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 Objections
Claims 5-10 are objected to because of the following informalities:
In claim 5, line 4, “a winding station” should be –the winding station--.
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 5-10 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.
Regarding claims 5, and 8-9, the phrase "suitable or suitably" renders the claim(s) indefinite because the claim(s) include(s) elements not actually disclosed (those encompassed by "suitable or suitably"), thereby rendering the scope of the claim(s) unascertainable.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the statutory basis (i.e., changing from AIA to pre-AIA ) for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status.
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 1-7 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Prankl et al., U.S. Patent No. 10676303 B2.
Regarding claim 1, Prankl ‘303 discloses a device (see figure 1) to replace a coil or a core (12, 26), the coil comprising a sleeve-like core 26 and a film 22 wound thereon, the device being stationary with respect to a winding station (EB1 or EB2) at which the film is unwindable from the coil or winding onto the core (see figures 3-5), the device comprising: at least one stand (16, 18) which is stationary or movable as a unit (i.e., see column 4, lines 28-35, which can optionally formed by a driverless shuttle, claim 4), and a support arm 34 (i.e., 34 displaceable with respect to the stand along the first axis, and a first displacement unit 32 connected at 34, see figure 9A, claims 2-3) arranged at the stand (see figure 7B), the support arm 34 extending along a horizontal running axis (i.e., an axis of 34, no reference number), the coil or the core (12, 26) being arranged so that they are movable on the support arm along the first axis (9A-D), wherein the stand (16, 18) together with the support arm 34 is rotatable relative to the winding station (EB1 or EB2), at least about a rotation axis (i.e., a vertical axis of 16, 18, no reference number) extending along a vertical first direction, see figures 1-11F.
Regarding claim 5, as stated above, Prankl ‘303 shows the winding station (EB1 or EB2) that has at least one receiving mandrel 70, the receiving mandrel extending along a horizontal running axis (i.e., an axis of 70, no reference number), and the coil or the core (12, 26) being arranged so that it is movable on the receiving mandrel along the second axis, and the support arm 34 of the device and the receiving mandrel 70 are arranged relative to one another in a coaxial for a transfer of the coil or the core; and a second displacement unit (using 88 to move the mandrel 70 along the second axis, claim 6); and a first deposition device 56 for the coil or the core 26 by using the support arm 34 is at least retractable (see figure 1, claim 7), see figures 9A-9C.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 8-10 would be allowable if rewritten to overcome the rejection(s) 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.
The following is a statement of reasons for the indication of allowable subject matter:
The claims 8-10 are patentable over the prior art of record because the teachings of the references taken as a whole do not show or render obvious the combination set forth in claims 8-10, including every structural element recited in the claims.
None of the references of the prior art teach or suggest the elements of the device as advanced above and such do not provide the necessary motivation, absent applicant's specification, for modifying the device in the manner required by the claims.
Conclusion
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SK
11/19/25
/SANG K KIM/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3654