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 because of the following problems.
The drawings are objected to as failing to comply with 37 CFR 1.84(p)(4) because reference characters "21", "22" and "31" have both been used to designate the first RF connection member.
The drawings are objected to as failing to comply with 37 CFR 1.84(p)(4) because reference characters "31" and "32" have both been used to designate the second RF connection member.
The drawings are objected to as failing to comply with 37 CFR 1.84(p)(4) because reference character “31” has been used to designate both first RF connection member and second RF connection member.
Figure 1 should be designated by a legend such as -- Prior Art -- because only that which is old is illustrated. See MPEP § 608.02(g).
The drawings are objected to as failing to comply with 37 CFR 1.84(p)(5) because they include the following reference character(s) not mentioned in the description: “90” shown in Figure 10.
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.
Specification
Applicant is reminded of the proper content of an abstract of the disclosure.
A patent abstract is a concise statement of the technical disclosure of the patent and should include that which is new in the art to which the invention pertains. The abstract should not refer to purported merits or speculative applications of the invention and should not compare the invention with the prior art.
If the patent is of a basic nature, the entire technical disclosure may be new in the art, and the abstract should be directed to the entire disclosure. If the patent is in the nature of an improvement in an old apparatus, process, product, or composition, the abstract should include the technical disclosure of the improvement. The abstract should also mention by way of example any preferred modifications or alternatives.
Where applicable, the abstract should include the following: (1) if a machine or apparatus, its organization and operation; (2) if an article, its method of making; (3) if a chemical compound, its identity and use; (4) if a mixture, its ingredients; (5) if a process, the steps.
Extensive mechanical and design details of an apparatus should not be included in the abstract. The abstract should be in narrative form and generally limited to a single paragraph within the range of 50 to 150 words in length.
See MPEP § 608.01(b) for guidelines for the preparation of patent abstracts.
The abstract of the disclosure is objected to because the present abstract contains more than 150 words in length. A corrected abstract of the disclosure is required and must be presented on a separate sheet, apart from any other text. See MPEP § 608.01(b).
The title of the invention is not descriptive. A new title is required that is clearly indicative of the invention to which the claims are directed.
The following title is suggested: RE CONNECTOR TRANSMITTING RADIOF FREQUENCY (RF).
The disclosure is objected to because of the following informalities:
The examiner advises the applicant to use different terminologies with different reference numbers.
In view of Figure 11, it seems that the reference number 21 for “first RF connection member” is a part of the first RF contact 2 that contacts with one of the contacts of the first counterpart connector 111 and the reference number 22 for “first RF connection member” is also another part of the first RF contact 2 that connects with the first connecting pin 51. Since the part 21 is making a contact, the examiner suggests the applicant to change “first RF connection member 21” to -- first RF contact member 21 --. Also, since the part 22 is making a connection, the examiner suggests the applicant to keep the current terminology “first RF connection member 22”.
For the reference numbers “31” and “32”, the examiner suggests the applicant to make the similar changes like the reference numbers “21” and “22”.
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 4-9 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 4 recites the limitation "the rear surface" in line 3. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim. Claim1 and 4 do not recite, “a rear surface” of the cover shell.
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.
Claim(s) 1-3 and 10-12 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Nakagawa (US Patent Application Publication No. 2021/0242631 A1).
Nakagawa discloses a connector 30, comprising: (claim 1) a first radio frequency (RF) contact 33A for RF signal transmission; a second RF contact 33B which is spaced apart from the first RF contact 33A in a first axial direction (see Fig. 2); an insulation part 36 to which the first RF contact 33A and the second RF contact 33B are coupled; a cover shell 35 to which the insulation part 36 is coupled; a first coaxial cable 31A which is electrically connected to the first RF contact 33A; a second coaxial cable 31B which is spaced apart from the first coaxial cable 31A in the first axial direction (see Fig. 4) and electrically connected to the second RF contact 33B; and a partition wall part 41 which is coupled to the cover shell 35 such that, with respect to the first axial direction, the first RF contact 33A and the first coaxial cable 31A are disposed on one side and the second RF contact 33B and the second coaxial cable 31B are disposed on the other side;
(claim 2) wherein the partition wall part 41 is grounded through the cover shell 35 to shield between the first RF contact 33A and the first coaxial cable 31A, and the second RF contact 33B and the second coaxial cable 31B; and
(claim 3) wherein the cover shell 35 comprises an upper shielding member 43 which is disposed on the upper portion of the insulating part 36, a left shielding member (not labeled, see Fig. 4 below) which is disposed on the left side of the insulating part 36, and a right shielding member (not labeled, see Fig. 4 below) which is disposed on the right side of the insulating part 36, wherein the left shielding member, the upper shielding member 43 and the partition wall part 41 are configured to implement a shielding for the first RF contact 33A and the first coaxial cable 31A, and wherein the right shielding member, the upper shielding member 43 and the partition wall part 41 are configured to implement a shielding for the second RF contact 33B and the second coaxial cable 31B;
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(claim 10) Nakagawa discloses the insulation part 36 comprises a first RF protrusion 38A for supporting the first RF contact 33A, and a second RF protrusion 38B for supporting the second RF contact 33B, wherein the partition wall part 41 comprises a grounding member 41a to be grounded by a grounding member of a counterpart connector, and wherein the grounding member 41a is located between the first RF protrusion 38A and the second RF protrusion 38B to shield between the first RF contact 33A and the second RF contact 33B.
(claim 11) Nakagawa discloses the connector 30 further comprising: an alignment part 42A, 42B which is coupled to the first coaxial cable 31A and the second coaxial cable 31B, and wherein the partition wall part 41 extends in the second axial direction to be connected to the alignment part 42A, 42B;
(claim 12) wherein the first coaxial cable 31A comprises a first connecting pin 32A which is electrically connected to a first RF connecting member of the first RF contact 33A,
wherein the second coaxial cable 31B comprises a second connecting pin 32B which is electrically connected to a second RF connecting member of the second RF contact 33B, and
wherein the partition wall part 41 is disposed between the first connecting pin 32A and the second connecting pin 32B.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 4-9 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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/Hae Moon Hyeon/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2831