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 .
Claims 1-5 are present for examination.
Priority
Receipt is acknowledged of certified copies of papers required by 37 CFR 1.55.
Specification
The specification has not been checked to the extent necessary to determine the presence of all possible minor errors. Applicant’s cooperation is requested in correcting any errors of which applicant may become aware in the specification.
Claim Objections
Claims 3-5 are objected to under 37 CFR 1.75(c) as being in improper form because a multiple claim dependency, namely, claim 3 improperly depending on claims 1 or 2, claim 4 improperly depending on claims 1 to 3, as well as claim 5 improperly depending on claims 1 to 4. Correction is required. See MPEP § 608.01(n).
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
A patent for a claimed invention may not be obtained, notwithstanding that the claimed invention is not identically disclosed as set forth in section 102, if the differences between the claimed invention and the prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole would have been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the claimed invention pertains. Patentability shall not be negated by the manner in which the invention was made.
Claims 1-5 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Shanley, IV et al (US 2018/0017208), hereinafter as Shanley.
RE claim 1, Shanley discloses the invention substantially as claimed.
Shanley discloses that a wearable video display device which is worn on the head of a user (see figure 1A and sections [0036], [0038], [0039], [0040]; i.e., headset 100) and which comprises a display unit provided with a display element and an eyepiece optical system accommodated in a housing (see figure 5 and section [0087]; i.e., the lens 510 may be clear as eyeglasses and may also be an LCE projection screen for projector 540 to project images/videos onto the lens 510), a left frame and a right frame which extend in a rearward direction from the display unit and are provided independently of one another (see figures 1A/1B/5 and sections [0041], [0042], [0044], [0087], [0092]; i.e., the left frame 140 and the right frame 140), a forehead support potion which accepts a supporting force from a supra-orbital margin of the user’s forehead (see figures 1A/1B and sections [0040], [0041], [0043], [0082]; i.e., the forehead pads 150 taking away some of the weight of headset 100), and a nose support portion which accepts a supporting force from the user’s nose (see figures 1A/1B and sections [0040], [0041], [0081]; i.e., the nose bridge 160), wherein: rear regions of the left frame and the right frame serve as occipital support portions that accept a supporting force from the back of the user’s head (see figures 1A/1B/4 and sections [0040], [0045], [0082], [0085]; i.e., the compliant arms 110 of the left/right frame 140); and a total weight of the wearable video display device is supported by the forehead support portion, the nose support portion and the occipital support portions (see sections [0081], [0082], [0085]; i.e., the total weight 410 is supported by the forehead support portion 150, the nose support portion 160 and the occipital support portion 110).
However, Shanley does not specifically disclose that the total weight of the wearable video display device is set to 300 gf or less.
The use of mathematical formula or ranges (i.e., the total weight of the wearable video display device is set to 300 gf or less) are akin to optimizing the values of a result effective variables. Therefore, determining the optimal value of a result effective variable would have been obvious and ordinarily within the skill of the art. In re Boesch, 617 F.2d 272, 276, 205 USPQ 215, 219 (CCPA 1980).
RE claim 2, Shanley in view of the rationale above disclose that wherein the forehead support portion and the occipital support portion apply a pinching force to the head of the user from front and rear directions, and the nose support portion applies a force due to a portion of the total weight onto the nose of the user (see sections [0043, [0082], [0081], [0085]).
RE claim 3, Shanley in view of the rationale above disclose that wherein the occipital support portions are configured by forming rear regions of the left frame and the right frame with a curved shape when viewed from above (see section [0082]; i.e., compliant arms 110 are the occipital support portions, and compliant arms 110 being the rear extensions of the left/right frames 140), and a part of the forehead support portion that comes into contact with the forehead of the user is formed with a curved shape when viewed from above (see figures 1A/1B and sections [0040], [0043]; i.e., the forehead pads 150).
RE claim 4, Shanley in view of the rationale above disclose that wherein the forehead support portion is provided divided to the left and right, sandwiched the nose support portion, when viewed from above (see figures 1A/1B and section [0043]; i.e., the left forehead pad 150, and the right forehead pad 150).
RE claim 5, Shanley in view of the rationale above disclose that wherein a front end side of the left frame and a front end side of the right frame are connected to a front frame, and the front frame is fitted to the display unit (see figures 1A/1B and sections [0041], [0048], [0049]; i.e., front end side of the left/right side frames 140 are connected to the front frame 140 by the left/right frame adapters 130).
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
Chigira et al (USPN 6,388,640)
Kaufmann et al (USPN 6,480,174)
Suzuki (USPN 5,880,773)
Mizoguchi et al (USPN 6,144,347)
Chigira (USPN 6,914,583)
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/FRED TZENG/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2625
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January 08, 2026