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 .
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, 5, 8-12 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Karaki et al (2004/0056469).
Karaki et al teaches two supporting lateral longitudinal beams 2; and a crash flat belt assembly 1 connected to front ends of the two supporting lateral longitudinal beams, wherein the crash flat belt assembly is stretched in a transverse direction between the longitudinal beams, wherein the crash flat belt assembly comprises round or rounded deflection bodies 3 that are respectively fixed to the front ends of the longitudinal beams and a closed flat belt and/or tubular belt loop, wherein deflection sections of the closed flat belt and/or tubular belt loop are each respectively seated on one of the deflection bodies of the crash flat belt assembly (see figures 1-3, 12-13, [0006] – [0007], [0053] – [0058] .
For claim 5 (see element 3 of figures 1-3).
For claim 8 (see figure 12).
For claims 9, 10 (see elements 3, 4 of figure 12).
For claim 11 (see figures 1-3 element 1).
For claim 12 (see figure 1 vehicle 6).
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 2-4, 6-7 are objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
Conclusion
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/HAI H HUYNH/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3747
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