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 § 103
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
A patent for a claimed invention may not be obtained, notwithstanding that the claimed invention is not identically disclosed as set forth in section 102, if the differences between the claimed invention and the prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole would have been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the claimed invention pertains. Patentability shall not be negated by the manner in which the invention was made.
Claim(s) 1-3, 6-10,13,14,17-20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over CN201783868 in view of Schneider et al (20190184516) both cited by Applicant .
CN201783868 discloses power tool see 3 comprising a housing ( shell 1 ) , battery pack interface (10) positioned at end of housing , battery pack interface to receive a removable and rechargeable battery pack , a user input (7a,7b) configured to control driving of motor (2) when actuated by user , a speed control interface (5) fig 2 including a first interface portion (34,36) and 8a 8b , first interface portion including a capacitive touch surface configured to generate speed setting signal in respond to detecting a touch of user , see paragraph 31 , 130a. Second interface (30) and controller including memory and processor to receive speed setting signal and control motor to speed setting , see paragraph 35 . CN201783868 lacks disclosing display to indicate speed . Schneider et la discloses display for speed setting , see paragraph 35 fig 3, items 34,36,30 . It would have been obvious to one ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to combine power tool of CN201783868 with display of Schneider et la for improved control. Claim 2 speed increase and decrease is shown in CN201783868 8a 8b . Claim 3 capacitive touch is in paragraph 31 of CN201783868 . Display error is shown in Schneider et al paragraph 35 fig 3 . Claim 7 capacitive touch surface , is shown CN2017883868 paragraph 31. Speed setting of claim 8 shown by 8a 8b of CN201783868. Claim 9 is same as claim 1 . Claim 10 touch sensitive is shown CN201883868 8a 8b . Claim 13 error code shown in paragraph 35 fig 3 . Claim 14 same as claim 1 . Claim 17 error code see Schneider et al paragraph 35 fig 3 . Claim 18 see CN201783868 speed selector , paragraph 31.
Claim(s) 4,5,15,16,11,12 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over CN201783868 in view of Schneider et al as applied to claims 1-3,6-10,13-14,17-20 above, and further in view of Bringhurst et al (20190110396) .
CN201783868 in view of Schneider et al as disclosed above lacks disclosing light emitting diodes and E-ink display . Bringhurst et al discloses in claim 7 E-ink display and light emitting diodes. It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of claimed invention to combine power tool of CN201883868 and Schneider et al with E-ink display and Led of Bringhurst et al for improved control.
Conclusion
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/KAREN MASIH/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2846
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