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 Objections
Claims 18-20 are objected to because of the following informalities:
In claim 18:
Lines 3-4, “a first end and a second end….a connector…a receiving portion,” should be –the first end and the second end….the connector…the receiving portion--. Note, claim 18 depends from claim 1. The elements stated above are already recited in claim 1.
In claim 20:
Lines 3-4, “a cut-out…..a cut-out,” should be –the cut-out….the cut-out--. Note, claim 20 depends from claims 14 and 1. The elements stated above are already recited in claims 14 and 1.
Appropriate correction is required.
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 11-20 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.
Claim 11 recites the limitation "the secondary blank flaps" in line 13. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Regarding claim 13, the phrase "optionally" renders the claim indefinite because it is unclear whether the limitation(s) following the phrase are part of the claimed invention.
In claim 15, the phrase, “the cable coil holder is manufactured is flexible,” is indefinite and vague. Is applicant referring to the material being flexible or the manufactured coil holder can be flexible during production?
In claim 18, the phrase “assembled in a manner” is indefinite and vague. What constitutes “a manner” in order to meet the limitation(s) as claimed by the applicant?
Allowable Subject Matter
Claim 11 has been amended to include claims 1 and 6-7 from the original claims filed on 7/26/24.
Claims 11-20 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 claims 11-20 are patentable over the prior art of record because the teachings of the references taken as a whole do not show or render obvious the combination set forth in claim 11, including every structural element recited in the claim, especially the concept of the second end a secondary blank section with the secondary blank flaps extending on either side, each flap with a connection flange and when the flaps are folded orthogonal to and along the blank’s edges, the connection flanges will overlap.
None of the references of the prior art teach or suggest the elements of the device as advanced above and such do not provide the necessary motivation, absent applicant's specification, for modifying the device in the manner required by the claims.
Conclusion
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SK
1/16/26
/SANG K KIM/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3654
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