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 .
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 .
DETAILED ACTION
Priority
Acknowledgment is made of applicant’s claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. 119 (a)-(d). The certified copy has been filed in parent Application No. JP2022-086909 filed on 5/6/22.
Information Disclosure Statement
1. The information disclosure statements (IDS) submitted on (11/21/24 1/31/25 9/11/25) are in compliance with the provisions of 37 CFR 1.97. Accordingly, the information disclosure statements are being considered by the examiner.
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 2 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. It recites “high strength” which is unclear what range of strength Applicant intends and fails to clearly set the “metes and bounds” intended. The specification does not assist in determining Applicant’s intended strength.
Allowable Subject Matter
1. Claims 1 and 3-6 are allowable. Glaser (US PG PUB NO 2019/0157643) and Coupal-Sikes et al. (US PG PUB NO 2024/0166040) represent the most similar battery enclosure as claimed by Applicant but fails to disclose inter alia: A support device for a drive battery mounted on an electric vehicle, the support device comprising: a bracket that covers a front side or a rear side of the drive battery and that has a squared C-shaped cross section comprising a side face part having a depressed face part depressed against the drive battery and a projecting face part projecting toward the drive battery, an upper face part, and a lower face part; and an installing member that installs a component of the electric vehicle, wherein the installing member is attached to the depressed face part, and a tip part of the installing member projecting from the depressed face part to the drive battery is arranged at a position departing from an outer face of a housing of the drive battery further to the depressed face part than an apex face of the projecting face part or at a position flush with the apex face.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure and can be found on the attached Notice of References Cited.
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/JAMES J TRIGGS/Examiner, Art Unit 3615
/MARC Q JIMENEZ/Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 3615
