DETAILED ACTION 1. This office action is a response to communication submitted on 04/27/2023. Information Disclosure Statement 2. The information disclosure statement(s) (IDS) submitted is in compliance with the provisions of 37 CFR 1.97. Accordingly, the information disclosure statement is being considered by the examiner. Drawings 3. 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 features recited on claim s 8 and 14 wherein the door movement space substantially corresponds to the plane between the car doors and the shaft doors and corresponds in particular to the detection plane of a conventional light grid 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. 4 . Claims 1-16 are presented for examination. Claim Objections 5. Claims 12-13 are objected to under 37 CFR 1.75 as being a substantial duplicate of claim 12. When two claims in an application are duplicates or else are so close in content that they both cover the same thing, despite a slight difference in wording, it is proper after allowing one claim to object to the other as being a substantial duplicate of the allowed claim. See MPEP § 608.01(m). Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112 6. 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 5-6 and 11 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 5-6 and 11 recite several times “in particular…”. This is not a positive limitation leading the claims to be vague and unclear of what other options are not particular to those recited. Claim Rejections – 35 USC § 10 2 7. 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. 8 . Claims 1-3 and 5-6 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 10 2(a) ( 1 ) as being anticipated by Begle (US 5001557 A). In regards to claim 1, Begle shows ( Figs. 1-9 ) and discloses a sensor device ( i.e. 1 ) - for an elevator ( i.e. elevator installation shown in Fig. 1 ) comprising a car ( 23 ) comprising an elevator door ( 21 ), which has a door movement space in a passage and disposed in front of which is a spatial region in front on a floor in front of the door movement space ( see surface area shown in X and Y planar axis ) , - comprising a detection device ( i.e. 1, 1.5, 1.7, 3 ), configured - for separately detecting objects in the door movement space and in the spatial region in front ( see Figs. 1-2, predeterminate space 5.1 which extends in the elevator vestibule or area in front of the elevator entrance 4 at the floor at which the elevator cabin or car 23, different zones 8.1, 8.2, 8.3 and 8.4, sometimes referred to as Y-zones ), and - for carrying out successive detection passes ( i.e. line 9 indicates the camera axis and different zones 8.1, 8.2, 8.3 and 8.4, sometimes referred to as Y-zones, are also indicated which extend at or substantially parallel to the support or vestibule surface 5.2 in a direction substantially parallel to the wings 21.1 of the elevator cabin or car door 21… here are also indicated the different Y-zones 8.1 to 8.4 as well as a further set of zones 12, sometimes referred to as X-zones, which extend at or substantially parallel to the support or vestibule surface 5.2 and substantially perpendicular to the wings 21.1 of the elevator cabin or car door 21) , and - comprising an evaluation device ( i.e. 10 ) , wherein - the evaluation device ( 10 , Fig. 9 ) - has a memory ( i.e. 10.22, 10.34 ) and is configured - to store in the memory ( i.e. 10.22, 10.34 ) at least temporarily the information as to whether an object has been detected during a detection pass ( col. 9, line 24 to col. 12, line 27 ) , and - to output an early closing signal for closing the elevator door ( col. 12, lines 27-52 ), - if no object has been detected during a detection pass ( col. 12, lines 27-52 ) and - the information that an object has been detected has been stored in the memory for a preceding detection pass, in particular for a specific preceding detection pass, in particular for the directly preceding detection pass ( col. 9, line 24 to col. 12, line 52 ) . In regards to claim 2, Begle shows (Figs. 1-9) and discloses wherein the evaluation device (10) is configured to output an opening signal for opening the elevator door (21) if an object is detected in the door movement space (i.e. the reflection images 14 of an object or person 7 moving in the Y-direction on the support or vestibule surface 5.2, is always projected onto substantially the same sensor cells 1.7 of the linear image sensor 1.5 which allows the unequivocal conclusion that the related object or person 7 is not approaching or moving towards the elevator entrance 4… The determination of such distance as well as the detection of the temporal variations in the distance during the operational steps 10.16 and 10.17 shown in FIG. 8 is quite important in view of the fact that in such manner there can be recognized the detection of a person 7 who hurries to the elevator entrance 4. Consequently, the dwell time of the automatically operated elevator cabin or car door 21, i.e. the time period during which such door 21 is held open, can be correspondingly prolonged or a closing door may even be reversed., col. 7, line 10 to col. 9, line 36, col. 11, lines 1-20) . In regards to