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 .
This is the first Office Action for the serial number 18/645,102, MONITOR MOUNT WITH SIDE-ACCESSIBLE HEIGHT-ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM, filed on 4/24/24.
Election/Restrictions
Applicant's election with traverse of group II (claims 12-16) in the reply filed on 2/5/26 is acknowledged. The traversal is on the ground(s) that “Applicant maintains that the original claims are patentably indistinct and capable of being searched and examined together, at least because the elected and non-elected claims share a substantial overlap in their technical features and the distinctions identified by the Examiner do not require separate searches or raise issues of patentability that are mutually exclusive. This is not found persuasive because group I is drawn to a different subcombination with a hook assembly while group II does not require the hook assembly. Group III is a method claim which is a different format from groups I-II, therefore, the restriction is proper.
The requirement is still deemed proper and is therefore made FINAL.
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 13-16 and 21-26 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.
Claim 13, lines 4-5, “an adjustment component configured to adjust a height of an installation component” is indefinite because the adjustment component also adjusts the height of the hanging arm. It should be changed to ---an adjustment component configured to adjust a height of an installation component and the hanging arm--- for clarification.
Claim 13, lines 7-8, “at least one lifting part that engages and is driven by the adjustment actuator” is indefinite because it is not clear if the lifting part is in the hanging arm. The drawings in applicant’s invention shows the lifting part is inside of the hanging arm.
Claim 13, line 9, “a vertical adjustment component” is indefinite because it is not clear if the vertical adjustment component is inside of the hanging arm. The drawings in application’s invention shows the vertical adjustment component is inside of the hanging arm.
Claims 14-16 and 21-26 are rejected as depending on rejected claim 13.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 13-16 and 21-26 would be allowable if rewritten or amended to overcome the rejection(s) under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), 2nd paragraph, set forth in this Office action.
The following is an examiner’s statement of reasons for allowance: The prior arts fail to teach all of the limitations especially with “wherein the guide wall of the vertical adjustment component and the guide wall of the at least one lifting part extend in parallel planes along an extension direction that is not vertical”.
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Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure:
US Patent # 8,456,808 to Grey et al.
US Patent Application Publication # 2021/0059413 to Pei
US Patent Application Publication # 2023/0184375 to Kolz et al.
US Patent Application Publication # 2025/0067384 to Xu et al.
US Patent # 8,322,673 to Sculler
The cited references teach a monitor mount for supporting a monitor.
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ALFRED J. WUJCIAK III
Primary Examiner
Art Unit 3632
/ALFRED J WUJCIAK/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3636 5/15/26
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