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 .
Drawings
The drawings are objected to because poor quality and difficult to recognize the details.
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Claim Objections
Claim 1 and 11-12 objected to because of the following informalities:
Regarding claim 1, in line 7 the phrase “the guide ring move axially;” should be changed to “the guide ring moves axially.”.
Regarding claim 11, in line 1 the phrase “wherein the grinder also comprises a powder bin” should be changed to “wherein the grinder further comprising a powder bin”.
Regarding claim 12, in line 1 the phrase “A grinder, comprising a material bin and a grinding base and a grinding wheel which are arranged in the material bin” should be changed to “A grinder, comprising a material bin, a grinding base and a grinding wheel; wherein the grinding base and the grinding wheel are arranged in the material bin”.
Appropriate correction is required.
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 1-14 and 13-14 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.
Regarding claim 1, in lines 6-7 the phrase “the grinding base adjusting ring drives the rotating ring to rotate when rotating so as to drive the guide ring move axially” render the claim indefinite because it is unclear why “the guide ring move axially”, what the grinding element been adjusted when “the guide ring move axially”.
Claims 2-11 are rejected because they depend from claim 1.
Claim 5 recites the limitation "the top" in line 2. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 5 recites the limitation "the lower" in line 2. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 6 recites the limitation "the side wall" in line 2. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 6 recites the limitation "the outer side" in line 4. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 6 recites the limitation "the inner side" in lines 4-5. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Regarding claim 6, in line 7 the phrase “when rotating” render the claim indefinite because it is unclear which element is “rotating”.
Claim 7 recites the limitation "the outer side wall" in line 1. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 7 recites the limitation "the inner side wall" in line 2. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 8 recites the limitation "the outer side" in line 1. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 10 recites the limitation " the bottom" in line 1. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 10 recites the limitation " the top" in line 2. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Regarding claim 10, in line 2 the phrase “a fourth internal thread” render the claim indefinite because claim 10 depends from claim 9 and claim 9 depends from claim 1;
however, none of the claims 9 and 1 recited “a first, a second and a third internal thread”; So, it is unclear why having “a fourth internal thread” without “a first, a second and a third internal thread”.
Claim 11 recites the limitation "the top" in line 2. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Regarding claim 11, in line 2 the phrase “a fifth internal thread” render the claim indefinite because claim 11 depends from claim 9 and claim 9 depends from claim 1;
however, none of the claims 9 and 1 recited “a first, a second, a third and a fourth internal thread”; So, it is unclear why having “a fourth internal thread” without “a first, a second, a third and a fourth internal thread”.
Claim 12 recites the limitation " the position" in line 3. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 12 recites the limitation " the position" in line 4. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claims 13-14 are rejected because they depend from claim 12.
Regarding claim 13, in lines 1-2 the phrase “he grinder according to claim 12, wherein the grinding base adjusting mechanism is the adjusting mechanism of claim 1” render the claim indefinite because it is unclear if claim 14 depend from claim 12 or claim 1.
Claim 14 recites the limitation " the lower end" in line 4. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 14 recites the limitation " the top" in line 6. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Regarding claim 14, in line 10 the phrase “when rotating” render the claim indefinite because it is unclear which element is “rotating”.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the statutory basis (i.e., changing from AIA to pre-AIA ) for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status.
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 12 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102 (a)(1) as being anticipated by Chen (CN216724269U attached NPL, English Machine translation).
Regarding claim 12, Chen discloses a grinder, comprising a material bin (fig.3) and a grinding base (fig.5: (22)) and a grinding wheel (fig.5: (221)) which are arranged in the material bin, and further comprising a grinding wheel adjusting mechanism used for adjusting the position of the grinding wheel (paragraph 0036) and a grinding base adjusting mechanism used for adjusting the position of the grinding base (paragraph 0031).
Allowable Subject Matter
The following is a statement of reasons for the indication of allowable subject matter:
Regarding claims 1 and 13, the closet prior art is Chen (CN216724269U), however in the opinion of the Examiner that the arts of record neither anticipates nor render obvious the limitation of “herein the rotating ring is movably connected with the fixed ring through threads, the guide ring is movably connected with the rotating ring through threads, the fixed ring is provided with a guide piece used for moving the guide ring axially, the grinding base adjusting ring is connected with the rotating ring, and the grinding base adjusting ring drives the rotating ring to rotate when rotating so as to drive the guide ring move axially” in combination with the other limitations of the claim.
Claims 2-11 are depended from claim 1.
Claims 14 is depended from claim 13.
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.
Claim 13 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.
Conclusion
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/MOHAMMED S. ALAWADI/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3725