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
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 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)(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use, on sale or otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claim(s) 1-10 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Kinoshita US 6631726 B1.
Regarding Claim(s) 1, Kinoshita teaches: A light treatment device comprising: a light source that irradiates a treatment object conveyed along a conveyance path with ultraviolet light; a housing having the light source in an inside and having an opening through which the treatment object is carried in or out; and a heat deflection reducer that reduces heat deflection of the housing surrounding the opening.
(Kinoshita Fig. 8, elements 1, 10, 11, 202, 201; col. 6 line 51 - col. 9 line 65)
Regarding Claim(s) 2, Kinoshita teaches: wherein the housing includes a first housing having the light source in an inside and a second housing having a space in which the treatment object is irradiated with the ultraviolet light, and the opening is provided in the second housing. (Kinoshita Fig. 8, elements 1, 10, 11, 202, 201; col. 6 line 51 - col. 9 line 65)
Regarding Claim(s) 3, Kinoshita teaches: wherein the opening has a shape that is short in a thickness direction of the treatment object and is long in a width direction of the treatment object, and the second housing includes a band region sandwiched between the opening and an end of the second housing. (Kinoshita Fig. 8, elements 1, 10, 11, 202, 201; col. 6 line 51 - col. 9 line 65)
Regarding Claim(s) 4, Kinoshita teaches: wherein the band region includes a band member that is separate from a main body constituting a portion excluding the band region, the heat deflection reducer includes an engagement mechanism that loosely engages the band member with the main body, and while releasing shift caused by thermal expansion of the band member in an extending direction, the engagement mechanism restricts shift caused by the thermal expansion in a direction orthogonal to the extending direction of the band member. (Kinoshita Fig. 8, elements 1, 10, 11, 202, 201; col. 6 line 51 - col. 9 line 65)
Regarding Claim(s) 5, Kinoshita teaches: wherein the heat deflection reducer includes a heater that heats a region in the first housing, the region facing the band region across the opening. (Kinoshita Fig. 8, elements 1, 10, 11, 202, 201; col. 6 line 51 - col. 9 line 65)
Regarding Claim(s) 6, Kinoshita teaches: wherein the heat deflection reducer includes a cooler that cools the band region. (Kinoshita Fig. 8, elements 1, 10, 11, 202, 201; col. 6 line 51 - col. 9 line 65)
Regarding Claim(s) 7, Kinoshita teaches: wherein the heat deflection reducer includes a light shield inserted between the band region and the light source. (Kinoshita Fig. 8, elements 1, 10, 11, 202, 201; col. 6 line 51 - col. 9 line 65)
Regarding Claim(s) 8, Kinoshita teaches: wherein the heat deflection reducer includes a heater that heats a region in the first housing, the region facing the band region across the opening. (Kinoshita Fig. 8, elements 1, 10, 11, 202, 201; col. 6 line 51 - col. 9 line 65)
Regarding Claim(s) 9, Kinoshita teaches: wherein the heat deflection reducer includes a cooler that cools the band region. (Kinoshita Fig. 8, elements 1, 10, 11, 202, 201; col. 6 line 51 - col. 9 line 65)
Regarding Claim(s) 10, Kinoshita teaches: wherein the heat deflection reducer includes a light shield inserted between the band region and the light source. (Kinoshita Fig. 8, elements 1, 10, 11, 202, 201; col. 6 line 51 - col. 9 line 65)
Conclusion
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SEAN LUCK
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