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
Claim 1 is objected to because of the following typographic error:
The claim recites a step of “pre-heating said at least two component bodies reduce a surface viscosity of said adhesive,” which should read “pre-heating said at least two component bodies to reduce a surface viscosity of said adhesive.” Appropriate correction is required.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
The text of those sections of Title 35, U.S. Code not included in this action can be found in a prior Office action.
Claims 1-8 and 16-17 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor regards as the invention.
Claim 1 recites the materials of the component bodies in an unclear and indefinite manner. The claim recites “the metallic materials comprising aluminium, brass, lead, steel, or plastic materials.” It is unclear how the plastic materials are grouped in with metallic materials, as these are separate classes of materials with distinct and mutually exclusive characteristics.
The use of the term “preferably, by means of mechanical cleaning…” in claim 1 renders the claim indefinite because it is unclear whether the limitations following the phrase are part of the claimed invention. For examination purposes, limitations following the phrase are not considered to be part of the claimed invention.
Response to Arguments
Applicant’s arguments, filed 05/15/2026, with respect to the previously applied rejections under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) have been fully considered and are persuasive. These rejections have been withdrawn. However claim 1 remains indefinite in scope for the reasons detailed above.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claim 1 contains allowable subject matter, as detailed in the previous Office action.
Conclusion
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/CARSON GROSS/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 1746
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