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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 .
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
A patent for a claimed invention may not be obtained, notwithstanding that the claimed invention is not identically disclosed as set forth in section 102, if the differences between the claimed invention and the prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole would have been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the claimed invention pertains. Patentability shall not be negated by the manner in which the invention was made.
Claim 19 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Park in US Publication 2015/0292230 in view of Tatro in US Patent 11130437 and Miedel in US Patent 4408260.
Park teaches a system, comprising: a vehicle (10); and a removable shelter (200) configured to removably mount to the vehicle, the removable shelter comprising: a frame, comprising: a first portion (220), wherein the first portion is coupled to a second portion (210) configured to form a first base of a floor of the removable shelter, and wherein the second portion is coupled to a third portion (240) configured to form a second base for the floor; a first hoop (251) coupled to the second portion and the third portion of the frame; and one or more second hoops (250) coupled to the second portion of the frame, wherein the at least one of the first portion, the second portion, the third portion, the first hoop, and the one or more second hoops are configured to support one or more fabrics (261/262) that bind to form an enclosure for the removable shelter.
Park is silent on the use of a window in the first portion. Tatro teaches a shelter including a first portion (104) comprising a window (2204). It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify the device of Park by adding a window to the first portion as taught by Tatro in order to allow the user to mount a fan therein.
Park, as modified, is silent on the use of a light source. Miedel teaches a removable shelter including a hoop (18) wherein the removable shelter further comprises a first light source (19). It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify the device of Park, as modified, by adding a light source to the hoops as taught by Miedel in order to provide illumination within the shelter, and to add a light source on the first hoop, a second light source on the one or more second hoops, and a third light source on the third portion in order to provide sufficient light to all of the portions of the shelter.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1-3 and 5-16 are allowed.
Response to Arguments
Applicant’s arguments with respect to claim 19 have been considered but are moot because the new ground of rejection does not rely on any reference applied in the prior rejection of record for any teaching or matter specifically challenged in the argument.
Conclusion
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NOAH C. HAWK
Primary Examiner
Art Unit 3636
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