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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 .
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Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the statutory basis (i.e., changing from AIA to pre-AIA ) for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status.
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) 11-30 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by KR 10-2023-0022100.
In regard to claim 1, KR ‘100 discloses a cleaner station 300 comprising:
a housing 312;
a coupling part 341 disposed in the housing and configured to be coupled to at least a portion 220 of a cleaner 200;
a dust collecting part 370 that is detachably coupled to the housing and configured to be
disposed at a lower side of the coupling part in the housing, the dust collecting part being
configured to receive dust from a dust bin of the cleaner; and
a dust collecting motor 391 accommodated in the housing and disposed below the dust
collecting part 370, the dust collecting motor being configured to generate suction force for
suctioning the dust from the dust bin, wherein the dust collecting part comprises:
a dust separating part 371 configured to separate the dust from air introduced from
the dust bin,
a bag support part 373 configured to accommodate a dust bag 372, the dust bag being
configured to store the dust separated by the dust separating part, and
a dust bag cartridge 374 separably coupled to a lower side of the dust separating part
and configured to supply the dust bag to the bag support part.
In regard to claim 12, wherein the dust collecting part 370 is configured to be attached to and detached from the housing in a direction that traverses a longitudinal direction of the housing.
In regard to claim 13, wherein the dust separating part comprises:
a dust separating part casing 371b; and
a cyclone part 371a detachably coupled to the dust separating part casing and configured to separate the dust from the air introduced from the dust bin.
In regard to claim 14, wherein the cyclone part 371a is configured to be attached to and detached from the dust separating part casing in a direction that traverses a longitudinal direction of the housing.
In regard to claim 15, wherein the dust bag 372 is configured to be separated from the bag support part 373 in a direction that traverses a longitudinal direction of the housing.
In regard to claim 16, wherein the bag support part defines a bag passage hole through which the dust bag passes in a direction that traverses a longitudinal direction of the housing (see hole in side of 373 in fig. 17).
In regard to claim 17, wherein the dust bag cartridge 374 is disposed between the dust separating part 371 and the bag support part 373 in a longitudinal direction of the housing (see fig. 13).
In regard to claim 18, wherein the dust collecting part further comprises a prefilter 375 configured to separate dust from air to be provided to the dust separating part, and
wherein the prefilter 375 and the dust collection part 370 are arranged in a direction that traverses a longitudinal direction of the housing.
In regard to claim 19, wherein the housing comprises:
a bottom surface 311 configured to face a ground surface; and
an outer wall surface 312c disposed in a direction that traverses the bottom surface, and
wherein the outer wall surface defines a dust collecting part entrance hole (the lateral door, described in spec, but not shown) configured to receive the dust collecting part into the housing and (ii) to output the dust collecting part to an outside of the housing.
In regard to claim 20, KR ‘100 cleaner station comprising:
a housing 300;
a coupling part 331 configured to be coupled to at least a part of a cleaner 200;
a dust collecting part 370 configured to be disposed at a lower side of the coupling part in the housing, the dust collecting part being configured to capture dust from a dust bin of the cleaner; and
a dust collecting motor 391 accommodated in the housing and disposed below the dust collecting part, the dust collecting motor being configured to generate suction force for suctioning the dust in the dust bin,
wherein the dust collecting part comprises:
a dust separating part 371 comprising a cyclone part 371a configured to separate the dust
from air introduced from the dust bin,
a bag support part 373 configured to accommodate a dust bag 372, the dust bag being
configured to store the dust separated by the dust separating part, and
a dust bag cartridge 374 separably coupled to a lower side of the dust separating part
and configured to supply the dust bag to the bag support part, and
wherein the cyclone part 371a, the dust bag 372, and the dust bag cartridge 374 are configured to be attached to and detached from the housing along one direction (transverse the longitudinal direction of the housing 300).
In regard to claim 21, wherein the one direction traverses a longitudinal direction of the housing 300.
In regard to claim 22, wherein the cyclone part 371a, the dust bag cartridge 374, and the bag support part 373 are arranged along the longitudinal direction of the housing (see fig. 13).
In regard to claim 23, wherein the dust bag cartridge 374 is disposed between the cyclone part 371 and the bag support part 373 in the longitudinal direction of the housing (see fig. 13).
In regard to claim 24, wherein the housing 300 extends in a vertical direction, and the one direction is a horizontal direction orthogonal to the vertical direction.
In regard to claim 25, wherein the cyclone part 371, the dust bag cartridge 374, and the bag support part 373 are arranged along the vertical direction (see fig. 13).
In regard to claim 26, wherein the cyclone part 371 is disposed above the dust bag cartridge 374 in the vertical direction, and wherein the bag support part 373 is disposed below the dust bag cartridge 374 (see fig. 13).
In regard to claim 27, wherein the bag support part 373 defines a bag passage hole configured to discharge the dust bag to an outside of the housing in the horizontal direction (see hole for 372 in fig. 17).
In regard to claim 28, wherein the coupling part 331 is disposed at a front side of the housing 300, and
wherein the housing defines a collecting part entrance hole (hole created when door 341
opens) at the front side of the housing, the collecting part entrance hole being configured (i) to receive the dust collecting part 221 into the housing and (ii) to output the dust collecting part 221 to the front side of the housing.
In regard to claim 29, wherein the bag support part 373 defines a bag passage hole configured to discharge the dust bag toward the front side of the housing (see hole for 372 in fig. 17).
In regard to claim 30, further comprising a dust collecting part door 341 coupled to the housing 300 and configured to open and close the collecting part entrance hole.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. Kim and Ryu disclose similar cleaner stations that are common and well known in the art.
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/DAVID BOCHNA/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3679
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