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 .
Priority
Receipt is acknowledged of certified copies of papers required by 37 CFR 1.55.
Information Disclosure Statement
The information disclosure statement (IDS) submitted on 09/03/2024 was considered by the examiner.
Drawings
The drawings are objected to under 37 CFR 1.83(a). The drawings must show every feature of the invention specified in the claims. Therefore, the fully open posture in which the first back surface and the second back surface face each other, and in a case in which the posture of the chassis is the fully open posture, the first magnetic attraction portion and the second magnetic attraction portion are adjacent to each other in a direction in which the first back surface and the second back surface face each other must be shown or the feature(s) canceled from the claim(s). No new matter should be entered.
Corrected drawing sheets in compliance with 37 CFR 1.121(d) are required in reply to the Office action to avoid abandonment of the application. Any amended replacement drawing sheet should include all of the figures appearing on the immediate prior version of the sheet, even if only one figure is being amended. The figure or figure number of an amended drawing should not be labeled as “amended.” If a drawing figure is to be canceled, the appropriate figure must be removed from the replacement sheet, and where necessary, the remaining figures must be renumbered and appropriate changes made to the brief description of the several views of the drawings for consistency. Additional replacement sheets may be necessary to show the renumbering of the remaining figures. Each drawing sheet submitted after the filing date of an application must be labeled in the top margin as either “Replacement Sheet” or “New Sheet” pursuant to 37 CFR 1.121(d). If the changes are not accepted by the examiner, the applicant will be notified and informed of any required corrective action in the next Office action. The objection to the drawings will not be held in abeyance.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
The following is a quotation of the first paragraph of 35 U.S.C. 112(a):
(a) IN GENERAL.—The specification shall contain a written description of the invention, and of the manner and process of making and using it, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make and use the same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor or joint inventor of carrying out the invention.
The following is a quotation of the first paragraph of pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112:
The specification shall contain a written description of the invention, and of the manner and process of making and using it, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make and use the same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor of carrying out his invention.
Claims 1, 2, and 5 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(a) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), first paragraph, as failing to comply with the written description requirement. The claim(s) contains subject matter which was not described in the specification in such a way as to reasonably convey to one skilled in the relevant art that the inventor or a joint inventor, or for applications subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, the inventor(s), at the time the application was filed, had possession of the claimed invention. The specification fails to disclose how the pen-shaped device leaves the first attraction position and moves to the second attraction position as claimed. Therefore, no art can be applied to claims 1, 2, and 5 at this time.
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 –
Claim(s) 3 and 4 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Lee et al. (11281254). With respect to claim 3, Lee et al. discloses an electronic apparatus (200) comprising: a chassis including a first chassis (220) having a first facing surface (224) and a second chassis (230) having a second facing surface (234); a first magnetic attraction portion (310) provided in the first chassis (220) and configured to generate a magnetic force; and a second magnetic attraction portion (320) provided in the second chassis (230) and configured to generate a magnetic force, wherein a posture of the chassis is switchable between a closed posture in which the first facing surface and the second facing surface face each other and an open posture in which the first facing surface and the second facing surface do not face each other, the magnetic force generated by the second magnetic attraction portion (320) is larger than the magnetic force generated by the first magnetic attraction portion, and in a case in which the posture of the chassis is the closed posture, the first magnetic attraction portion (310) and the second magnetic attraction portion (320) are adjacent to each other in a direction in which the first facing surface and the second facing surface face each other. With respect to claim 4, Lee et al. discloses the electronic apparatus (200) according to claim 3, wherein the first chassis (220) has a first back surface located on a side opposite to the first facing surface (224), the second chassis (230) has a second back surface located on a side opposite to the second facing surface (234), the posture of the chassis is switchable among the open posture, the closed posture, and a fully open posture in which the first back surface and the second back surface face each other, and in a case in which the posture of the chassis is the fully open posture, the first magnetic attraction portion (310) and the second magnetic attraction portion (320) are adjacent to each other in a direction in which the first back surface and the second back surface face each other.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
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LISA LEA-EDMONDS
Primary Examiner
Art Unit 2847
/LISA LEA-EDMONDS/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2847 2026-01-24