracket holder. Appropriate clarification is requested. Claims 2 and 8-10 are rejected for the same reasons as dependent on claim 10.
Further, with regard to claim 1, which claims the limitation regarding “wherein a fastening force of the fire extinguisher bracket clamp and the fire extinguisher bracket holder ejection button switch assembly is detected and failure in a fastening process is diagnosed by a multi-level feature fusion algorithm model.” It is unclear whether applicant is claiming that the multi-level feature fusion algorithm model both detects the fastening force and diagnoses the failure in a fastening process or only diagnoses the failure in a fastening process. Appropriate clarification is requested. Claims 2 and 8-10 are rejected for the same reasons as dependent on claim 10.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claim 1 would be allowable if rewritten or amended to overcome the rejection(s) under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), 2nd paragraph, set forth in this Office action.
Claims 2 and 8-10 would be allowable if rewritten to overcome the rejection(s) under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), 2nd paragraph, set forth in this Office action and to include all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
Response to Arguments
Applicant’s arguments with respect to claim(s) 1-2 and 8-10 have been considered but are moot because the new ground of rejection does not rely on the prior rejection of record for any teaching or matter specifically challenged in the argument.
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.
/NKEISHA SMITH/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3632 October 31, 2025