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 Objections
Claim 7 is objected to because of the following informalities:
Claim 7, line 2, “holeis” should read --hole is--. Appropriate correction is 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.
Claim 10 is 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 (or for applications subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, the applicant), regards as the invention.
Claim 10 recites the limitation “an end of the compartment space remote from the assembling portion includes an assembling hole” in lines 9-11. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim. Because “an end of the compartment space” is earlier recited in claim 1 which is referring to the same lower closed end.
Claims 9 and 10 recite “an end of the compartment space facing toward the assembling portion” which is the upper open end of the compartment space.Examiner suggests amending claims 1, 9 and 10 as below to overcome the rejection and ambiguity regarding the two ends of the compartment space.-- 1. A pneumatic dismantling device, including: a main body, including a compartment space, a chamber, an air intake portion and an assembling portion, a first end of the compartment space being closed by a radial wall, the radial wall and the main body being integrally formed of one piece, the chamber being located between and in communication with the compartment space and the assembling portion, an end of the chamber opposite to the radial wall being closed by the assembling portion, a hammer block being slidably received in the compartment space, a valve body being disposed in the chamber, the air intake portion being in communication with the chamber, the air intake portion being configured to be in communication with a high pressure gas source to make the valve body on or off reciprocatingly so that the hammer block is driven by the high pressure gas source to reciprocate in the compartment space; a disassembling assembly, including a position-limiting member and a connection member, the connection member being rotatably assembled to the assembling portion and isolated from the chamber by the assembling portion, the position-limiting member being assembled to the assembling portion and blocking the connection member, the connection member being configured to be assembled with a dismantling tool.---- 9. The pneumatic dismantling device of claim 1, wherein the main body further includes a first intake passage and a second intake passage, the first intake passage is in communication with a second end of the compartment space facing toward the assembling portion, the second intake passage is in communication with a side of the compartment space, the valve body is reciprocatable to control the first intake passage and the second intake passage to be in communication with the air intake portion alternatively.---- 10. The pneumatic dismantling device of claim 3, wherein the connection member includes a head portion and an insertion portion having a diametric dimension smaller than a diametric dimension of the head portion, the head portion is rotatably received in the assembling portion, the position-limiting member includes a through hole, the insertion portion is disposed through the through hole and protrusive beyond the position-limiting member, and the position-limiting member is blocked by the head portion; the insertion portion includes a second outer threaded portion, and the second outer threaded portion is configured to be screwed with the dismantling tool; the first end of the compartment space remote from the assembling portion includes an assembling hole, and a cover detachably covers the assembling hole; an end of the main body remote from the assembling portion includes a third outer threaded portion, the cover is screwed with the third outer threaded portion, and at least one pin is disposed through the cover and abutted radially against the main body; the air intake portion extends in a direction transverse to a direction in which the compartment space extends; the main body further includes a first intake passage and a second intake passage, the first intake passage is in communication with the second end of the compartment space facing toward the assembling portion, the second intake passage is in communication with a side of the compartment space, the valve body is reciprocatable to control the first intake passage and the second intake passage to be in communication with the air intake portion alternatively; the position-limiting member includes a second annular wall and a blocking wall, the blocking wall includes the through hole, and the second annular wall includes the inner threaded portion.--
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1-9 are allowed.
Claim 1 is allowed for disclosing “the radial wall and the main body being integrally formed of one piece”.
The closest prior art to the claimed invention of claim 1 is Kobayashi (US 20100139940 A1).
Regarding claim 1, Kobayashi teaches a power driven hammer tool with a main body, including a compartment space (18), a chamber (space inside 14), an air intake portion (86) and an assembling portion (102), an end of the compartment space being closed by a radial wall (34), an end of the chamber opposite to the radial wall being closed by the assembling portion, a hammer block (20) being slidably received in the compartment space, a valve body (40) being disposed in the chamber, the air intake portion being in communication with the chamber, he air intake portion being configured to be in communication with a high pressure gas source to make the valve body on or off reciprocatingly so that the hammer block is driven by the high pressure gas source to reciprocate in the compartment space (par. 0015: “moving the valve body 58 away from the forward seat 54 and toward the rearward seat 56, blocking the passage 62 and opening the passage 60”); a disassembling assembly, including a position-limiting member (threaded cap 120) and a connection member (threaded stud 106), the connection member being rotatably assembled (threaded to it) to the assembling portion and isolated from the chamber by the assembling portion, the position-limiting member being assembled to the assembling portion (via body 14) and blocking the connection member (seals the connection member), the connection member being configured to be assembled with a dismantling tool (106 can be threaded into 40 with a dismantling tool like a plier). However making the radial wall (34) and the main body integrally formed of one piece make the device inoperable.
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Claims 2-9 are allowed due to dependency on allowed claim 1.
Claim 10 is 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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MAHDI H. NEJAD
Examiner
Art Unit 3723
/MAHDI H NEJAD/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3723