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 Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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.
Claim 21 rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Hai Robotics (CN 111470242).
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Regarding claim 21, Hai Robotics discloses a storage pallet, comprising:
two bracket arms (b, 2 of, Fig.9, annotated above) spaced apart along a first direction to form an avoidance region between the two bracket arms (Fig.9);
wherein:
each of the two bracket arms comprises a first end and a second end in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and the first ends of the two bracket arms are not connected, so as to form, between the two first ends, an opening communicating with the avoidance region (Fig.9); and
a stop member is entirely disposed on a top of one bracket arm of the two bracket arms in a vertical direction.(s1, Fig.9, annotated above).
Allowable Subject Matter
Claim 1-11, 13-20 allowed.
The following is an examiner’s statement of reasons for allowance:
The prior art of record fails to disclose or render obvious the claimed invention as set forth in claim 1 and subsequent dependent claims. The prior art of record does not disclose or render obvious a storage pallet, comprising two bracket arms spaced apart along a first direction to form an avoidance region between the two bracket arms and a connecting arm wherein each of the two bracket arms comprises a first end and a second end in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and the first ends of the two bracket arms are not connected, so as to form, between the two first ends, an opening communicating with the avoidance region a top surface of each of the two bracket arms is provided with a first stop member and a second stop member, and a distance between the second stop members of the two bracket arms is less than a distance between the first stop members of the two bracket arms, and the first stop members of the two bracket arms extend along the second direction, the connecting arm is connected to the second ends of the two bracket arms and a top surface of the connecting arm is provided with a third stop member, the third stop member extending along the first direction and connecting the first stop members of the two bracket arms.
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Response to Arguments
Applicant’s arguments filed 11/15/2025 with respect to the 102 and 103 rejection of claims 1-11, 13-20 have been fully considered and are persuasive. The claims are allowed.
Newly filed claim 21 is rejected, above.
Conclusion
Applicant's amendment necessitated the new ground(s) of rejection presented in this Office action. Accordingly, THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. See MPEP § 706.07(a). Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37 CFR 1.136(a).
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/SAUL RODRIGUEZ/Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 3652
/ASHLEY K ROMANO/Examiner, Art Unit 3652