DETAILED ACTION
This is a non-final rejection in response to application filed 9/28/23. Claims 1-15 are currently pending.
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 1-14 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 (or for applications subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, the applicant), regards as the invention.
Claim 1 recites the limitation "an end of each of a distal part and a proximal part is open". It is unclear of the distal part has two open ends and the proximal part has two open ends or if each part has just a single opening.
Claim 1 recites the limitation "a paddle formed to extend from the end of the distal part of the needle”. It is unclear what direction the paddle is extending.
Claim 4 recites the limitation " a virtual line formed to extend from one surface of an upper end of the needle”. It is unclear what structure is needed to form a virtual line. Needles are cylindrical; thus it is unclear which surface is being referred to.
Subsequent dependent claims are further rejected.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claim 15 is allowed.
The following is a statement of reasons for the indication of allowable subject matter: The closes prior art of record is to Schmieding et al. and Dean and McGregor et al.. The prior art of record teaches an injection device but fails to teach a paddle as claimed, in particular having a maximum width of the paddle being less than or equal to an outer diameter of the needle. It would not have been obvious to modify the art of record.
Conclusion
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/CRAIG KIM/
Primary Examiner
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