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 .
Election/Restrictions
Applicant’s election without traverse of Group I, claims 1-4 in the reply filed on February 25, 2026 is acknowledged.
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 1-4 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 1: The use of roman numerals “I” and “II” in multiple instances to refer to different elements makes the claim indefinite because it is unclear if that numbering refers to an alternate of each of the elements or if they are numbers for each part or element being claimed. It is unclear what “are of the same structures” means when referring to connecting portions. Does this refer to a same size, same shape, etc? It is unclear what “are connected with the purlines again” refers to. How are they connected again? It is unclear what “all steel sides II” refers to when referring to steel frames. Does it mean all the walls or sides of the steel frames are steel? It is unclear what “a back locking or pressing block fixation manner” means. It is unclear what “a laminating piece” refers to. It is unclear what “at an L-shaped mounting” refers to. How is the laminating piece arranged at? Claim 1 recites the limitation "the lowermost positions" in line 8, “the steel frames II” in line 19. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim. It is unclear what an angle code is. It is unclear what a “back locking pr pressing block fixation manner” refers to.
Regarding claim 2: It is unclear what it means “adopting a chamfer structure design” as well as a “circular arc design”. Claim 2 recites the limitation "the folding edge I" in lines 5-6 and “the folding edge II” in line 6. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Regarding claim 3: It is unclear what “in regarding” means in the claim. It is unclear what “mutual fit and fixed connection” means. It is unclear how a hole is D-shaped. It is unclear what the overall claim is trying to accomplish.
Regarding claim 4: It is unclear what it means “just embedded”. It is unclear if “guide folding edges II” are the same as “the folding edge II” in claim 2. It is unclear what the overall claim is trying to accomplish.
Patentability in relation to Prior Art will be determined once the scope of the claims is better clarified.
Conclusion
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/PATRICK J MAESTRI/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3635
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