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 .
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 1-20 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.
Re Claims 1 and 11, it is unclear what the metes and bounds of “a cleaning, a heat source, a deodorizing, a dry-cleaning and a drying module” is. It is also unclear whether these were intended to invoke 112(f), but based on the language it is currently not interpreted as such.
It is further unclear what “outputs” are and what delivering outputs means. It is further unclear what “causing, application of the outputs to the textile” means how causing application is different from “delivering, outputs,” particularly due to the broad language.
Claims 2-10 and 12-20 are rejected as they depend from Claims 1 and 11 without curing these deficiencies.
Re Claims 3 and 13, it is unclear what “indicate with area” means.
Re Claims 7 and 20, it is unclear if there was supposed to be other options after “at least one of dry-cleaning solvents” or the claim should read “at least one dry-cleaning solvent.”
Re Claim 10, it is unclear what structure is implicated by “can be tethered and linked together”.
Further examination on the merits is precluded in light of the unascertainable claim scope as described above.
Claim Objections
Claim 19 is objected to because of the following informalities:
“pH a sensor” appears to be a typographical error. Appropriate correction is required.
Conclusion
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JASON Y. KO
Primary Examiner
Art Unit 1711
/JASON Y KO/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 1711