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 § 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 11 and 12 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.
Claims 11 and 12 each recite the limitation "the platform" in line 2. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claims, as both claims 11 and 12 depend from claim 9, rather than claim 10 which first recites a platform.
With further regard to claim 11, the phrase "such as" (appearing twice, in lines 3 and 4) renders the claim indefinite because it is unclear whether the limitations following the phrase are part of the claimed invention. See MPEP § 2173.05(d).
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1-10 and 13 are allowed.
Claims 11 and 12 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 a statement of reasons for the indication of allowable subject matter: The prior art fails to disclose or suggest a device having each of the recited limitations. While various limbs rehabilitation devices are known, including devices comprising features such as cameras and display screens, the specific configuration of structural elements as recited in claim 1 is not disclosed in the prior art, nor is there any motivation or suggestion to modify the teachings of the prior art to create the claimed invention without using impermissible hindsight. As a result, claim 1 and its dependent claims 2-13 contain allowable subject matter.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
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/KURT FERNSTROM/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3715
March 10, 2026