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 § 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 and 9 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102 (a)(1) as being anticipated by Chen; Chin-Chen (US 6,632,185, hereinafter Chen ‘185) . In re claim 1, Chen ‘185 teaches a male massager with a telescopic rotating structure, comprising: a telescopic mechanism (disk 42, sliding bars 20 and transmission rod 30) , a rotating mechanism (gear 41) , a telescopic rotating shaft (rotating shaft 40) , and a massage component (col. 1, line 65-col.2 line 3) ; wherein, the telescopic mechanism drives the telescopic rotating shaft to extend and retract (rotation shaft 40) , and causes the massage component to perform a telescopic motion; wherein, the rotating mechanism drives the telescopic rotating shaft to rotate and causes the massage component to perform a rotation motion; wherein, the telescopic mechanism and the rotating mechanism respectively drive the telescopic rotating shaft to extend-and-retract and rotate, so that the massage component performs telescopic and rotational motions simultaneously (col. 3, lines 5-23) . In re claim 9, Chen ‘185 teaches wherein, the massage component comprises an outer frame (83) and an inner liner (81) detachably connected to the outer frame (col. 2, lines 60-67 , fig. 4 ) . Claim(s) 1 and 9 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102 (a)(1) as being anticipated by Jewell; Stephen (US 6,902,525, hereinafter Jewell ‘525) . In re claim 1, Jewell ‘525 teaches a male massager with a telescopic rotating structure, comprising: a telescopic mechanism ( col. 7, line 22-col. 8 line 4 ) , a rotating mechanism ( fig. 5, 10 ) , a telescopic rotating shaft ( shuttle 2 ) , and a massage component ( fig. 8, 21, 22, 20 ) ; wherein, the telescopic mechanism drives the telescopic rotating shaft to extend and retract ( col. 7, line 32-col. 8 line 30 ) , and causes the massage component to perform a telescopic motion; wherein, the rotating mechanism drives the telescopic rotating shaft to rotate and causes the massage component to perform a rotation motion; wherein, the telescopic mechanism and the rotating mechanism respectively drive the telescopic rotating shaft to extend-and-retract and rotate, so that the massage component performs telescopic and rotational motions simultaneously ( col. 7, line 32-col. 8 line 30 ) . In re claim 9, Jewell ‘525 teaches wherein, the massage component comprises an outer frame ( fig. 8, 21, 22 ) and an inner liner ( fig. 8, 20 ) detachably connected to the outer frame (col. 9, 8-29 ) . Allowable Subject Matter Claims 2- 8, 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 Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the examiner should be directed to FILLIN "Examiner name" \* MERGEFORMAT BO JOSEPH PENG whose telephone number is FILLIN "Phone number" \* MERGEFORMAT (571)270-1792 . The examiner can normally be reached FILLIN "Work Schedule?" \* MERGEFORMAT Monday thru Friday: 8:00 AM-5:00 PM EST . Examiner interviews are available via telephone, in-person, and video conferencing using a USPTO supplied web-based collaboration tool. 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