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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 .
Priority
Receipt is acknowledged of certified copies of papers required by 37 CFR 1.55.
Claim Objections
Claim 1 objected to because of the following informalities: Paragraph 11 includes a spelling error “siladbly”. Appropriate correction is required.
Claim 1 objected to because of the following informalities: Paragraph 11 includes a plurality error i.e. “the pressing mechanism”. Appropriate correction is required.
Claim 1 is objected to because of the following informalities: Paragraph 14 includes a grammatical error i.e. "circumference of the second cam disc". Appropriate correction is required.
Claim 2 is objected to because of the following informalities: Paragraph 4 includes a grammatical error i.e. "circumference of the first cam disc". 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 1 and 6 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.
Claim 1 recites the limitation "storage trays" in 10th paragraph. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 1 recites the limitation "connecting columns" in 13th paragraph. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 1 recites the limitation "the second springs" in 21st paragraph. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 6 recites the limitation "corresponding laser heads" in 1st paragraph. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Dependent claims 2-8 inherit the profile of independent claim 1 and therefore are also rejected.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
Wang (CN 108454240) discloses a device, connecting with an external conveying device (2), wherein the external conveying device comprises a conveyor (2), a feeding device (4) and a discharging device (6) [Fig. 2]: comprising: a frame (53); a disc-shaped conveying module [Fig. 1]; marking module [marking mechanism], a first driving module (56); a cam disc (58) and a lower turning plate (52) being concentric and connected by a rotating shaft (50), a number of pressing mechanisms (54) provided on the upper turning plate (51), corresponding storage trays (55) provided on the lower turning plate (52). The marking module is a coding device which includes laser coding devices located on the frame but does not disclose that the coding device moves up and down and therefore the coding device does not correspond to or connect to a lifting mechanism.
Fan (CN11651 1728A) discloses a laser marking machine comprises a laser marking head (5), and further comprises a conveying assembly used for conveying microphones in an assembly line mode, and the conveying assembly comprises a feeding part (8) and a discharging part (7); comprising a frame (1), a rotating disc (2), a driving motor (11), a cam disk (13); a rotating shaft (3); and the laser marking head is installed on the synchronization assembly [Fig.3]. The synchronization assembly drives the laser marking head and the transfer assembly to move synchronously but does not disclose the laser head moves up and down one by one and therefore does not correspond to or connect to individual lifting mechanisms.
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/RICARDO I MAGALLANES/Supervisor Patent Examiner, Art Unit 2853
/TRACEY M MCMILLION/Examiner, Art Unit 2853
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