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 .
DETAILED ACTION
The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
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.
Election/Restrictions
Applicant’s election without traverse of election of species in the reply filed on 1/26/26 is acknowledged. Therefore, Examiner will exam elected claims and embodiment shown in fig 6.
Claim Objections
Claims 1 and dependent claims are objected to because of the following informalities:
In claim 1, “the peripheral display stand having a base insert configured to slide into the riser at a bottom opening and having an opening, a stand base having a planar surface orthogonal the riser, and a post aligned to insert through the stand base into the base insert opening to couple the riser to the stand base, the base insert rotating relative to the stand base” are not supported by SPEC/drawing. The limitation lacks antecedent basis and/or is not supported by SPEC/drawings. Further clarification is required. Examiner request Applicant to determine where are the following parts:
Base insert
Stand base
Post
the base insert rotating relative to the stand base.
Examiner request Applicant to point out on the drawing and the SPEC and show the support of the claimed limitations.
In claims 2, 18, “a stand base having an upper portion and a lower portion; and the base insert coupled between the upper portion and the lower portion to extend upwards and into the riser at the bottom opening to couple the riser to the stand base” are not supported by SPEC/drawing. The limitation lacks antecedent basis and/or is not supported by SPEC/drawings. Further clarification is required. Examiner request Applicant to further explain:
How many “stand based” in the claims?
Please determine this limitation on the drawing: “extend upwards and into the riser at the bottom opening to couple the riser to the stand base”.
The Examiner respectfully requests that the Applicant(s) review all claims for any such similar issues.
Appropriate correction is required.
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 limitations, rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112, second paragraph, and/or discussed in the above claim objections (see above discussion) 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 § 103
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 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 of this title, 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 1-2, 17-18 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Sim (US 20070210231) in view of Pfister (US 20010010779).
Regarding claim 1, Sim disclosed An information handling system (abstract, see also fig 1-5) comprising: a housing (housing shown in fig 2); a processor coupled in the housing and operable to execute instructions that process information (at least fig 1, paragraph [0018]-[21]); a memory coupled in the housing and interfaced with the processor (at least fig 1, paragraph [0018]-[21]), the memory operable to store the information and instructions (at least fig 1, paragraph [0018]-[21]); a peripheral display assembly having a display panel (at least fig 2, display panel on 210) interfaced with the processor (at least fig 1, paragraph [0018]-[21]) and operable to present the information as visual images (at least fig 1, paragraph [0018]-[21]); and a peripheral display stand (at least stand 234 and associate parts) having a display support (at least fig 3, the display support on top of 390) configured to couple to the peripheral display assembly, the peripheral display stand holding the display support in a raised position with a riser (at least fig 3, fig riser on top of 390).
Sim lacks teaching: the peripheral display stand having a base insert configured to slide into the riser at a bottom opening and having an opening, a stand base having a planar surface orthogonal the riser, and a post aligned to insert through the stand base into the base insert opening to couple the riser to the stand base, the base insert rotating relative to the stand base.
Pfister teaches a support structure with insert comprising:
a base insert configured to slide into the riser (at least fig 7, 32, 16, 84, 80, 20 are configured to slide into the riser 14 with a bottom opening on 24b) at a bottom opening and having an opening (at least fig 7, opening for 20), a stand base having a planar surface orthogonal the riser (at least fig 7, the structure 74 having a planar surface orthogonal the riser), and a post (at least 20) aligned to insert through the base into the base insert opening to couple the riser to the base (see fig 7), the base insert rotating relative to the base (at least 20, 82 or 84 are rotating relative to the base).
It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention, or at the time of the invention was made, to include this feature (above riser, opening, surface, post, as discussed) and modify to previous discussed structure (modified to the primary art’s the peripheral display stand, stand base with planar surface) so as to have (Sim in view of Pfister): the peripheral display stand (Sim) having a base insert configured to slide into the riser at a bottom opening and having an opening, a stand base (Sim modified by Pfister) having a planar surface orthogonal the riser, and a post (Sim modified by Pfister) aligned to insert through the stand base into the base insert opening (Sim modified by Pfister) to couple the riser to the stand base (Sim modified by Pfister), the base insert rotating relative to the stand base (Sim modified by Pfister).
The motivation to modify the previous discussed structure with the current feature is to further secure the modified structure.
