.The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
Priority
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 5,11,16 and 17 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 5,11 and 16 lack sufficient structure for removal (5) or sliding (11 AND 16).
Receipt is acknowledged of certified copies of papers required by 37 CFR 1.55.
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.
Claim(s) 1-3,6-8 and 12-14 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over HEHHESSEY gb 2 528 902 A .
The examiner adopts the position set forth in the PCT 237 report.With regard to clain Hennessey discloses a trolley bag or hybrid bag 10 with a strap 100, s bsg body 106, a lid 104 and a bag sleeve 134. The bag has a first configuration shown in Fig.1 where the bag houses the lid and bag sieeve. Figure 2 show a second configuration of the bag where the lid and bag sleeve are extended from the bag body. The bag has wheels 118 and the bag sleeve is arranged between the bag body and the lid to form a container which may be accessed thourgh the lid.
Regarding claim 2, note 126 and 136 with regard to claim 3.
Regardihg clIM6,NOTE 106 and 118 with regard to claims 7 and 8.
Regarding claims 12-14, note 100’
Allowable Subject Matter
The following is a statement of reasons for the indication of allowable subject matter: The art of record does no
t suggest the features of claims4,5,9-11and 15-18.
ConclusionThe prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. The references show convertible bags.
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