claim 3, Begle shows (Figs. 1-9) and discloses wherein the evaluation device (10) is configured to output a conditional closing signal for the conditional closing of the elevator door if no object has been detected in the door movement space, conditional closing meaning that the elevator door are intended to be closed if simultaneously a specific time duration has elapsed since an opening signal for opening the doors elevator door (The determination of such distance as well as the detection of the temporal variations in the distance during the operational steps 10.16 and 10.17 shown in FIG. 8 is quite important in view of the fact that in such manner there can be recognized the detection of a person 7 who hurries to the elevator entrance 4. Consequently, the dwell time of the automatically operated elevator cabin or car door 21, i.e. the time period during which such door 21 is held open, can be correspondingly prolonged or a closing door may even be reversed… it can be stated that the car and door processor or control 10.18 is supplied with data concerning the presence, the number and the movement condition of at least one person which is present on the support or vestibule surface 5.2 at a given moment of time and also the intentions of such person or persons due to their behavior as apparent from the temporal variations in the infrared reflection images. The car and door processor or control 10.18 responds correspondingly by, for example, keeping open, premature closing, or reversing the motion of the automatically operated door., col. 7, line 10 to col. 9, line 36, col. 11, lines 1-20) . In regards to claim 5, Begle shows ( Figs. 1-9 ) and discloses wherein the conditional closing signal and the opening signal are the inverse of one another, and in particular one of the two signals is given by the absence of the other signal and in particular the conditional closing signal is defined by the absence of the opening signal, or vice versa, and in particular the opening signal is the high state and the conditional closing signal is the low state of the same signal line (i.e. control signal generator 10.33 is also connected to the call and door processor 10.18. Such call and door processor 10.28 receives the output signals of the aforementioned control signal generators 10.31, 10.32 and 10.33 which indicate to the call and door processor 10.18 the presence, the number and the movement conditions of at least one person 7 present on the support or vestibule surface 5.2. The call and door processor 10.18, as shown in FIG. 9, is connected, on its output side, to the elevator drive 10.19 and to the door drive 10.20 in order to carry out the commands delivered by the call and door processor 10.18 in accordance with the control signals received thereat… the dwell time of the automatically operated elevator cabin or car door 21, i.e. the time period during which such door 21 is held open, can be correspondingly prolonged or a closing door may even be reversed., col. 7, line 10 to col. 9, line 36, col. 11, lines 1-20) . In regards to claim 6, Begle shows ( Figs. 1-9 ) and implicitly discloses (emphasis added) wherein the conditional closing signal and the early closing signal are different from one another and in particular are given neither identically and/or inversely with respect to one another in particular that are transmitted via different signal lines (i.e. The determination of such distance as well as the detection of the temporal variations in the distance during the operational steps 10.16 and 10.17 shown in FIG. 8 is quite important in view of the fact that in such manner there can be recognized the detection of a person 7 who hurries to the elevator entrance 4. Consequently, the dwell time of the automatically operated elevator cabin or car door 21, i.e. the time period during which such door 21 is held open, can be correspondingly prolonged or a closing door may even be reverse… The car and door processor or control 10.18 responds correspondingly by, for example, keeping open, premature closing, or reversing the motion of the automatically operated door . In most cases, the automatically operated elevator cabin or car door 21 can be prematurely closed prior to the expiration of the otherwise usual dwell time or time period for which the automatically operated elevator cabin or car door 21 is kept open, which results in an increase of the elevator passenger conveying capacity...see also first, second and third control signal generators separately, see col. 11, lines 10-20). Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103 9. The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action: A patent for a claimed invention may not be obtained, notwithstanding that the claimed invention is not identically disclosed as set forth in section 102, if the differences between the claimed invention and the prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole would have been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the claimed invention pertains. Patentability shall not be negated by the manner in which the invention was made. 10 . Claims 4, 7-8 and 11-14 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 10 3 as being unpatentable over Begle (US 5001557 A) in view of NAKAJIMA et al. (JP 2014001028 A). In regards to claim 4, Begle shows ( Figs. 1-9 ) implicitly discloses ( emphasis added ) wherein the evaluation device ( 10 ) has a time switch and is configured to start the time switch upon detection of an object in the door movement space and to output a closing signal for closing the elevator door , if no object has been detected in the door movement space and simultaneously a specific time duration of the time switch has elapsed ( i.e. The determination of such distance as well as the detection of the temporal variations in the distance during the operational steps 10.16 and 10.17 shown in FIG. 8 is quite important in view of the fact that in such manner there can be recognized the detection of a person 7 who hurries to the elevator entrance 4. Consequently, the dwell time of the automatically operated elevator cabin or car door 21, i.e. the time period during which such door 21 is held open, can be correspondingly prolonged or a closing door may even be reversed… The car and door processor or control 10.18 responds correspondingly by, for example, keeping open, premature closing, or reversing the motion of the automatically operated door. In most cases, the automatically operated elevator cabin or car door 21 can be prematurely closed prior to the expiration of the otherwise usual dwell time or time period for which the automatically operated elevator cabin or car door 21 is kept open, which results in an increase of the elevator passenger conveying capacity, see col. 11, lines 5-20, col. 12, lines 27-44 ). Moreover, NAKAJIMA discloses a detection device for an elevator wherein the evaluation device ( control device “ not shown in the figure ” ) has a time switch and is configured to start the time switch upon detection of an object in the door movement space and to output a closing signal for closing the elevator door , if no object has been detected in the door movement space and simultaneously a specific time duration of the time switch has elapsed ( i.e. the door open/close state confirmation method according to the previous steps S2 and S3 is installed at the door open and closed ends of the car door 4 and the landing door 3 in response to the open/close command from the door control device that controls the door open/close operation. Operational state of the door open/close state confirmation switch (schematic diagram) and the rationality of the open/close state by the door open / close position detection device 11 that rotates in synchronization with the door motor (motor) 10 that drives the belt (schematic diagram) that is driven when the door is opened and closed Whether the door can be opened or closed is determined based on the determination… The presence / absence of a person near the door is also determined based on the signal received by the light receiving device 16 on the other side of the car door 4 with the light projected from the light emitting device 15 on the one side. If there is a passenger (user) near the landing (and near the door) as a result of this determination, the door is fully opened and waits. If there is no passenger (user) near the landing (and near the door), the vicinity of the landing It is determined whether or not a certain time has elapsed since the door was opened and waited until a person approaches (step S6). As a result of this determination, if a certain time has not elapsed, the process returns to the determination (step S5) whether or not there are passengers (users) near the landing and repeats the subsequent processing. In the same way as described above, the foreign substance removal unprocessed signal is automatically transmitted to the control center via the monitoring terminal and the communication line, the foreign substance removal unprocessed is notified, and the control center side which received the notification of the report A specialist engineer visits the site and confirms the door open/closed state or examines countermeasures, see DESCRIPTION-OF-EMBODIMENTS and Figs. 1-3 ). Thus, given the teaching of NAKAJIMA , it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filling date of the claimed invention to employ on the circuit/system of Beggle a timer or time processor as to track time passing of monitored door action such as when the door is opened and kept opened until the door is further closed, so to transmit data of to check about door open/closed state and determine whether or not there are passengers (users) in the car based on the load detection signal from the load detection device and/or avoid door collision, consequently improving the system reliability and security . In regards to claim 7, claim 7 does not set further limitation other than combination of claim 1 ( See rejection of claim 1 ) and claim 4 ( See rejection of claim 4 ) , wherein although Begle shows ( Figs. 1-9 ) implicitly discloses ( emphasis added ) wherein the evaluation device ( 10 ) has a time switch and is configured to start the time switch upon detection of an object in the door movement space and to output a closing signal for closing the elevator door , if no object