DETAILED ACTION
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 under 37 CFR 1.83(a). The drawings must show every feature of the invention specified in the claims. Therefore, the “first cable-stayed jacking blocks (401) respectively arranged at both ends of each jacking transverse plate (410)” (emphasis added) (4 jacking blocks claimed, 2 shown in the figures 4, 7-8) and “second cable-stayed jacking blocks (402) respectively arranged at both ends of each jacking transverse plate (410)” (emphasis added) (4 jacking blocks claimed, 2 shown in the figures 4, 7-8) must be shown or the feature(s) canceled from the claim(s). No new matter should be entered.
Corrected drawing sheets in compliance with 37 CFR 1.121(d) are required in reply to the Office action to avoid abandonment of the application. Any amended replacement drawing sheet should include all of the figures appearing on the immediate prior version of the sheet, even if only one figure is being amended. The figure or figure number of an amended drawing should not be labeled as “amended.” If a drawing figure is to be canceled, the appropriate figure must be removed from the replacement sheet, and where necessary, the remaining figures must be renumbered and appropriate changes made to the brief description of the several views of the drawings for consistency. Additional replacement sheets may be necessary to show the renumbering of the remaining figures. Each drawing sheet submitted after the filing date of an application must be labeled in the top margin as either “Replacement Sheet” or “New Sheet” pursuant to 37 CFR 1.121(d). If the changes are not accepted by the examiner, the applicant will be notified and informed of any required corrective action in the next Office action. The objection to the drawings will not be held in abeyance.
Claim Objections
Claim 1 is objected to because of the following informalities: “the two first cable-stayed jacking blocks (401) is connected” should be “are connected” and “the two second cable-stayed jacking blocks (402) is connected” should be “are connected”. 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 1-10 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.
Claims 1-10 use the term “jacking linkage type sixteen-wheel four-way shuttle”. The addition of the word "type" to an otherwise definite expression (e.g., Friedel-Crafts catalyst) extends the scope of the expression so as to render it indefinite. Ex parte Copenhaver, 109 USPQ 118 (Bd. Pat. App. & Inter. 1955). See also MPEP 2173.05(b)(III)(E).
Claim 1 recites the limitation "the front and rear sides of the support frame" in lines 8-9. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 1 recites the limitation "the two transverse driving wheels" in line 9. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 1 recites the limitation "the two third transverse driven wheels" in line 10. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 1 recites the limitation "the front and rear sides of the ball bearing sleeve" in lines 31-32. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 2 recites the limitation "the front and rear side walls of the support frame" in lines 1-2. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 2 recites the limitation " the axles of the first transverse driven wheels (202) and the second transverse driven wheels (203)" in lines 7-8. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 2 recites the limitation "the axles of the first longitudinal driving wheels (301) and the second longitudinal driving wheels (302)" in lines 13-14. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 1, line 19 introduces the element “first longitudinal transmission belts” in line 19. Claim 4, line 2 (dependent from claim 1) then refers to “the first longitudinal transmission belt”. It is unclear which “first longitudinal transmission belt” is being referred to in claim 4.
Claim 4 recites the limitation "the inner side wall of the support frame" in line 6. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 6, line 4 refers to “its top”. It is unclear which element is being referred to with “its”.
Claim 6, lines 5-6 refers to “its front and rear side walls”. It is unclear which element is being referred to with “its”.
Claim 7 recites the limitation "the four corners of the support frame" in line 6. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1-10 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.
The following is a statement of reasons for the indication of allowable subject matter: Claim 1 includes the limitations of the cable-stayed reversing jacking mechanism (400) includes jacking transverse plates (410) symmetrically arranged on the front and rear sides of the support frame (100), first cable-stayed jacking blocks (401) respectively arranged at both ends of each jacking transverse plate (410) and second cable-stayed jacking blocks (402) respectively arranged at both ends of each jacking transverse plate (410); each end of the jacking transverse plate (410) is provided with a first reversing assembling groove (411) and a second reversing assembling groove (412), to assemble the transverse transmission shaft (206) and the transverse connecting shaft (209); the structure of the first cable- stayed jacking block (401) is the same as that of the second cable-stayed jacking block (402), which is provided with a jacking shaft hole (414) penetrating left and right and a jacking inclined hole (415) arranging obliquely and penetrating the front and rear; a ball bearing sleeve (418) is movably arranged in the jacking shaft hole (414), a cable-stayed jacking pillar (420) is arranged between the front and 17 rear sides of the ball bearing sleeve (418), and the cable-stayed jacking pillar (420) is movably embedded in the jacking inclined hole (415); and, the two first cable-stayed jacking blocks (401) is connected through a first jacking shaft (404) which is movably penetrated in its corresponding ball bearing sleeve (418), the two second cable-stayed jacking blocks (402) is connected through a second jacking shaft (405) which is movably penetrated in its corresponding ball bearing sleeve (418), and the first jacking shaft (404) and/or the second jacking shaft (405) are drivingly connected to a jacking motor (409) through a jacking transmission belt (408). The closest prior art, Chen et al. (CN 109878995 A) discloses a jacking linkage type sixteen-wheel four-way shuttle (figs. 1-2), characterized in that the jacking linkage type sixteen-wheel four-way shuttle comprises a support frame (1), the transverse movement drive mechanism includes transverse driving wheels (2), first, second and third transverse driven wheels (other wheels on side of 2 not labeled 2), in which each set of the wheels is symmetrically arranged on the front and rear sides of the support frame (100) (shown in figs. 1-2); first longitudinal driving wheels (3), first and second longitudinal driven wheels ( wheels not numbered 3 on same side as 3), and a jacking mechanism (6, 9) but does not disclose the details of the jacking mechanism as listed above. These and the other recited limitations were not reasonably found in the prior art.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. The references cited on the PTO-892 form disclose similar features of the claimed invention.
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/JAMES A ENGLISH/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3614