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 .
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The language should be clear and concise and should not repeat information given in the title. It should avoid using phrases which can be implied, such as, “The disclosure concerns,” “The disclosure defined by this invention,” “The disclosure describes,” etc. In addition, the form and legal phraseology often used in patent claims, such as “means” and “said,” should be avoided.
The abstract of the disclosure is objected to because it uses the phrase “The present disclosure discloses…”. A corrected abstract of the disclosure is required and must be presented on a separate sheet, apart from any other text. See MPEP § 608.01(b).
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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 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(s) 1-3 and 8-9 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Song (US 2022/0400583).
Regarding claim 1, Song discloses an integrated refrigeration apparatus, at least comprising a body, a liquid cooling system and an air cooling system, wherein the liquid cooling system and the air cooling system are installed in the body (refer to fig. 8);
the body has an outdoor air inlet (refer to the fresh air arrow entering the body), an outdoor air outlet (refer to air exhaust exiting the body), an operating air inlet (refer to air return arrow), and an operating air outlet (refer to air supply arrow);
the liquid cooling system at least comprises a dry cooler (refer to dry cooler 322) and a liquid supply and return pipe connected in series with the dry cooler (refer to the broken lined arrows entering and exiting dry cooler 322), wherein the dry cooler (322) is positioned between the outdoor air inlet (fresh air arrow) and the outdoor air outlet (air exhaust arrow); and
the air cooling system at least comprises a heat exchange core (refer to fig. 8 below), wherein an internal circulation air inlet of the heat exchange core is interconnected to the operating air inlet, and an internal circulation air outlet of the heat exchange core is interconnected to the operating air outlet (refer to fig. 8, wherein an internal circulation air inlet of the heat exchange core is interconnected to the operating air inlet, and an internal circulation air outlet of the heat exchange core is interconnected to the operating air outlet by means of heat exchanger 31 as in figs. 7 and 8, since fluid within dry cooler 322 exchanges heat with pipelines 41 and 42 that are in heat exchange relationship with the operating air inlet and the operating air outlet).
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Regarding claim 2, Song meets the claim limitations as disclosed above in the rejection of claim 1. Further, Song discloses wherein an air outlet channel (refer to fig. 8 below) is connected between the internal circulation air outlet (of the heat exchange core) and the operating air outlet;
the air cooling system further comprises a condenser (31), an evaporator (22), an expansion valve (21) and a compressor (23), wherein the condenser, the evaporator, the expansion valve and the compressor are connected in series with each other to form a refrigeration cycle (refer to fig. 8); and
the condenser (31) is positioned between the outdoor air inlet and the outdoor air outlet (refer to fig. 8), and the evaporator (22) is installed in the air outlet channel.
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Regarding claim 3, Song meets the claim limitations as disclosed above in the rejection of claim 2. Further, Song discloses wherein the heat exchange core (refer to annotated fig.8 above), the dry cooler (322) and the condenser (31) are arranged side by side (refer to fig. 8, wherein the term “side by side” is being considered as together).
Regarding claim 8, Song meets the claim limitations as disclosed above in the rejection of claim 1. Further, Song discloses wherein the operating air inlet (air return) and the operating air outlet (air supply) are positioned on a same side of the body (refer to fig. 8); and the outdoor air inlet (fresh air), the outdoor air outlet (air exhaust) and the operating air inlet (air return) are respectively positioned on different side faces of the body (refer to fig. 8).
Regarding claim 9, Song discloses an integrated refrigeration apparatus, at least comprising a body, a liquid cooling system and an air cooling system, wherein the liquid cooling system and the air cooling system are installed in the body (refer to fig. 8);
the body has an outdoor air inlet (fresh air), an outdoor air outlet (air exhaust), an operating air inlet (air return), and an operating air outlet (air supply);
the liquid cooling system at least comprises a dry cooler (322) and a liquid supply and return pipe connected in series with the dry cooler (refer to fig. 7), wherein the dry cooler (322) is positioned between the outdoor air inlet (fresh air) and the outdoor air outlet (air exhaust); and
the air cooling system at least comprises a condenser (31), an evaporator (22), an expansion valve (21) and a compressor (23), wherein the condenser (31) is positioned between the outdoor air inlet and the outdoor air outlet (refer to fig. 8), and the evaporator (22) is positioned at the operating air outlet (air supply) to allow hot air entering via the operating air inlet (air return) to exchange heat through the evaporator (22) and to be discharged through the operating air outlet (air supply).
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 4-7 and 10 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.
Conclusion
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/ANA M VAZQUEZ/Examiner, Art Unit 3763