Regarding claim 17, Sim disclosed A peripheral display (abstract, see also fig 1-5) comprising: a peripheral display assembly having a display panel (at least fig 2, display panel on 210) operable to present information as visual images (at least fig 2, display panel on 210); and a peripheral display stand (at least stand 234 and associate parts) having a display support (at least fig 3, the display support on top of 390) configured to couple to the peripheral display assembly, the peripheral display stand holding the display support in a raised position with a riser (at least fig 3, fig riser on top of 390).
Sim lacks teaching: the peripheral display stand having a base insert configured to slide into the riser at a bottom opening and having an opening, a stand base having a planar surface orthogonal the riser, and a post aligned to insert through the stand base into the base insert opening to couple the riser to the stand base, the base insert rotating relative to the stand base.
Pfister teaches a support structure with insert comprising:
a base insert configured to slide into the riser (at least fig 7, 32, 16, 84, 80, 20 are configured to slide into the riser 14 with a bottom opening on 24b) at a bottom opening and having an opening (at least fig 7, opening for 20), a stand base having a planar surface orthogonal the riser (at least fig 7, the structure 74 having a planar surface orthogonal the riser), and a post (at least 20) aligned to insert through the base into the base insert opening to couple the riser to the base (see fig 7), the base insert rotating relative to the base (at least 20, 82 or 84 are rotating relative to the base).
It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention, or at the time of the invention was made, to include this feature (above riser, opening, surface, post, as discussed) and modify to previous discussed structure (modified to the primary art’s the peripheral display stand, stand base with planar surface) so as to have (Sim in view of Pfister):
the peripheral display stand (Sim) having a base insert configured to slide into the riser at a bottom opening (Sim modified by Pfister) and having an opening (Sim modified by Pfister), a stand base having a planar surface orthogonal the riser, and a post (Sim modified by Pfister) aligned to insert through the stand base into the base insert opening to couple the riser to the stand base, the base insert rotating relative to the stand base (Sim modified by Pfister).
The motivation to modify the previous discussed structure with the current feature is to further secure the modified structure.
Regarding claims 2, 18, the above discussed art further disclosed a stand base having an upper portion and a lower portion (both Sim and Pfister’s structure have upper portion and a lower portion); and the base insert coupled between the upper portion and the lower portion to extend upwards and into the riser at the bottom opening to couple the riser to the stand base ( see Pfisters’s fig 7 modified to Sim’s base structure and riser).
Claim 19 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Sim (US 20070210231) in view of Pfister (US 20010010779) further in view of Ho (US 20220390060).
With regard claim 19, the primary art and/or the modified structure discussed in the preceding claim disclosed all the subject matter except for a rail formed in the riser interior; and a sliding member sized to fit in the riser interior to slide vertically within the riser, the display support coupled to the sliding member to move vertically at the riser, the sliding member formed of a single piece of POM material.
Ho further teaches: a rail formed in the riser interior (at least fig 2, fig 7-8); and a sliding member sized to fit in the riser interior to slide vertically within the riser (at least fig 2, fig 7-8; paragraph []-[]), the display support coupled to the sliding member to move vertically at the riser (at least fig 2, fig 7-8), the sliding member formed of a single piece (at least sliding member shown in fig 2, fig 7-8, Examiner consider as a single piece). It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the invention was made to include this feature (rail, sliding member and associated parts discussed above) and modify to previous discussed structure so as to further adjust the display more smoothly.
Sim in view of Pfister and Ho lacks teaching: POM material.
It would have been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the invention to have the sliding member formed of a single piece of POM material, since it has been held to be within the general skill of a worker in the art to select a known material on the basis of its suitability for the intended use as a matter of obvious design choice. In re Leshin, 125 USPQ 416. The motivation to modify the previous discussed structure with the current feature (changing material) is to reduce the cost by using known material.
Claim 3 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Sim (US 20070210231) in view of Pfister (US 20010010779) further in view of Examiner’s Official Notice (EON) .
Regarding claim 3, The primary art and/or the modified structure discussed in the preceding claim disclosed all the subject matter except for a ring of polyoxymethylene (POM) material disposed between the stand base and the base insert.
However, Examiner take official notice (EON) that the above limitations (a ring of polyoxymethylene (POM) material disposed between the stand base and the base insert) are well known.
It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the invention was made to include this feature (a ring of polyoxymethylene (POM) material disposed between the stand base and the base insert) and modify to previous discussed structure (stand base and stand insert). The motivation to modify the previous discussed structure with EON feature is to further improve the assembly of the modified structure and/or secure the device.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
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/JERRY WU/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2841