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 .
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.
Claim(s) 6 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102a1 as being anticipated by Velagapudi (US 12,371,257 B2).
Velagapudi discloses a cart comprising a main body 32 with loading platform 24 and traveling wheel 34, coupling sections 37, bumper section 32, and detection sections 11, 21, 31, 41, 51, and 61, as shown in figures 3C, 3D, 4C, and 4D.
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Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1-5 and 7-16 are allowed.
The following is an examiner’s statement of reasons for allowance: In claim 1, the recitation of a cart system including a loading platform, a coupling section for determining a left and right direction on a lower side of the cart for engaging a transport vehicle, and a bumper section for determining a front to rear position, in combination with the rest of the recited structure defines over the prior art. The cited reference of Watt et al. ‘899, does not appear to disclose left and right coupling section for engaging the transport vehicle on a bottom side.
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JEFFREY J. RESTIFO
Primary Examiner
Art Unit 3613
/JEFFREY J RESTIFO/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3613