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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 § 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 –
(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, 8-11 and 18-20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Yang et al.
Yang et al. (US Pub. No. 2024/0053665 A1) discloses (see annotated Figure 2):
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Regarding claim 1, an optical machine module (see optical device illustrated in Figure 2), comprising: an optical machine housing (Figure 2, element 1); a radiator cover (Figure 2, element A), covering the optical machine housing to jointly form an inner space (i.e. the housing [element 1] comprises at least two shells; page 3, paragraph 0050, lines 1-2), wherein the radiator cover (Figure 2, element A) comprises a cover inner surface (Figure 2, element B) facing the inner space (clearly illustrated in Figure 2); a light source (Figure 1, element 23), disposed on the cover inner surface (Figure 2, element B); and an internal radiator (Figure 2, element 15), located next to the cover inner surface (Figure 2, element B) and close to the light source (Figure 1, element 23), wherein the internal radiator (Figure 2, element 15) is thermally coupled to the radiator cover (Figure 2, element A).
Regarding claims 8 and 18, an external radiator (Figure 4, element 16), wherein the radiator cover (Figure 2, element A) comprises a cover outer surface (Figure 4, element 21) relative to the cover inner surface (Figure 2, element B), and the external radiator (Figure 4, element 16) is disposed on the cover outer surface (Figure 4, element 21).
Regarding claims 9 and 19, the external radiator (Figure 4, element 16) comprises a fan (Figure 2, element 14), and the internal radiator (Figure 2, element 15) comprises a fin (i.e. cooling fins; Figure 6, element 26).
Regarding claims 10 and 20, the light source (Figure 1, element 23) is a light-emitting diode light source (page 3, paragraph 0046, lines 1-2).
Regarding claim 11, a projector device (page 5, paragraph 0070, lines 1-3), comprising: an optical machine module (see optical device illustrated in Figure 2), configured to provide an illumination beam, the optical machine module (see optical device illustrated in Figure 2) comprising: an optical machine housing (Figure 2, element 1); a radiator cover (Figure 2, element A), covering the optical machine housing to jointly form an inner space (i.e. the housing [element 1] comprises at least two shells; page 3, paragraph 0050, lines 1-2), wherein the radiator cover (Figure 2, element A) comprises a cover inner surface (Figure 2, element B) facing the inner space (clearly illustrated in Figure 2); a light source (Figure 1, element 23), disposed on the cover inner surface (Figure 2, element B); and an internal radiator (Figure 2, element 15), located next to the cover inner surface (Figure 2, element B) and close to the light source (Figure 1, element 23), wherein the internal radiator (Figure 2, element 15) is thermally coupled to the radiator cover (Figure 2, element A); an imaging module (Figure 2, element 8), located on an optical path of the illumination beam to convert the illumination beam into an image beam (page 3, paragraph 0048, lines 1-7); and a lens module (Figure 2, element 4), located on an optical path of the image beam to project the image beam out of the projector device (page 5, paragraph 0070, lines 1-3).
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 2-7 and 12-17 are 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.
The following is a statement of reasons for the indication of allowable subject matter:
Regarding claims 2 and 12, Yang et al. (US Pub. No. 2024/0053665 A1) discloses an optical machine module (see optical device illustrated in Figure 2), comprising: an optical machine housing (Figure 2, element 1). However, Jobi and the prior art of record neither shows nor suggests an optical machine module comprising an insulating board, wherein the insulating board comprises an insulating board outer surface, and the radiator cover is disposed on the insulating board outer surface to be fixed to the optical machine housing through the insulating board.
Regarding claims 3-7 and 13-17, the claims are allowable based on their dependence from claims 2 and 12 (respectively).
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
Jobi (US Pub. No. 2017/0366790 A1) discloses a sealing unit having a case including an opening portion having an attachment surface, a seal member including an annular flat plate portion and an annular rib portion provided to rise from one flat plate surface of the annular flat plate portion and made of an elastic material, an attachment member including an annular attachment surface, a fixing member, and a fastening member, and an outer circumferential surface of the annular rib portion is brought into abutment with the attachment surface of the opening portion, an inner circumferential surface of the annular rib portion is brought into abutment with the attachment surface of the attachment member, the fixing member comes into abutment with the other flat plate surface of the seal member and is fixed to the attachment member, and the fastening member comes into abutment with the other flat surface and is fixed to the case.
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/MAGDA CRUZ/
Primary Examiner
Art Unit 2882
06/18/2026
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