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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
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.
Claims 1-4 and 7-9 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Werblin (9,398,949).
Referring all figures and embodiments, Werblin teaches an intraocular lens comprising:
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a first optical portion including an optical lens 2000; and
a support portion 1000 configured to be coupled with the first optical portion,
wherein the first optical portion is formed to be detachable from the support portion in a state where the support portion is inserted into an eye of a user (fully capable of). See at least col. 5, lines 59 – col. 6, line 38.
Claim 2, wherein the first optical portion further comprises an access body 2100, the support portion comprises a connecting body 1005, the access body and the connecting body can be coupled with each other, and the access body and the connecting body are the same in number, which is at least two or more.
Claim 3, the support portion and the first optical portion have shapes “corresponding” to each other so as to be coupled with each other as shown in the included figure above.
Claim 4, the through-holes are depicted in the figure above.
Claim 7, an intraocular lens comprising:
a second optical portion 2000 including an optical lens; and
a whole portion 1000 configured to be coupled with the second optical portion and including a basic lens (base lens) formed on a side in contact with the second optical portion (see at least the included figure above),
wherein the second optical portion is formed to be detachable from the whole portion in a state where the whole portion is inserted into an eye of a user.
Claim 8, wherein the second optical portion further comprises an access body 2100, the whole portion comprises a connecting body 1005, the access body and the connecting body can be coupled with each other, and the access body and the connecting body are the same in number, which is at least two or more as shown.
Claim 9, the through-holes are depicted in the figure above.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claim 6 is allowed.
Claims 5 and 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.
The following is an examiner’s statement of reasons for allowance:
Werblin (9,398,949) is considered the closes prior art of record.
Claim 6: Werblin fails to teach an intraocular lens comprising a combination of all limitations, emphasizing the underlined portion, including a first optical portion including an optical lens; a support portion configured to be coupled with the first optical portion; and an additional optical portion configured to be coupled to the support portion, wherein the first optical portion and the additional optical portion are formed to be detachable from the support portion in a state where the support portion is inserted into an eye of a user, and the first optical portion and the additional optical portion are coupled, respectively, to sides that are symmetrical to each other in the support portion.
Claim 5: Werblin fails to teach an intraocular lens comprising a combination of all limitations of claims 1 and 4, further comprising: sealing buttons configured to be inserted into the through-holes formed in the support portion and perform a sealing function.
Claim 10: Werblin fails to teach an intraocular lens comprising a combination of all limitations of claims 7 and 9, further comprising: sealing buttons insertable into the through-holes formed in the whole portion.
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/BRUCE E SNOW/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3774