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 .
Response to Arguments/Amendments
This Office Action is responsive to the amendment filed 4/28/2026. Claims 15, 16, 18-25, and 28-33 are pending. Claims 15, 18, 24, and 28 have been amended. Claims 29-33 are new.
The rejection of claim 24 under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph, is withdrawn in response to Applicant’s amendments.
The rejection of claims 15-17, 23, 24, and 26 under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Lim (KR 2006-0001155) is withdrawn in response to Applicant’s amendments.
In response to Applicant’s amendments, new ground(s) of rejection are applied below.
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 33 is 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 33 recites the limitation "the a first arm." There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 15, 16, 18-25, and 28-32 are allowed.
The following is a statement of reasons for the indication of allowable subject matter: the prior art does not disclose, or render obvious, the household dishwasher as defined by claim 15. There is no apparent teaching, suggestion, or motivation to modify the closest prior art, Lim (KR 2006-0001155) to further include a telescopic extension of which the coupling element is part of, wherein the telescopic extension comprises a fixed section, which is fastened to the dishwasher cavity, and a movable section, which is fastened to the receptacle, the coupling element designed to couple the fixed section to the movable section, with the coupling element being displaceable with respect to the fixed section and with the movable section being displaceable with respect to the coupling element, and wherein rails of the coupling element, the fixed section, and the movable section are designed for displacement into one another telescopically.
Conclusion
Applicant's amendment necessitated the new ground(s) of rejection presented in this Office action. Accordingly, THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. See MPEP § 706.07(a). Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37 CFR 1.136(a).
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DAVID G. CORMIER
Examiner
Art Unit 1711
/DAVID G CORMIER/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 1711
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