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 .
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 applicant regards as his invention.
Claims 1-9 are 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 top of the base" in line 2. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 1 recites the limitation "the inner side" in line 5. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 3 recites the limitation "the joining area" in line 4. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 4 recites the limitation "the outer edge" and “the top of the plate” in line 2. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
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.
Claim(s) 1-2 and 8-9 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being Glaessner by (US 725,335).
With respect to claim 1 Glaessner discloses a outdoor heat preservation dining stove, wherein the heat preservation dining stove comprises a base [reference characters 2 and 5] and a plate [reference character 9]; the top of the base [reference character 5] is recessed inwardly to form in turn a holding cavity and a water storage cavity [see annotated Fig. below] which are connected; the water storage cavity is used for storing hot water [pp. 1 lines 40-42]; the plate is placed in the holding cavity with its bottom contacting the hot water in the water storage cavity [pp. 1 lines 40-42 and annotated Fig. below]; the inner side of the base is provided with an overflow groove [see annotated Fig. below], located at the interface between the holding cavity and the water storage cavity, to receive the hot water overflowing from the water storage cavity1.
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With respect to claim 2 Glaessner discloses that the recessed direction of the overflow groove is the same as that of the water storage cavity [see annotated Fig. below].
With respect to claim 8 Glaessner disclose that the top of the base is provided with a lifting slot [see annotated Fig. below] to facilitate to remove the plate from the base.
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With respect to claim 9 Glaessner discloses that the outside of the base is further provided with a recess with a regular or irregular shape [see annotated Fig. below], which is convenient for lifting the base for moving.
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Conclusion
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/VIVEK K SHIRSAT/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3762
1 Note that a person having ordinary skill in the art would recognize that the identified channel would capture any overflowing water.