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 .
Election/Restrictions
Applicant’s election of group II (claims 2-13) in the reply filed on 12/15/2025 is acknowledged. Because applicant did not distinctly and specifically point out the supposed errors in the restriction requirement, the election has been treated as an election without traverse (MPEP § 818.01(a)). The non-elected group I, claim 1 has been cancel from the application by Applicant in the response, and therefore claims 2-13 are now under consideration in the application. It should also be pointed out that the elected claims set does not include claim 20 as indicated in Applicant’s response.
Drawings
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 “tapered tooth structure”, recited in claim 9 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.
Specification
The disclosure is objected to because of the following informalities: the numerical label “14” shown in figure 1, has not been mentioned or explained in the specification as to what structure is designated by said numerical label. Appropriate correction is required.
The specification is also objected to as failing to provide proper antecedent basis for the claimed subject matter. See 37 CFR 1.75(d)(1) and MPEP § 608.01(o). Correction of the following is required: It appears the specification does not provide any clear support and/or explanation as to how the flying plate impact on the metal droplets onto surfaces of the substrates transforms the metal droplets into amorphous nanocrystalline composite materials. Appropriate correction is required.
Claim Objections
Claim 11 is objected to because of the following informalities: in claim 11, lines 1-5, it is suggested to replace “an end of the driving motor (1202) is fixed to an inner side of the shell (7), another end of the driving motor (1202) drives a first bevel gear (1201) to rotate, the rotating electrodes (9) are fixed inside a second bevel gear (12), the second bevel gear (12) is engaged with the first bevel gear (1201); and the another end is an output end.” with -- an end of the driving motor (1202) is fixed to an inner side of the shell (7), while an other end of the driving motor (1202) drives a first bevel gear (1201) to rotate, the rotating electrodes (9) are fixed inside a second bevel gear (12), the second bevel gear (12) is engaged with the first bevel gear (1201); and the other end of the driving motor (1202) is an output end. -- 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 2-13 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 2 recites the limitation "wherein the pulse power supply (16) is configured to generate metal droplets from raw materials under an action of one of an electric spark and an electric arc" in lines 4-6. It is unclear from the manner in which the limitation is recited as to how the electric spark and the electric arc are formed, and also how the metal droplets are generate by the pulse power supply. In particular the specification page 8, pars [0053], requires structural cooperative and/or operative relationship between the pulse power supply, the electrodes and the raw materials for the formation of the electric spark and the electric arc to occur; and to cause the melting and generation of the metal droplets, however the claim as recited does not even include the electrodes. The claim is therefore rendered indefinite as being incomplete for omitting essential structural cooperative relationships between the structural elements (i.e., pulse power supply, electrodes and raw materials); and thereby said omissions amounting to a gap between the necessary structural connections between the elements.
Claim 2 recites the limitation "a magnetic field force to drive the flying plate (5) to impact the metal droplets onto surfaces of the substrates (2), thereby forming the amorphous nanocrystalline composite materials”. It is unclear from the manner in which the limitation is recited, how the mere impact force exerted by the driven flying plate upon the metal droplets onto surfaces of the substrates can transform metal droplets (i.e., metal in droplet state or form) into an amorphous nanocrystalline composite materials without reciting any intermediate formation or solidification process. The phrase “forming the amorphous nanocrystalline composite materials” is deemed vague. The claim is rendered indefinite since the metes and bounds are unascertainable.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 2-13 would be allowable if rewritten or amended 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.
The following is a statement of reasons for the indication of allowable subject matter: Lee et al. (KR 20190011357) is the most relevant prior art to the claimed subject matter, and discloses a known system for producing an amorphous micro laminate structure by irradiating a pulsed laser to a micro metal wire (see the English machine translation abstract) on a base material on substrate (see the English machine translation, Abstract and Description) to form a metal layer as the micro wire is melted; and cooling the metal layer to produce an amorphous micro laminate structure (see the English machine translation, Abstract and Description).
Lee et al., differs from the instant claimed invention by failing to teach and/or adequately suggest manufacturing device of amorphous nanocrystalline composite materials, comprising: at least, electrodes a pulse power supply, substrates, a flying plate, a transmission medium channel, electromagnetic pulse coils, and a feeding mechanism; wherein the pulse power supply configured to generate metal droplets from raw materials under an action of one of an electric spark and an electric arc, the electromagnetic pulse coils generating a magnetic field force to drive the flying plate to impact the metal droplets onto surfaces of the substrates, thereby forming the amorphous nanocrystalline composite materials; wherein the transmission medium channel is configured to allow a transmission medium to pass through and transport the metal droplets below the flying plate, and other claimed features.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to
applicant's disclosure. O'Handley et al. (US 5,225,0040), Dogru et al. (US 11,654,512), Matthews et al. (US 10,464,168) and Myerberg et al. (US 10,232,443) are also cited in PTO-892.
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