DETAILED ACTION
1 This action is responsive to the amendment filed on August 06, 2026.
2 The cancellation of claims 9-11 is acknowledged. Pending claims are 1-8 and the newly added claim 12.
3 The rejections of the claims under 112, second paragraph and under 102 are withdrawn because of the applicant’s amendment.
New ground of rejection
Claim Objections
4 Claims 2-8 objected to because of the following informalities:
Claims 2-8 recite the limitations “process lens according to” and “The process according to”. Claims 2-8 should be amended to recite “The process for obtaining a lens tinted and/or shaded according to claim 1”. Appropriate correction is required.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
5 The following is a quotation of the first paragraph of 35 U.S.C. 112(a):
(a) IN GENERAL.—The specification shall contain a written description of the invention, and of the manner and process of making and using it, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make and use the same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor or joint inventor of carrying out the invention.
The following is a quotation of the first paragraph of pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112:
The specification shall contain a written description of the invention, and of the manner and process of making and using it, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make and use the same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor of carrying out his invention.
Claim 3 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(a) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), first paragraph, as failing to comply with the written description requirement. The claim(s) contains subject matter which was not described in the specification in such a way as to reasonably convey to one skilled in the relevant art that the inventor or a joint inventor, or for applications subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, the inventor(s), at the time the application was filed, had possession of the claimed invention. Claim 3 recites the limitation “a temperature is comprised between 60 OC and 120 OC”. The claimed specification does not recite any range of temperature. Correction is required.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
6 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 1-8 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.
Claim 1 recites the limitations “according to the rotary axis (r)” and “rotation direction (R)”. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim. Claim 1 in the step of arranging, recites the limitations “axis z1, axis z2 and axis of rotation (R)”. Therefore, the limitations recited in step of carry out, lack antecedent basis. Correction is required.
Claim 12 recites the limitation “the axes R”. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim. Claim 12 dependent on claim 1. Claim 1 does not recite the limitation “the axes R”. Correction is required.
Claim 12 recites the limitation “CNC-type handling system”. It is unclear what the meaning of CNC-type handling system?. The claimed specification does not provide any guidance. Clarification or correction is required.
Claims 2 and 4-8 dependent upon a rejected base claim. Therefore, claims 2-8 are rejected as well.
Response to Applicant’s Arguments
7 Applicant’s arguments with respect to claims 1-11, have been considered but are moot because the new ground of rejection does not rely on any reference applied in the prior rejection of record for any teaching or matter specifically challenged in the argument.
8 Applicant's amendment necessitated the new ground(s) of rejection presented in this Office action. Accordingly, THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. See MPEP § 706.07(a). Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37 CFR 1.136(a).
A shortened statutory period for reply to this final action is set to expire THREE MONTHS from the mailing date of this action. In the event a first reply is filed within TWO MONTHS of the mailing date of this final action and the advisory action is not mailed until after the end of the THREE-MONTH shortened statutory period, then the shortened statutory period will expire on the date the advisory action is mailed, and any nonprovisional extension fee (37 CFR 1.17(a)) pursuant to 37 CFR 1.136(a) will be calculated from the mailing date of the advisory action. In no event, however, will the statutory period for reply expire later than SIX MONTHS from the mailing date of this final action.
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