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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 § 102
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 – 10 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by U.S. Patent No. 11,317,229 (Chen).
With respect to claim 1, Chen teaches:
A method for manufacturing a wire damper of a loudspeaker with periodic span wires, comprising the following steps:
arranging a plurality of warp yarns and a plurality of wire assemblies at
intervals in a manner that the warp yarns and the wire assemblies extend straightly along a first direction and are parallel to each other, wherein each wire assembly is composed of a plurality of wires, and each wire is a monofilament thread (see Col. 5, lines 23 – 28);
(b) interweaving a plurality of weft yarns with the warp yarns and the wire assemblies along a second direction to weave a base material, wherein the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction, at least two adjacent weft yarns are defined as a weft yarn assembly, each wire assembly periodically spans above and below the weft yarn assemblies along the first direction, and an area where the weft yarn assemblies are interwoven with each wire assembly is defined as a wire disposing area (see Col. 5, lines 38 – 46 and Figs. 5, 11 and 14 – 16);
(c) impregnating the base material in a resin solution (see Col. 5, lines 49 – 53);
(d) drying the base material to form a solid resin layer on the base material (see Col. 5, lines 54 -63;
(e) forming a wire damper of a loudspeaker on the base material by thermoforming (Col. 6, lines 11 - 12; and
(f) separating the wire damper of the loudspeaker from the base material (see Col. 6, lines 37 – 40).
With respect to claim 2, note Col. 3, lines 5 – 6.
With respect to claims 3 - 4, note Col. 2, lines 35 – 39 (interweaving is braiding) and Col. 8, lines 15 - 22.
With respect to claim 5, note Col. 6, lines 13 – 34.
With respect to claim 6, Chen teaches:
A wire damper of a loudspeaker with periodic span wires,
comprising:
a main body, which includes a plurality of warp yarns and a plurality of weft yarns, the warp yarns are arranged at intervals and extend straightly along a first direction and are parallel to each other, the weft yarns are interwoven with the warp yarns along a second direction, the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction, and at least two adjacent weft yarns are defined as a weft yarn assembly (see Col. 3, lines 5 – 18) (a weft yarn assembly is what one would have via the interwoven warp and weft yarns. In this arrangement there are always at least 2 adjacent weft yarns) (see Figs. Figs. 5, 11and 13 – 17);
a plurality of wire assemblies, which are arranged at intervals with the warp yarns, extend straightly along the first direction, are parallel to the warp yarns, and periodically span above and below the weft yarn assemblies along the first direction (Figs. 5, 10, 13 – 17 and 19 - 20, wherein each wire assembly is composed of a plurality of wires, each wire is a monofilament thread (Col. 5, lines 23 – 28), and an area where the weft yarn assemblies are interwoven with each wire assembly is defined as a wire disposing area (Col. 3, lines 5 – 18); and a solid resin layer, which covers surfaces of the warp yarns, the weft yarns and the wires (Col. 5, lines 54 – 63).
With respect to claim 7, note Col. 5, lines 23 – 25.
With respect to claims 8 – 9, note Col. 2, lines 35 – 39 (interweaving is braiding) and Col. 8, lines 15 - 22.
With respect to claim 10, note Col. 3, lines 23 – 35 and Col. 6, lines 13 – 34.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. Note the Abstracts and Figs. of the additional references cited on the accompanying 892.
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26Dec2025
/WILLIAM J DEANE JR/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2693