has been detected in the door movement space and simultaneously a specific time duration of the time switch has elapsed ( i.e. The determination of such distance as well as the detection of the temporal variations in the distance during the operational steps 10.16 and 10.17 shown in FIG. 8 is quite important in view of the fact that in such manner there can be recognized the detection of a person 7 who hurries to the elevator entrance 4. Consequently, the dwell time of the automatically operated elevator cabin or car door 21, i.e. the time period during which such door 21 is held open, can be correspondingly prolonged or a closing door may even be reversed… The car and door processor or control 10.18 responds correspondingly by, for example, keeping open, premature closing, or reversing the motion of the automatically operated door. In most cases, the automatically operated elevator cabin or car door 21 can be prematurely closed prior to the expiration of the otherwise usual dwell time or time period for which the automatically operated elevator cabin or car door 21 is kept open, which results in an increase of the elevator passenger conveying capacity, see col. 11, lines 5-20, col. 12, lines 27-44 ). Moreover, NAKAJIMA discloses a detection device for an elevator wherein the evaluation device ( control device “not shown in the figure” ) has a time switch and is configured to start the time switch upon detection of an object in the door movement space and to output a closing signal for closing the elevator door , if no object has been detected in the door movement space and simultaneously a specific time duration of the time switch has elapsed ( i.e. the door open/close state confirmation method according to the previous steps S2 and S3 is installed at the door open and closed ends of the car door 4 and the landing door 3 in response to the open/close command from the door control device that controls the door open/close operation. Operational state of the door open/close state confirmation switch (schematic diagram) and the rationality of the open/close state by the door open / close position detection device 11 that rotates in synchronization with the door motor (motor) 10 that drives the belt (schematic diagram) that is driven when the door is opened and closed Whether the door can be opened or closed is determined based on the determination… The presence / absence of a person near the door is also determined based on the signal received by the light receiving device 16 on the other side of the car door 4 with the light projected from the light emitting device 15 on the one side. If there is a passenger (user) near the landing (and near the door) as a result of this determination, the door is fully opened and waits. If there is no passenger (user) near the landing (and near the door), the vicinity of the landing It is determined whether or not a certain time has elapsed since the door was opened and waited until a person approaches (step S6). As a result of this determination, if a certain time has not elapsed, the process returns to the determination (step S5) whether or not there are passengers (users) near the landing and repeats the subsequent processing. In the same way as described above, the foreign substance removal unprocessed signal is automatically transmitted to the control center via the monitoring terminal and the communication line, the foreign substance removal unprocessed is notified, and the control center side which received the notification of the report A specialist engineer visits the site and confirms the door open/closed state or examines countermeasures, see DESCRIPTION-OF-EMBODIMENTS and Figs. 1-3 ). Thus, given the teaching of NAKAJIMA , it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filling date of the claimed invention to employ on the circuit/system of Beggle a timer or time processor as to track time passing of monitored door action such as when the door is opened and kept opened until the door is further closed, so to transmit data of to check about door open/closed state and determine whether or not there are passengers (users) in the car based on the load detection signal from the load detection device and/or avoid door collision, consequently improving the system reliability and security . In regards to claims 8 and 14, Begle shows ( Figs. 1-9 ) and discloses wherein the door movement space substantially corresponds to the plane (i.e. X/Y planar surface) between the car doors (21) and the shaft doors and corresponds in particular to the detection plane of a conventional light grid (see Figs. 1-3, i.e. Such imaging device contains a liquid crystal display (LCD) unit with an associated microshutter and a linear image sensor arranged in a plane extending substantially parallel to the plane of the liquid crystal display unit. Data representative of the infrared reflection images are processed in a programmable evaluation and control unit with respect to the contour representative of the at least one person and with respect to temporal variations in the reflection images. The recognition capability of the apparatus can be improved by alternatingly producing optical reflection