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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 .
Election/Restrictions
Applicant’s election without traverse of Invention I in the reply filed on 4/10/2026 is acknowledged. Claims 1-6 have been withdrawn. Claims 7-10 are pending and examined below.
Claim Objections
Claim 7 is objected to because of the following informalities: Line 11 recites “the first bar”. Examiner believes Applicant intended to recite “the first rebar”. Appropriate correction is required.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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)(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.
Claim(s) 7-10 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Ren et al. (CN 113122516).
Regarding claim 7, Ren et al. discloses a precast structure (Figs. 1-12), comprising a first precast beam (1st Beam, Reproduced Fig. 1), comprising a first section (1-2); a second section (1-2 opposite the first section 1-2), which is spaced part from the first section so that a gap is formed between the first section and the second section; and a first rebar (1-6, Fig. 2), which connects and penetrates through the first section and the second section along a length direction of the precast beam structure; and a second precast beam (2nd Beam, Reproduced Fig. 1), which is aligned with the first precast beam along length directions thereof, and an end of the second precast beam is adjacent to an end of the second section of the first precast beam (Reproduced Fig. 1), the end of the second precast beam being coupled with an end of the first bar of the first precast beam (Figs. 1 and 5).
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Regarding claim 8, Ren et al. discloses a first precast column (3 first end), a second precast column (3 Middle) and a third precast column (3 opposite first end), wherein the first precast beam bridges the first precast column and the second precast column, two end portions of the first section are respectively arranged on a first end of the first precast column and a second end of the second precast column, the first end of the first precast column facing the second end of the second precast column, the second section is arranged on a third end, opposite to the second end, of the second precast column, and wherein a second end portion of the second precast beam is arranged on a fourth end of the third precast column.
Regarding claim 9, Ren et al. discloses the second precast beam (2nd Beam) comprises a body, with a channel (approximate 1-4) extending along a length direction of the second precast beam, and comprises a first end portion (approximate 1st Beam) and a second end portion opposite to the first end portion, wherein the first end portion is adjacent to the second section of the first precast beam; a second rebar (1-4), with an end extending into the channel of the body and an opposing end extending toward a direction away from the first precast beam and being bent upward (Figs. 4); and a coupler (5, Fig. 4), embedded in the first end portion of the second precast beam, wherein the coupler is coupled to a connecting end of the first rebar in the first precast beam, the connecting end extending beyond the end of the second section of the first precast beam, so that the first rebar is coupled with the second rebar through the coupler (Fig. 4).
Regarding claim 10, Ren et al. discloses the gap between the first section (1-2) and the second section (1-2) of the first precast beam is configured to receive an end of a third precast beam (2, rear end) wherein the third precast beam is substantially perpendicular to the first precast beam and the second precast beam (Fig. 1).
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
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/JAMES J BUCKLE JR/Examiner, Art Unit 3633
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