DETAILED ACTION
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 .
Specification
The abstract of the disclosure is objected to because it appears to be directed to the invention claimed in the parent application. A corrected abstract of the disclosure is required and must be presented on a separate sheet, apart from any other text. See MPEP § 608.01(b).
The title of the invention is not descriptive because it appears to be directed to the invention claimed in the parent application. A new title is required that is clearly indicative of the invention to which the claims are directed.
Information Disclosure Statement
The information disclosure statement filed 4 September 2024 fails to comply with 37 CFR 1.98(a)(2), which requires a legible copy of each cited foreign patent document; each non-patent literature publication or that portion which caused it to be listed; and all other information or that portion which caused it to be listed. In particular, foreign reference 5 has no copy.
Also, Examiner questions whether US45366361 (reference #1) is a typo as it does not appear pertinent to the invention.
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.
Claim 3, 10, and 20 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 3 is indefinite regarding “other input” because the claim(s) include(s) elements not actually disclosed (those encompassed by "other"), thereby rendering the scope of the claim(s) unascertainable. See MPEP § 2173.05(d).
Claim 10 is indefinite regarding “other input” because the claim(s) include(s) elements not actually disclosed (those encompassed by "other"), thereby rendering the scope of the claim(s) unascertainable. See MPEP § 2173.05(d).
Claim 20 is indefinite regarding “other input” because the claim(s) include(s) elements not actually disclosed (those encompassed by "other"), thereby rendering the scope of the claim(s) unascertainable. See MPEP § 2173.05(d).
Allowable Subject Matter
Claim1, 2, 4-9, 11-19, and 21-23 are allowed.
Claims 3, 10, and 20 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 prior art includes active tilt mode machines such as ZANETIS US5299857 which described a milling /work machine including tilt cylinder 24, and US6116699 KACZMARSKI which described a milling /work machine which tilts on pivot axis 75 by action of side plate cylinder 50 (fig 5) both of which lack any floating. The prior art also includes DICKSON US5129755 (abstract) and WIRTGEN US3989304 (abstract) which describe milling /work machine which are allowed to float tilt but lack any tilt cylinder. The prior art fails to disclose or suggest the combination including the features of during the milling, switching the hydraulic circuit between the active tilt mode and the floating mode as required by claim 1; during the milling operation, switching the hydraulic circuit between the active tilt mode and the floating mode without interrupting the milling operation as required by claim 9 ; or configured to be switchable between the active tilt mode and the floating mode during milling of a ground surface by rotating the milling drum as required by claim 15
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/Janine M Kreck/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3672
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