images and infrared reflection images). In regards to claims 10 and 16, Begle shows ( Figs. 1-9 ) and discloses wherein the object is a person (see person 7) . In regards to claim 11, Begle shows ( Figs. 1-9 ) and discloses wherein the detection device ( i.e. 1, 1.5, 1.7, 3 ) is arranged on the transom of a passage (see sensor 3 location, Fig. 1-3) , and has a sensor matrix, one region of the sensor matrix being assigned to detection in the door movement space and another region of the sensor matrix being assigned to detection in the spatial region in front (12 is a sensor matrix, Fig. 3) . In regards to claims 12-13, Begle shows ( Figs. 1-9 ) and discloses wherein the preceding detection pass comprises a directly preceding detection pass (see sensors 1 at Figs. 1-3 detecting directly preceding detection pass of the person 7 moving in a direction towards the elevator front plane or upright surface 11). 11 . Claims 9 and 15 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 10 3 as being unpatentable over Begle (US 5001557 A) in view of NAKAJIMA et al. (JP 2014001028 A) and further in view of SEKI et al. ( US 11274020 B2). In regards to claim s 9 and 15 , Begle as modified by NAKAJIMA discloses a time duration (i.e. time period of one second, with the movement-related data obtained from the further storage device 10.34 and he dwell time of the automatically operated elevator cabin or car door 21, i.e. the time period during which such door 21 is held open, can be correspondingly prolonged or a closing door may even be reversed) but does not explicitly disclose a time switch is 5 seconds. However, SEKI discloses a door operation controller for an elevator includes at least one sensor arranged in a doorway at a landing for detecting moving direction and/or moving speed of a person or an object in or near the doorway during a time period from when the elevator door is opened until when the elevator door is closed at the landing. The controller is configured to control door operation in response to the detection of a person's or object's movement in or near the doorway at the landing and discloses e method of controlling door operation for an elevator further includes reopening the elevator door in response to the detection of a person moving across the doorway during close movement of the elevator door; counting a second door opening time during which there is no person or object moving in or near the doorway after reopening the elevator door, the second door opening time being shorter than the first door opening time; and closing the elevator door when the second opening time has passed. Thus, given the teaching of SEKI , it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filling date of the claimed invention and an obvious matter of design choice to modify the circuit/system of Begle as modified by NAKAJIMA to design a particular time value or range where the opening action will be held or executed based on the detection signal, since it has been held that discovering an optimum value of a result effective variable involves only routine skill in the art. In re Boesch , 617 F.2d 272, 205 USPQ 215 (CCPA 1980) , consequently improving the system reliability. Related Prior Arts 12. The following related prior arts made of record are considered pertinent to applicant’s disclosure to further show the general state of the art and may be applied alone or in combination for rejection of the claims. 鹿井 正博 ( JP 5554236 ) discloses e main control unit 21 monitors whether or not an object is detected by at least one of the first and second detection devices 22 and 23 between a predetermined time before the door opening start and the door opening start. Since it is monitored whether or not an object is detected only by the second detection device 23 between the start of door opening and the opening of all doors, the presence or absence of an object can be efficiently monitored according to the stage of the door opening operation. it can. Further, when the main control unit 21 detects an object by at least one of the first and second detection devices 22 and 23 between a predetermined time before the door opening start and the door opening start, the alarm device 6 When the object is detected only by the second detection device 23 during the period from the start of door opening to the opening of all doors, the alarm device 6 issues a warning, so depending on the stage of the door opening operation. Thus, a warning can be appropriately issued and the door opening operation can be smoothly executed. Conclusion 1 3 . Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the examiner should be directed to FILLIN "Examiner name" \* MERGEFORMAT JORGE L CARRASQUILLO whose telephone number is FILLIN "Phone number" \* MERGEFORMAT (571)270-7879 . The examiner can normally be reached on FILLIN "Work schedule?" \* MERGEFORMAT Monday to Friday (9am to 5pm) . 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If you would like assistance from a USPTO Customer Service Representative or access to the automated information system, call 800-786-9199 (IN USA OR CANADA) or 571-272-1000. /JORGE L CARRASQUILLO/ Primary Examiner Engineer, Art Unit 2846