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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.
Claims 1 and 5-6 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Moll (WO 2008092284 A1)(English Translated).
In Regards to Claim 1:
Moll teaches an electrical contact unit (10) that is provided in a first member (27) and that electrically connects the first member (27) and a second member (26), comprising:
a conductive part (36) that is adapted to abut on the first member (27) and the second member (26); and a support part (28) that swingably supports the conductive part (28), wherein the conductive part (36) has: a first abutting part (39) that abuts on the first member (27); a second abutting part (48) that abuts on the second member (48); and a swinging fulcrum (See Reproduced Drawing 1) that is located between the first abutting part (39) and the second abutting part (48), wherein the support part (28) supports at least the swinging fulcrum (See Reproduced Drawing 1), and wherein the conductive part (36) rotates at the swinging fulcrum (See Reproduced Drawing 1) causing the first abutting part (39) to be pressed against the first member (27) when the second member (26) is pressed against the second abutting part (48).
In Regards to Claim 5:
Moll teaches the electrical contact unit according to claim 1, wherein the conductive part (28) is formed thinner on the first abutting part (39) side than on the second abutting part (48) side.
In Regards to Claim 6:
Moll teaches an electrical contact device (10) that electrically connects a first member (27) and a second member (26), comprising:
the first member (27); a support part (28) that is provided in the first member (27); and a conductive part (28) that is swingably supported by the support part (28) and is adapted to abut on the first member (27) and the second member (26), wherein the conductive part (28) has:
a first abutting part (39) that abuts on the first member (27); a second abutting part (48) that abuts on the second member (26); and a swinging fulcrum (See Reproduced Drawing 1) that is located between the first abutting part (39) and the second abutting part (48), wherein the support part (28) supports at least the swinging fulcrum (See Reproduced Drawing 1), and wherein the conductive part (28) rotates at the swinging fulcrum (See Reproduced Drawing 1) causing the first abutting part (39) to be pressed against the first member (27) when the second member (26) is pressed against the second abutting part (48).
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Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 2-4 are 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.
The prior art of record fails to teach or fairly suggest these limitation as substantially described in claims 2-4, these limitations, in combination with remaining limitations of claims 2-4, are neither taught nor suggested by the prior art of record.
Conclusion
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/NADER J ALHAWAMDEH/Patent Examiner, Art Unit 2831 /ABDULLAH A RIYAMI/Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 2831