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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.
(a)(2) the claimed invention was described in a patent issued under section 151, or in an application for patent published or deemed published under section 122(b), in which the patent or application, as the case may be, names another inventor and was effectively filed before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claim 1 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by US Pub No. US 20220065292 (“Chen et al.”)
Regarding Claim 1, Chen et al. discloses slide rail assembly, comprising:
a first rail (30); a second rail (24) movable relative to the first rail (30); a third rail (22) movably mounted between the first rail (30) and the second rail (24), wherein the third rail (22) is arranged with a blocking feature (26), and the blocking feature (26) has a first blocking wall and a second blocking wall; a first working member (28) and a second working member (32) movably mounted to the second rail (24) and configured to be in one of a first working state and a second working state; an operating member (36) configured to drive the second working member (32) to move; and a handle (38) movable relative to the second rail (24) to switch between a first state and a second state; wherein during a process of the handle (38) being moved to switch from the first state to the second state, the operating member (36) is configured to be moved from a first operating position to a second operating position in order to further drive the second working member (32) to move to switch from the first working state to the second working state; wherein when the third rail (22) is located at a predetermined opening position relative to the first rail (30) and when the second rail (24) is moved relative to the third rail (22) along an opening direction to a fully extended position, the first working member (28) in the first working state and the first blocking wall of the blocking feature (26) are configured to block each other in order to prevent the second rail (24) from being further moved along the opening direction from the fully extended position, and the second working member (32) in the second working state and the second blocking wall of the blocking feature (26) do not block each other in order to allow the second rail (24) to be moved from the fully extended position along a retracting direction;
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 2-20 are objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims. The closest art does not teach the combination of the features recited in claims 1 and 13.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. See e.g., US 20180295992 (“Chen et al.”).
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/KIMBERLEY S WRIGHT/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3637