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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 .
Information Disclosure Statement
The information disclosure statements (IDS) submitted on 05/08/2024 and
01/22/2026 are in compliance with the provisions of 37 CFR 1.97. Accordingly, each IDS is being considered by the examiner.
Reasons for Allowance
The following is an examiner's statement of reasons for allowance.
The primary reason for allowance of claims 4 and 6 is the prior art made of record neither shows or discloses the claim language found in claim 4, for a mount for housing a sensor, the mount comprising:
a housing having a base plate and a plurality of side walls extending from the base plate to form a cavity configured to hold the sensor, the base plate and the plurality of side walls being formed from iron, the base plate being configured to couple the mount with a surface.
Most notably, for a mount for housing a sensor, the mount further comprising:
a lid coupled with a first side wall of the plurality of side walls and resting on a second side wall of the plurality of side walls, the lid including:
at least one through hole, wherein a gap is formed between a portion of the lid and the second side wall of the plurality of side walls when the lid is coupled with the second side wall, the gap and the at least one through hole being configured to permit transmission of data from the sensor and through the mount; and
a tab where the second side wall includes a recess configured to hold the tab; and
a support mechanism extending from a bottom surface of the lid toward the base plate, the support mechanism configured to bias the sensor against the base plate in a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction,
in combination with all of the other claim limitations presented, in total.
The primary reason for allowance of claims 7, 9 - 20 is the prior art made of record either shows or discloses the claim language found in claim 7, for a mount for housing a sensor, the mount comprising:
a housing having a base plate and a plurality of side walls extending from the base plate to form a cavity configured to hold the sensor, the base plate being configured to couple the mount with a surface.
Most notably, for a mount for housing a sensor, the mount comprising:
a lid coupled with a first side wall of the plurality of side walls, the lid having at least one through hole, wherein a gap is formed between a portion of the lid and a second side wall of the plurality of side walls when the lid is coupled with the first side wall, the gap and the at least one through hole being configured to permit transmission of data from the sensor and through the mount; and
a support mechanism disposed within the housing, the support mechanism configured to bias the sensor against the base plate in a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction,
in combination with all of the other claim limitations presented, in total.
Any comments considered necessary by applicant must be submitted no later than the payment of the issue fee and, to avoid processing delays, should preferably accompany the issue fee. Such submissions should be clearly labeled "Comments on Statement of Reasons for Allowance."
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.
Claims 1, 3, 5, and 8 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor regards as the invention.
Line 4 of claims 3, 5, and 8, recites the phrase “configured to engage with the surface, the surface having a second radius”. Examiner is unclear as to which surface; the first surface or the second surface, the phrase refers to?
Claim 1 recites the limitation "in the form of" in line 16. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claims 3, 5, and 8 recite the limitation "the surface" in line 4. There are insufficient antecedent bases for these limitations in the claim.
Claim 5 recites the limitation "the form of wired signals" in line 6. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claim 2 is 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.
Regarding claim 2, the prior art made of record neither shows nor suggests the mount, wherein the lid rests on the second side wall of the plurality of side walls and forms a seam in a closed position and the gap is formed at the seam.
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/WALTER L LINDSAY JR/Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 2852
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