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 . This is a first action on the merits of the application. Claims 1-10 are pending.
Election/Restrictions
Applicant's election without traverse of invention I, claims 1-7 in the reply filed on June 06, 2026 is acknowledged. Claims 8-10 are withdrawn from further consideration by the examiner, 37 CFR 1.142(b), as being drawn to a non-elected invention.
Claim Objections
Claims 1 and 7 are objected to because of the following informalities:
Claim 1 recites “the temperature inside the processing pipeline (101)” in lines 7-8 which lacks an antecedent basis. It is respectfully suggested to amend the limitation to “a temperature inside the processing pipeline (101)” or define “a temperature inside the processing pipeline (101)” earlier in the claim.
Claim 1 recites “the set flow rate” in line 13 which lacks an antecedent basis. It is respectfully suggested to amend the limitation to “a set flow rate” or define “a set flow rate” earlier in the claim.
Claim 7 recites “the preset maximum value” in line 14 which lacks an antecedent basis. It is respectfully suggested to amend the limitation to “a preset maximum value” or define “a preset maximum value” earlier in the claim.
Appropriate corrections are required.
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 1-7 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 regard(s) as the invention.
Claim 1 (claim 5) recites “calculating and setting a flow rate of materials entering the processing pipeline (101) for each material property” in lines 9-10 (lines 4-5). This is considered indefinite for the following reason: It is unclear whether the limitation “a flow rate of materials” directs one, single flow rate applied to all of the each, individual material that comprises “total materials”, or there are multiple each, separate, individual flow rate applied to each individual material that is a part of “total materials”.
In addition, the recitation “a flow rate of materials entering the processing pipeline (101) for each material property” in lines 9-10 (lines 4-6 in claim 5) is unclear because one skilled in the art cannot figure out how to set a flow rate of materials for “each material property”, not for “each material”, as a result, it is unclear as to what process the terms “a flow rate of materials entering the processing pipeline (101) for each material property” is meant to imply.
Claims 2-7 are also rejected under 35 U.S. §112 by virtue of its dependence on claim 1.
Allowable Subject Matters
Claims 1-7 in the instant application are allowed if previously presented objection to claims 1 and 7, and 35 U.S.C. 112(b) rejections to claims 1-7 are resolved.
The following is an examiner’s statement of reasons for allowance: A thorough search for pertinent prior art did not locate any prior art that discloses or suggests the invention recited in claims 1-7. The concept of a preparation method of hydrosol solution, comprising the following steps:
classifying total materials required for the preparation of the hydrosol solution according to material properties, and allocating the classified materials to each of feeding stations (300) of a hydrosol solution preparation system for later use according to the material properties;
turning on a heating system of the hydrosol solution preparation system to preheat a processing pipeline (101) of a mixing and shearing device (100) to make the temperature inside the processing pipeline (101) meet processing requirements of the hydrosol solution;
calculating and setting a flow rate of materials entering the processing pipeline (101) for each material property; and
starting the mixing and shearing device (100) of the hydrosol solution preparation system, synchronously opening each of the feeding stations (300), transporting each material to the processing pipeline (101) according to the set flow rate, and simultaneously mixing and shearing all the materials by a first screw (102) in the processing pipeline (101) to obtain a homogeneous hydrosol solution (claim 1), is considered novel.
The closest prior art to Aouad (US 2015/0367304 A1) discloses a method for preparing solutions which comprises: (i) providing a plurality of ingredients; (ii) selectively and sequentially dispensing the ingredients from ingredient containers into a weighing zone, wherein amounts of the one or more ingredients dispensed into the weighing zone are each individually controlled by a computer actuated valve; (iii) receiving the ingredients selectively and sequentially in the weighing zone, wherein each dispensed ingredient is separately weighed; (iv) providing a liquid solvent; (v) spraying the liquid solvent into the weighing zone for rinsing the dispensed ingredients from the weighing zone; (vi) rinsing the one or more dispensed ingredients from the weighing zone into a chamber with a spray of the liquid solvent and forming a concentrated solution; (vii) receiving the concentrated solution from the weighing zone in the chamber; (viii) providing the liquid solvent to the chamber to dilute the concentrated solution; (ix) diluting the concentrated solution from the weighing zone with additional liquid solvent to prepare a solution of a predetermined concentration; and (x) discharging the solution of predetermined concentration from the chamber to one or more solution receptacles.
