DETAILED ACTION
The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
An amendment was filed by applicant on 05/08/2026.
Claims 1, 6-10 and 12-14 are amended.
Claim 5 is canceled.
Claims 16-21 are new.
Claims 1-4 and 6-21 are remaining in the application.
The previously filed Drawings are accepted.
The amended Specification is accepted.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
9. The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112(b):
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.
10. Claims 1-4 and 6-21 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, regards as the invention.
11. The claimed features “the drive shaft” and “the propeller” (as recited in independent claims 1, 10 and 12, and subsequent dependent claims), and “the side parts” (as recited in dependent claim 16) lack sufficient antecedent basis in the claims as indicated.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1, 10 and 12 would be allowable if rewritten or amended to overcome the rejection(s) under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) set forth in this Office action.
Claims 2-4, 11 and 13-21 would be allowable if rewritten to overcome the rejection(s) under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) set forth in this Office action and to include all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
Response to Arguments
Applicant’s remarks/arguments with respect to the claim(s) have been fully considered but are essentially moot due to applicant’s amended/new claims and the resulting new and/or modified grounds of rejection presented in this Office Action.
Conclusion
15. THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37 CFR 1.136(a).
A shortened statutory period for reply to this final action is set to expire THREE MONTHS from the mailing date of this action. In the event a first reply is filed within TWO MONTHS of the mailing date of this final action and the advisory action is not mailed until after the end of the THREE-MONTH shortened statutory period, then the shortened statutory period will expire on the date the advisory action is mailed, and any nonprovisional extension fee (37 CFR 1.17(a)) pursuant to 37 CFR 1.136(a) will be calculated from the mailing date of the advisory action. In no event, however, will the statutory period for reply expire later than SIX MONTHS from the mailing date of this final action.
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/Daniel V Venne/
Senior Examiner, Art Unit 3615
05/19/2026
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