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 § 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) 14, 15, 16 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Vegt (20080224516). The reference to Vegt teaches structure as claimed including a base (53) for a child restraint system, comprising: a primary support portion protruding from an upper surface portion of the base in a first direction (at least fig 5), wherein the primary support portion is configured to releasably engage an engaging portion of a child seat (1) in a positive locking configuration to block a movement of the child seat in the first direction, and wherein the primary support portion is configured to support the child seat to rotate about a rotation axis extending parallel to the first direction, wherein a lateral outer surface of the primary support portion comprises a circumferential recess configured to receive the engaging portion of the child seat to establish the positive locking configuration, and wherein establishing the positive locking configuration allows the child seat to couple to the primary support portion in multiple angular orientations about the rotation axis, the primary support portion is configured to support the child seat at a predetermined distance from the upper surface portion, the primary support portion is a stationary support portion.(figs 1, 2, 6, 7).
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 17-32 are 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.
Claim 33 is allowable over the prior art of record.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. The references cited teach structure similar to applicant’s including rotating capable child seats and bases.
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/JOSE V CHEN/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3637
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