DETAILED ACTION
Oath/Declaration
Oath and declaration filed on 4/5/2024 is accepted.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
2. 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.
Claim 1 is 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 “ a fixed assembly configured to connected to a first optical element” without reciting optical element connected to. And another phrase use “ movable a assembly , movable relative to the fixed assembly “.” Movable relative to the fixed assembly “ using this phrase claim make indefinite and claim did not mention how the relation movable assembly and fixed assembly.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
3. 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.
Claim(s) 1 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102 (a)(1) as being anticipated by Jeong (20180231793).
Regarding claim 1, Jeong teaches An optical element driving mechanism, comprising: a fixed assembly (1010) , configured to be connected to a first optical element; a movable assembly (1150) , movable relative to the fixed assembly; and a first driving assembly, configured to drive the movable assembly to move relative to the fixed assembly, wherein the fixed assembly includes a first accommodation space which is configured to accommodate a second optical element (paragraph 0082).
Allowable Subject Matter
4. Claims 2-20 are objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
5. The following is a statement of reasons for the indication of allowable subject matter: wherein the fixed assembly includes a casing and a base; the casing is configured to be fixedly connected to the base; the casing and the base are arranged along a main axis; the fixed assembly further includes a first fixed part, which is affixed to the casing; the first fixed part is configured to be connected to the first optical element; the movable assembly includes a first movable part which is movably connected to the first fixed part; the first fixed part has a first side surface which faces the first movable part; the first movable part has a first movable surface which faces the first fixed part; the casing has a side wall which faces the first movable part and when viewed along a second axis, the side wall, the first movable surface, the first side surface and the main axis are arranged along a first axis in sequence; the second axis, the first axis and the main axis are perpendicular to each other; when viewed along the main axis, the first movable part surrounds the first fixed part; when viewed along the main axis, the side wall surrounds the first movable part and the first fixed part.
Conclusion
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/MOHAMMED A HASAN/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2872 2/5/2025