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 .
Priority
Acknowledgment is made of Applicant's claim for foreign priority based on an application filed in China on 5/17/2024 (Application number 202421095109.3). It is noted, however, that applicant has not filed a certified copy of the Chinese application as required by 37 CFR 1.55. It is noted the Applicant has also made a claim for foreign priority based on another application filed in China on 4/19/2024 (Application number 202420828586.X) and a certified copy of this application has been received.
Abstract
The abstract of the disclosure is objected to because:
Phrases that can be implied, such as “Disclosed in the present disclosure is” (see line 1) should not be present therein.
A corrected abstract of the disclosure is required and must be presented on a separate sheet, apart from any other text. See MPEP § 608.01(b).
Specification
The disclosure is objected to because of the following informalities:
In paragraph 0056, on line 3, “pressing block 42” should be “pressing block 41”; and
In paragraph 0060, on line 1, “FIGs. 10 and 13” should be “FIGs. 11 and 12”.
Appropriate correction is required.
Claim Objections
Claim 17 is objected to because of the following informalities:
In regard to claim 17, on line 3, after “down” one of the two commas (,) should be deleted. Appropriate correction is required.
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 10, 11, 13 and 15-18 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.
In regard to claim 10, an antecedent basis for “the second insulation holes” (see line 2) has not been defined. It is noted only one second insulation hole was previously defined (see claim 9, line 2).
In regard to claim 11, similarly, an antecedent basis for “the second insulations holes” has not been defined.
In regard to claim 13, an antecedent basis for “the bottom of the fixed seat” (see line 2) has not been defined. It is noted the bottom of the fixed seat is first defined in claims 7 and 8, however, claim 13 does not depend from claims 7 or 8.
In regard to claim 15, an antecedent basis for “the outer diameter” (see line 4) and “the inner diameter” (see line 5) has not been defined.
In regard to claim 16, an antecedent basis for “the outer diameter” (see line 5) and “the inner diameter” (see line 6) has not been defined.
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.
Claims 1 and 12 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Banks (U.S. Patent 5,556,005).
In regard to claim 1, the Banks reference discloses a soap dispenser with a detachable liquid storage bottle comprising:
a shell 72 (see Figure 4), a fixed seat 76, 80, a pump head 82, 90, 104 and the liquid storage bottle 10 wherein both the liquid storage bottle and the pump head are install inside the shell, one end of the liquid storage bottle is provided with an opening 16, the end provided with the opening 16 of the liquid storage bottle faces the pump head, the pump head is disposed on the fixed seat and comprises a liquid inlet pipe 104 and a liquid outlet pipe 90, the liquid inlet pipe communicates with a cavity inside the liquid storage bottle and the liquid outlet pipe 90 has two ends, one end 89 of the liquid outlet pipe being located inside the shell and the other end 94 of the liquid outlet pipe being located outside the shell;
wherein the soap dispenser further comprises a lifting mechanism 26, the liquid storage bottle comprises a positioning cover 20, the lifting member is connected to the positioning cover in a repeatedly detachable manner, the liquid storage bottle further comprising a butting pipe 22, and the liquid input pipe communicates with the liquid storage bottle via the butting pipe and communicates with the butting pipe in a repeatedly openable (see Figure 7) and closable (se Figure 8) manner.
In regard to claim 12, the pump head comprises a pressing rod 112, a pressing plate 110 is hinged to and installed on one end of an upper shell of the shell and the pressing plate is in contact with the pressing rod.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 2-9 and 14 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.
Claims 10, 11, 13 and 15-18 would be allowable if rewritten to overcome the rejections under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), 2nd paragraph, set forth in this Office action and to include all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. The Ophardt, Steiner et al., Whittington and Steiner et al. references are cited as being directed to other soap dispensers having liquid storage bottle and pump disposed in a shell.
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DJW
2/9/26
/DAVID J WALCZAK/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3754