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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.
Claim(s) 1-2 and 21-22 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a1) as being anticipated by How to Install a Pressure Gauge on a Hydraulic Press
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1. (Previously Presented) A support jack, comprising:
a support foot 100 and
a force measuring element 200,
wherein the support jack has an outer tube 300 and an inner tube 400 movably mounted therein, and the support foot is pivotably secured to the inner tube by a foot receiving element,
wherein the force measuring element is attached to the foot receiving element.
2. (Previously Presented) The support jack according to claim 1, wherein a force is determined by the force measuring element as a function of the deformation of the foot receiving element. This is the natural function of the device
21. (New) The support jack according to claim 1, wherein the foot receiving element is a component arranged in a flow of force between the support foot and the inner tube of the support jack. All parts work in concert with each other or a flow
22. (New) The support jack according to claim 1, wherein in addition to a quantitative determination of whether the support jack is in contact with a ground surface that is performed by the force measuring element, the force measuring element also provides a quantitative determination of a load acting on the support jack. This is the natural function of the device
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 3-4 and 6-20 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.
Response to Arguments
Applicant’s arguments with respect to claim(s) have been considered but are moot because the new ground of rejection does not rely on any reference applied in the prior rejection of record for any teaching or matter specifically challenged in the argument.
There are new rejections and allowable subject matter.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. The 892 form discloses prior art being made of record.
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LEE D. WILSON
Examiner
Art Unit 3723
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/LEE D WILSON/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3723 September 11, 2026
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