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.
Claim(s) 1, 3, 7, 16, 18-20 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Park (US Patent Publication 20220074188).
Regarding Claim 1, Park shows an interface with an odor-resistant component, comprising a shell (221) and the odor-resistant component (230), wherein the shell is provided with an accommodating cavity (near 222), and the odor-resistant component is arranged in the accommodating cavity (Fig.5); the interface further comprises a cover plate (near 231), wherein the odor-resistant component comprises a fixed seat (end of 221;Fig.6) and a flip cover hinged (231) on the fixed seat; the fixed seat is arranged on the cover plate (Fig.6), the shell is provided with an opening communicated with the accommodating cavity (Fig.6), and the cover plate cover is arranged at the opening and is detachably connected with the shell (Fig.6).
Reading Claim 16, Park shows an interface with an odor-resistant component, comprising a shell (221) and an odor-resistant component (230); wherein the shell comprises a channel (221) between an inlet (211) and an outlet (near 230) and a mounting groove (223b) communicated with the channel; the odor-resistant component is mounted in the shell through the mounting groove to block the channel (fig.6), and the odor-resistant component comprises a fixed seat (near 230) with an opening (near 223b) and a mounting part (231) detachably connected with the mounting groove; wherein, the fixed seat is movably connected with a flip cover covering the opening (Fig.6), and the flip cover is opened by a fluid entering the channel to open up the channel or is closed by a load to block the channel (Fig.6).
Regarding Claims 3, Parks shows the interface with an odor-resistant component according to claim 1, further comprising a buckle (223a), wherein the buckle is detachably connected with the shell, and a first seal is arranged between the buckle and the shell (fig.6).
Regarding Claims 7, Park shows the interface with an odor-resistant component according to claim 1, wherein a second seal (222b) is arranged between the fixed seat and the flip cover.
Regarding Claim 18, Park shows the interface with an odor-resistant component according to claim 16, wherein the flip cover is connected with the fixed seat through a hinge shaft (230), the hinge shaft is arranged above the opening of the fixed seat, and a counterweight ball is arranged on the flip cover to form a load on the flip cover (Fig.6).
Regarding Claim 19, Park shows the interface with an odor-resistant component according to claim 16, wherein a periphery of the odor-resistant component is provided with a seal (near 230) which tightly seals the inner wall of the shell.
Regarding Claim 20, Park shows the interface with an odor-resistant component according to claim 17.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 2, 4-6, 8-15, 17 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.
Conclusion
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/LAUREN A CRANE/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3754
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