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. Priority Receipt is acknowledged of certified copies of papers required by 37 CFR 1.55. 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 appl icant regards as his invention. Claim 4 is 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 claims the blower is recessed relative to the pipe. It is unclear what this means when the blower is claimed external to the pipe in claim 1, from which claim 4 depends. Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103 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 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. This application currently names joint inventors. In considering patentability of the claims the examiner presumes that the subject matter of the various claims was commonly owned as of the effective filing date of the claimed invention(s) absent any evidence to the contrary. Applicant is advised of the obligation under 37 CFR 1.56 to point out the inventor and effective filing dates of each claim that was not commonly owned as of the effective filing date of the later invention in order for the examiner to consider the applicability of 35 U.S.C. 102(b)(2)(C) for any potential 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) prior art against the later invention. Claim (s) 1 ,2 and 6 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Korean published application KR 20210108717A to Choi (hereinafter “KR ‘717”) in view of US Pre-Grant Publication 2005/0115248 to Koehler (hereinafter “Koehler”) . KR ‘717 discloses a gas dispersion assembly for a pressure relief system (abstract) which comprises a blower 150 and a gas dispersion pipe (vent mast 100) with the blower arranged externally and in the vicinity of the gas outlet with the blower projecting an air flow towards a gas flow expelled by the gas outlet (Fig 5 and its description, “ Referring to FIG. 5 , in this embodiment, an auxiliary fan 150 is provided around the vent mast 100 , and foreign substances such as dust discharged from the upper pipe 120 through the auxiliary fan 150 together with the boil-off gas. can be blown to the outside of the hull 10. In this embodiment, as an example, the auxiliary fan 150 is shown provided in the lashing bridge (b) for fixing the container box (c) loaded around the upper pipe 120, and the auxiliary fan ( 150) Also, the main body portion for fixing the fan may be provided to be rotatable at a predetermined angle in the vertical or left and right directions, and through this, the wind can be sprayed in a desired direction. Accordingly, in the process in which the BOG is discharged through the vent mast 100, the control unit (not shown) may receive foreign matter detection information of the BOG passing through the vent line 41 from the foreign material detection unit 140, and , it is possible to receive real-time wind direction information from the wind direction detection unit (not shown) provided in the ship 1, and can receive weather information through an external communication network, reflecting such foreign substance detection information, real-time wind direction information and weather information Thus, the rotation angle of the upper pipe 120 for discharging the boil-off gas can be adjusted in the outward direction of the hull 10, nevertheless, when foreign substances such as dust are blown toward the container box c, the auxiliary fan 150. can be driven to blow foreign substances to the opposite side of the container box (c). ”) KR ‘717 does not explicitly discuss a nozzle on the end of the gas dispersion pipe. Koehler discloses a storage system with a pressure reducing purge/vent system having a dispersion pipe and teaches the use of a nozzle at the end of the dispersion pipe in paragraph 104. It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of applicant’s invention at the time of filing to modify the dispersion of KR ‘717 by using a nozzle on the end of the dispersion pipe to improve the dispersal of the gas passing through the dispersal pipe. In regard to claim 2, figure 5 of KR ‘717 shows the blower 150 below the outlet of the upper pipe 120. In regard to claim 6, figure 5 of KR ‘717 shows two blowers. Allowable Subject Matter Claims 3,5 and 7-9 objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims. Conclusion The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. KR 20210053091A shows a vent mast with an air passage connected to a blower to increase the speed of the gas leaving the vent mast. KR 102026052 B1 shows a vent mast with means to swirl the gas leaving the mast. DE 202014005325 U1 shows a ship with a ventilation mast with means to mix ambient air with the gas passing through the mast. FR 2937120 A1 shows a chimney with an associated blower to improve dispersion of the gases leaving the chimney. Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the examiner should be directed to FILLIN "Examiner name" \* MERGEFORMAT WILLIAM C DOERRLER whose telephone number is FILLIN "Phone number" \* MERGEFORMAT (571)272-4807 . The examiner can normally be reached FILLIN "Work Schedule?" \* MERGEFORMAT M-F, 7-5 . Examiner interviews are available via telephone, in-person, and video conferencing using a USPTO supplied web-based collaboration tool. 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