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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
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, 3,5,and 8-9 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a1) as being anticipated by Engibarov 6126158.
1. A reticle pressing device applied to a reticle box, the reticle box being
used to accommodate a reticle, the reticle pressing device comprising:
a reticle pressing board 10 (which is 14 and 12);
a pressing member 42 disposed on the reticle pressing board, the pressing
member comprising a pushing portion 50, wherein the pushing portion pushes the
reticle pressing board correspondingly according to a movement range of the
pressing member toward the reticle pressing board, so as to make the reticle
pressing board move laterally relative to the pressing member; and
an adjusting member 44 disposed in the reticle pressing board through the
pressing member, wherein the adjusting member is used to adjust the movement
range of the pressing member, so that the pushing portion pushes toward the
reticle pressing board until the reticle is fixed, or adjusts the pushing portion of the
pressing member to move away from the reticle and release pushing force.
3. The reticle pressing device of claim 1, wherein the pressing member
moves toward the reticle pressing board along a first axial direction, so as to
make the pushing portion push the reticle pressing board to move laterally
relative to the pressing member along a second axial direction, and the pushing
portion is inclined relative to the first axial direction and the second axial direction. See the movement of the parts
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5. The reticle pressing device of claim 1, wherein the adjusting member 44 is
rotatably coupled to the pressing member.
8. The reticle pressing device of claim 1, wherein the adjusting member
comprises:
a head portion 44 configured to abut against the pressing member and away
from a side of the reticle pressing board;
a fastening portion Threaded part of 44 configured to fasten the reticle box and adjust the
movement range of the pressing member relative to the reticle pressing board
according to a fastening degree of the fastening portion; and
a pillar, bottom portion of the head of 44 an end of the pillar being coupled to the head portion, another end
of the pillar being coupled to the fastening portion, wherein the pillar is disposed
in the reticle pressing board through the pressing member.
9. The reticle pressing device of claim 1, wherein the reticle pressing
board, the pressing member, and the adjusting member are coupled together, the
adjusting member comprises a fastening portion, the fastening portion is
configured to fasten the reticle box, and when the fastening portion is unlocked
from the reticle box, the reticle pressing board, the pressing member, and the
adjusting member are removed from the reticle box together. See Fig.2
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 11-20 are allowed.
Claims 2, 4, 6-7, and 10 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.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. The 892 form discloses prior art being made of record.
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LEE D. WILSON
Examiner
Art Unit 3723
LdW
/LEE D WILSON/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3723 July 27, 2026
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