Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
The present application, Drawings
filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
Drawings
The drawings were received on 8/11/2025. These drawings are accepted.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
Claim1 and thus the dependent claims remains 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 1 recites the limitation "the spring hook" in line 16The spring hook was introduced in canceled claim 4. Pplia cant is advised that the claim for a “card box’ at the beginning of the claim bares no weight since applicant has broadened the claim to merely claim a main body and not a card box main body. There is no longer a relationship in the claims between the “card box’ and the main body now claimed.
There is insufficient structure set forth in claim 1 to establish a card storage cavity. Applicnat merely claims that the main body is a frame without any particular structure and a panel as an isolated element that isn’t connected to the frame in any way to form a cavity.
In claim 10 it isn’t clear what applicant means by”is connected to at an external side”. There also doesn’t appear to be sufficient structure for “detachable connected”.
Response to Arguments
Applicant's arguments filed 8/11/2025 have been fully considered but they are not persuasive. Note the 112 rejection Supra created by applicant’s amendment.
Conclusion
Applicant's amendment necessitated the new ground(s) of rejection presented in this Office action. Accordingly, THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. See MPEP § 706.07(a). Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37 CFR 1.136(a).
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/SUE A WEAVER/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3733