Other pertinent prior art to Wang et al. (CN 117054175 A, please see the attached English translation document) discloses a preparation method of a glucose solution is characterized in that, (i) preparing PBS (Phosphate Buffered Saline) stock solution, placing the PBS stock solution into a first solution tank, (ii) measuring the amount of the solution in the first solution tank, and supplying ultrapure water to the first solution tank, and controlling the supply speed of the ultrapure water based on the amount of the solution in the first solution tank, (iii) stirring the solution of the first solution tank to obtain PBS solution, (iv) measuring the pH value of the PBS, if the pH value of the PBS is within a first preset range, judging that the PBS preparation is completed, preparing a glucose solution by using the PBS solution, placing the glucose solution into a second solution tank, measuring the solution amount of the second solution tank, conveying the PBS solution to the second solution tank, controlling the conveying speed of the PBS solution based on the solution amount of the second solution tank, (v) stirring the solution of the second solution tank to obtain a glucose solution with target concentration, and (vi) measuring the glucose concentration of the glucose solution with the target concentration, and judging that the preparation of the glucose solution with the target concentration is completed if the glucose concentration of the glucose solution with the target concentration is in a second preset range.
Other pertinent prior art to Lehtonen et al. (US 11,077,409 B2) discloses a method/an apparatus for preparing a laboratory solution, comprising: a) a mixing chamber; b) an automated solution dispenser that mixes at least one solid selected from a plurality of solids and at least one liquid selected from a plurality of liquids in the mixing chamber to form the solution having one or more target solution characteristics corresponding to the specifications for solution preparation, which one or more target solution characteristics are selected from the group consisting of temperature, pH, chemical composition, weight, flow rate, conductivity, turbidity, density, capacitance, volume and viscosity; and c) a control system that is operably linked to the automated solution dispenser, and a cloud system, wherein the control system is configured to: (i) transmit data to the cloud system, wherein the data comprises a measurement of said one or more target solution characteristics, said measurement based on input from one or more solution sensors; (ii) receive one or more instructions from the cloud system, wherein the one or more instructions are based at least in part on the data received from the control system, wherein the one or more instructions comprise specifications for solution preparation corresponding to said one or more target solution characteristics; and (iii) direct mixing of the at least one solid and the at least one liquid in the mixing chamber to form the solution according to the one or more instructions from the cloud system, including the specifications for solution preparation, under conditions that are sufficient to yield the solution having the one or more target solution characteristics corresponding to the specifications for solution preparation.
Other pertinent prior art to Slanin (EP 3000323 A2, please see the attached English translation document) discloses a method/an apparatus for making gelatinization product in a machine including a kneading trough having a system of partitions, shearing parts and a blade shaft, a flour feeder, a hot water supply unit and a burner cup ventilation system. The process comprises continuously feeding and contacting the dry flour and the hot water in a hot primary mixing and brewing zone, forming an initial brewing mass, dehumidifying cooling and oxidation of the initial brewing mass in the air in continuous mixing. The bread product coming from the hot zone and subsequently supplied as a finished gelatinous product to a storage meter is supplemented by a prescription amount of vegetable oil. The task of a metered quantity of the gelatinization product from the storage metering device into the dough kneading machine takes place with the aid of a pump. The gelatinization product of the wet mass of pre-dough, liquid phase, primary kneaded dough is supplied during its kneading.
The combination of cited prior arts, alone or in a combination, does not provide any guidance which would lead one to conduct a preparation method of hydrosol solution as recited in claim 1 of claimed invention.
Conclusion
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/YOUNGSUL JEONG/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 1772
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