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Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that form the basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
A person shall be entitled to a patent unless –
(a)(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use, on sale, or otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claim(s) 1-3, 19-20 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by DE 20 2014 010 127.
Re claim 1, DE 20 2014 010 127 discloses a line bushing (1), the line bushing comprising: a bushing sleeve (6b), through which a line can be guided along a center axis (9) of the bushing sleeve; and a flange part (4) for abutting against a side face (5) of a wall or floor element (2), wherein the bushing sleeve is tiltably mounted on the flange part for changing a tilt angle (Figs 1, 2), and wherein the tiltable mounting is realized via an elastomeric deformation element [0058] as a joint [0051] ,the line bushing being configured for installation in a passage opening (3) in a wall or floor element of a building, wherein the bushing sleeve is configured for being inserted into the passage opening in such a way that the flange part abuts against the side face of the wall or floor element (Fig 1).
Re claim 2, wherein the bushing sleeve defines a center axis (9) that is configured in an unloaded state to be perpendicular to a plane defined by the flange part (Fig 1) and the bushing sleeve is configured in use with a passage opening that is tilted related to a surface normal on a side face and such that the bushing sleeve is tilted relative to the flange part in the passage opening (Fig 2).
Re claim 3, the joint realized as an elastomeric deformation element has a jacket wall (6a) which is formed with a circumferential projection (7) and/or a circumferential indentation.
Re claim 19, DE 20 2014 010 127 discloses a method of using a line bushing, the method comprising the steps of:
obtaining a line bushing, the line bushing having a bushing sleeve (6b), through which
a line can be guided along a center axis (9) of the bushing sleeve, and having a flange part (4) for abutting against a side face (5) of the wall or floor element (2),
wherein the bushing sleeve is tiltably mounted on the flange part for changing a tilt angle (Fig 2),
and wherein the tiltable mounting is realized via an elastomeric deformation element [0058] as a joint [0051]; and
inserting the bushing sleeve into a passage opening (3) in a wall or floor element of a building, in such a way that the flange part abuts against a side face of the wall or floor element (Figs 1, 2).
Re claim 20, wherein, in the line bushing, the center axis of the bushing sleeve, in an unloaded state, is perpendicular to a plane defined by the abutment of the flange part (Fig 1), but, in use, the passage opening is tilted relative to a surface normal on the side face, and the bushing sleeve (Fig 1), with deformation of the elastomeric deformation element, is fastened tilted relative to the flange part in the passage opening (Fig 2).
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 4-18 objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
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/HUNG V NGO/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2841
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