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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
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.
Claims 1-2 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Martin et al. (USPUB 2013/0249470).
As to Claim 1, Martin discloses a pole assembly for supporting on-route vehicle charging systems, wherein the pole assembly comprises: a first vertical section (Figure 1, Element 20); a horizontally extending arm (Element 16); a central hinge assembly; wherein the central hinge assembly comprises: an upper hinge surface, a central hinge, and a lower hinge surface; wherein the lower hinge surface is secured to a first near surface of the horizontally extending arm; wherein the upper hinge surface is secured to a first upper surface of the first vertical section; wherein the central hinge assembly is movable between a first open position and a second closed position (Figure 1); wherein in the first open position the upper hinged surface and the lower hinged surface are arranged to form an angle selected from the group of angles comprising angles between 50° and 90° (Position Element 9); wherein in the second closed position the upper hinged surface and the lower hinged surface are arranged to form an angle selected from the group of angles comprising angles between 0° and 25° (Position Element 8); and a vehicle charging element; wherein the vehicle charging element is secured to the horizontally extending arm; wherein the vehicle charging element is movable between an extended charging position and a retracted position (Element 14).
As to Claim 2, Martin discloses a pole assembly for supporting on-route vehicle charging systems, wherein the pole assembly comprises: a first upper pole section; a second lower pole section; a vehicle charging element; wherein the vehicle charging element is secured to the first upper pole section; wherein the vehicle charging element is movable between an extended charging position and a retracted position; and a central hinge assembly; wherein the central hinge assembly is configured to move between a first open position and a second closed position (Figure 1, Element 8, 9, 14, 16, and 20).
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 3-20 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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/ROBERT GRANT/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2859
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