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 .
Information Disclosure Statement
The information disclosure statement (IDS) submitted on 2/27/2024 was filed on or after the mailing date of the application. The submission is in compliance with the provisions of 37 CFR 1.97. Accordingly, the information disclosure statement is being considered by the examiner.
Specification
The specification (including the abstract and claims), and any amendments for applications, except as provided for in 37 CFR 1.821 through 1.825, must have text written plainly and legibly either by a typewriter or machine printer in a nonscript type font (e.g., Arial, Times Roman, or Courier, preferably a font size of 12) lettering style having capital letters which should be at least 0.3175 cm. (0.125 inch) high, but may be no smaller than 0.21 cm. (0.08 inch) high (e.g., a font size of 6) in portrait orientation and presented in a form having sufficient clarity and contrast between the paper and the writing thereon to permit the direct reproduction of readily legible copies in any number by use of photographic, electrostatic, photo-offset, and microfilming processes and electronic capture by use of digital imaging and optical character recognition; and only a single column of text. See 37 CFR 1.52(a) and (b). MPEP 608.01
The application papers are objected to because the specifications, claims and abstract has text in the bottom header that is not legible.
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 14-16 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.
Regarding Claim 14, the recitation of “…wherein the temperature is measured by a sensor” creates an antecedent basis issue. Claim 1 recites ‘a first sensor to determine the temperature…’ and claim 14 depends ultimately from claim 1. Thus, it is unclear if the sensor in claim 14 is the aforementioned sensor recited in claim 1 or does the sensor in claim 14 refers to an additional sensor.
Therefore, the claim is indefinite and is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, second paragraph.
Claims 15 and 16 are rejected based upon dependency.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claim 1 is cited for containing allowable subject matter.
The following is a statement of reasons for the indication of allowable subject matter:
As per independent Claim 1, the prior art, Bergt (US4105063), Marchetti et al. (US2017/0074538) and Reiman (US2932573) does not teach the method as recited, in particular “...wherein the system comprises a lighting control controlling the timing of and amount of lighting in the grow room, the lighting control operating in conjunction with the two PID control loops to control the conditions of the grow room, the method comprising: sensing loss of sensible load of lighting in the grow room with the first sensor, and in response to loss of sensible load of lighting in the grow room, slowing down or preventing condensation on leaves of plants inside the grow room by controlling the dew point in the grow room independent of temperature in the grow room with the other of the two PID control loops to control the vapor pressure deficit in the grow room,” when added to the other features claimed in independent Claim 1.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
Bergt (US4105063) is cited for teaching an air conditioning space that has temperature and humidity control;
Marchetti et al. (US2017/0074538) is cited for teaches a temperature PID control loop and a humidity PID control loop;
Reiman (US2932573) is cited for teaching moisture control of an enclosed space.
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/LARRY L FURDGE/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3763