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 .
Application Status
Claims 1-20 are pending and have been examined in this application.
This communication is the first action on the merits.
Claims 1-20 are rejected herein.
Information Disclosure Statement
As of the date of this action, no information disclosure statement has been filed on behalf of this case.
Priority
Receipt is acknowledged of certified copies of papers required by 37 CFR 1.55.
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 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 pre-AIA 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.
Claims 1, 10, 11 and 20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1)/102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Bleckat (U.S. Pat. Pub. No. 20220170503 A1).
Regarding claim 1, Bleckat teaches a multi-adsorption fixing device, comprising:
a shell assembly comprising a first shell (Fig. 13C; 2), a second shell (23), and an elastic member (262), the second shell being movably connected to the first shell to allow the first shell to move relative to the second shell without being separated, and the elastic member provided between the first shell and the second shell;
a suction cup assembly (27, 270, 22) comprising a suction cup body (27) and a release member (22), the suction cup body being exposed from the second shell [at upper surface when 2, 3 connected to one another], and the release member being provided on the first shell, and the release member releasing a vacuum adsorption state of the suction cup body based on the release member being actuated [0179]; and
a magnetic adsorption assembly (31) provided on the second shell adjacent to the suction cup body [in the assembled configuration].
Regarding claim 10, Bleckat teaches the first shell (23) includes an outer wall (upper portion of 23) away from the second shell and is provided with a connecting portion (top surface of 23).
Regarding claim 11, Bleckat teaches a method of manufacturing a multi-adsorption fixing device, comprising:
providing a shell assembly, the shell assembly comprising a first shell (2), a second shell (23), and an elastic member (262), the second shell being movably connected to the first shell to allow the first shell to move relative to the second shell without being separated, the elastic member provided between the first shell and the second shell;
coupling a suction cup assembly (27, 270, 22) to the shell assembly, the suction cup assembly comprising a suction cup body (27) and a release member (22), the suction cup body being exposed from the second shell [at upper surface when 2, 3 connected to one another], the release member being provided on the first shell, and the release member releasing a vacuum adsorption state of the suction cup body based on the release member being actuated; and
providing a magnetic adsorption assembly (31) on the second shell adjacent to the suction cup body.
Regarding claim 20, Bleckat teaches providing the shell assembly includes providing the first shell (23) with an outer wall (top portion of 23) away from the second shell and provided with a connecting portion (upper surface of 23).
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 2-9 and 12-19 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
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. See attached PTO-892.
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MUHAMMAD IJAZ
Primary Examiner
Art Unit 3631
/Muhammad Ijaz/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3631