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 .
Claim Objections
Claims 15-28 are objected to because of the following informalities:
Re. claim 15: The phrase “comprising a housing having a movement axis and a die part arranged thereon, the die part having a nest to accommodate a wire ferrule of a strip, wherein the die part is resiliently mounted in a die receptacle of the housing” as recited in lines 2-4 appears to be –comprising: a housing having a movement axis; and a die part arranged thereon, the die part having a nest to accommodate a wire ferrule of a strip, wherein the die part is resiliently mounted in a die receptacle of the housing--.
Re. claim 18: The phrase “wherein at least one spring element is arranged” as recited in lines 1-2 appears to be –further comprising at least one spring element arranged--.
Re. claim 19: The phrase “wherein at least one spring element is” as recited in line 1 appears to be –the at least one spring element is--.
Re. claim 20: The phrase “wherein at least one spring element is” as recited in line 1 appears to be –the at least one spring element is--.
Re. claim 21: The phrase “wherein at least one spring element includes” as recited in line 1 appears to be –the at least one spring element includes--.
Re. claim 22: The phrase “which the spring element is placed” as recited in lines 2-3 appears to be –which the at least one spring element is placed--.
Re. claim 27: The phrase “comprising two handles which are movable relative to one another, a crimping station with a crimping drum and a crimping stamp, a depot for storing a strip of interconnected wire ferrules” as recited in lines 1-4 appears to be –comprising: two handles which are movable relative to one another; a crimping station with a crimping drum and a crimping stamp; and a depot for storing a strip of interconnected wire ferrules--.
Appropriate correction is required.
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)(2) the claimed invention was described in a patent issued under section 151, or in an application for patent published or deemed published under section 122(b), in which the patent or application, as the case may be, names another inventor and was effectively filed before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claims 15, 17 and 26-28 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Korsmeier et al. (US PAT. 12,142,886).
Korsmeier et al. teach a crimping drum (1, Fig. 1) for a pressing tool for processing strips of interconnected wire ferrules, comprising: a housing (5, Fig. 1) having a movement axis (8); and a die part arranged thereon, the die part having a nest (10, Fig. 1) to accommodate a wire ferrule (2, Fig. 1) of a strip as shown in Fig. 2, wherein the die part is resiliently mounted in a die receptacle of the housing as shown in Figs. 2-4 (see also col. 8, line 39 to col. 10, line 8).
Re. claim 17: The die part is resiliently mounted parallel to the movement axis as shown in Fig. 2.
Re. claim 26: The movement axis is a rotation axis as shown in Figs. 1-3.
Re. claim 27: Korsmeier et al. also teach a pressing tool (27, Fig. 8) comprising: two handles (28, Fig. 8) which are movable relative to one another; a crimping station with a crimping drum (1, Figs. 1 and 8) and a crimping stamp (not shown); and a depot for storing a strip of interconnected wire ferrules (see also col. 1, lines 37-42 and col. 11, line 59 to col. 11, line 23).
Re. claim 28: The two handles are movable relative to one another for operating the pressing tool as shown in Figs. 8-10.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 16 and 18-25 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.
The Prior Art
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. Cramer et al. (PGPub 2016/0104994 A1), Poma et al. (PGPub 2013/0029523 A1), Strickland (US PAT. 4,006,502), and Edwards, Sr. et al. (US PAT. 3,800,584) are cited to further show the state of the art with respect to a pressing tool including a crimping drum.
Conclusion
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/PAUL D KIM/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3729
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