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 .
Priority
This application discloses and claims only subject matter disclosed in prior Application No. 17/867,869, filed July 19, 2022 that claims continuation to application 16/834,970 filed on March 30, 2020, and names the inventor or at least one joint inventor named in the prior application. Accordingly, this application may constitute a continuation or divisional. Should applicant desire to claim the benefit of the filing date of the prior application, attention is directed to 35 U.S.C. 120, 37 CFR 1.78, and MPEP § 211 et seq. The presentation of a benefit claim may result in an additional fee under 37 CFR 1.17(w)(1) or (2) being required, if the earliest filing date for which benefit is claimed under 35 U.S.C. 120, 121, 365(c), or 386(c) and 1.78(d) in the application is more than six years before the actual filing date of the application.
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.
Claims 1-16 and 21-23 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Cornman et al US Patent 11,399,967 B2.
Regarding claim 1, Cornman et al is clearly anticipated. For example, Cornman et al discloses a prosthetic assembly system comprising: a prosthetic hand, comprising: a hand base, and a set of prosthetic fingers; and a set of actuating systems, wherein each actuating system comprises: a linkage that mechanically couples
Regarding claim 2, see col. 9, lines 53-67 disclosing the measuring of the torque exerted by the motor.
Regarding claim 3, see col. 10, lines 15-16.
Regarding claim 4, see col. 13, lines 7-19 disclosing the disk magnet.
Regarding claim 5, see Fig. 4.
Regarding claim 6, see col. 13, lines 31-42.
Regarding claim 7, see col. 2, lines 50-60.
Regarding claim 8, see col. 10, lines 53-67.
Regarding claim 9, see col. 17, lines 21-31.
Regarding claim 10, see col. 7, lines 30-35.
Regarding claim 11, see col. 2, lines 33-38.
Regarding claim 12, see col. 12, lines 15-28.
Regarding claim 13, see claim 12.
Regarding claim 14, see col. 13, lines 44-60.
Regarding claim 15, see col. 3, lines 62-67 and col. 4, lines 1-5.
Regarding claim 16, see col. 11, lines 38-42.
Regarding claims 21-23, see col. 4, lines 1-5.
Conclusion
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/ALVIN J STEWART/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3799 6/23/26
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