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 .
This is the first Office Action for the serial number 18/810,157, LYING POSITION ADJUSTING STRUCURE OF CARRIER AND CHILD SAFETY SEAT USING THE SAME, filed on 8/20/24.
Election/Restrictions
Applicant’s election without traverse of species I and group I in the reply filed on 6/28/26 is acknowledged.
Drawings
The drawings are objected to because the first slider, second sliders and rotating shaft are not clearly shown in figures 1-3 from applicant’s drawings. Furthermore, the drawings fail to show the first slider being slidable respect to the second slider. 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 35 U.S.C. 112(b):
(b) CONCLUSION.—The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor regards as the invention.
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph:
The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the applicant regards as his invention.
Claims 1-13 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor (or for applications subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, the applicant), regards as the invention.
Claim 1, line 4, “an adjusting component used for adjusting an included angle” should be changed to ---an adjusting component used for adjusting an angle--- for clarification.
Claim 1, line 6, “a housing for providing installation positions” is indefinite because it is not clear what the applicant meant by “installation positions”?
Claim 1, lines 9-10, “one end of the second slider is hinged with the housing, and the other end of the second slider is hinged with the first slider through a rotating shaft.” is indefinite because it is not clear how the second slider is hinged with the first slider through the rotating shaft. Do the first and second sliders slide with respect each other through the rotating shaft? Does the rotating shaft rotate the second slider to slide with respect to the first slider?
Claim 11 recites the limitation "the second slider" in line 2. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 11, lines 4-5, “an adjusting component used for adjusting an included angle” should be changed to ---an adjusting component used for adjusting an angle--- for clarification.
Claim 11, lines 6-7, “a housing for providing installation positions” is indefinite because it is not clear what the applicant meant by “installation positions”?
Claim 11, lines 8-9, “one end of the second slider is rotatably connected with the housing, and the other end of the second slider is rotatably connected with the first slider.” is indefinite because it is not clear how the second slider is rotatably connected with the first slider since the term with “slider” is designed to slide on the other element, not through rotating.
Claims 2-10 are rejected as depending on rejected claim 1. Claims 12-13 are rejected as depending on rejected claim 11.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1-13 would be allowable if rewritten or amended to overcome the rejection(s) under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), 2nd paragraph, set forth in this Office action.
The following is an examiner’s statement of reasons for allowance: Regarding claim 1, the prior arts fail to teach all of the limitations especially with “one end of the second slider is hinged with the housing, and the other end of the second slider is hinged with the first slider through a rotating shaft”. Regarding claim 11, the prior arts fail to teach all of the limitations especially with “wherein, one end of the second slider is rotatably connected with the housing, and the other end of the second slider is rotatably connected with the first slider.”
Any comments considered necessary by applicant must be submitted no later than the payment of the issue fee and, to avoid processing delays, should preferably accompany the issue fee. Such submissions should be clearly labeled “Comments on Statement of Reasons for Allowance.”
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure:
US Patent Application Publication # 2017/0129370 to Chen et al.
US Patent Application Publication # 2025/0303933 to Chen
US Patent Application Publication # 2024/0075857 to Chen
US Patent Application Publication # 2016/0059747 to Pos
US Patent Application Publication # 2003/0160486 to Dukes
The cited references above teach the carrier being adjusted at angle.
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ALFRED J. WUJCIAK III
Primary Examiner
Art Unit 3632
/ALFRED J WUJCIAK/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3636 8/7/26
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