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 § 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.
Claims 1-4, 6, 8, 9, 11-14, 18-20 are 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. The expression “the front end” (claim 1) has no definite antecedent basis in the claims. Claims 2-4, 6, 8, 9, 11-14, 18-20 are indefinite in that they depend from an indefinite base claim.
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) 25-26 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Hutchinson et al (20160114706). The reference to Hutchinson et al teaches structure as claimed including a support plate (140) for a child safety seat, the support plate (140) is slidably connected to a seat part of the child safety seat, and sliding and being positioned between an extended position and a retracted position, the support plate comprises: a body(at least fig 6); a first sliding element provided on the body and configured to slidingly fit to a second sliding element of the seat part; and a first locking element provided on the body, and capable of moving between a locking position and an unlocking position (figs 4, 5), wherein the first locking element engages with a second locking element on the seat part when the first locking element is in the locking position, that the support plate is positioned with respect to the seat part, and the first locking element disengages from the second locking element on the seat part when the first locking element is in the unlocking position, so that the support plate is capable of sliding with respect to the seat part, the support plate further comprises a connecting element fixedly connected to the body, and a connecting hole into which the connecting element is inserted is formed on the seat part.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1-4, 6, 8, 9, 11-14, 18-20 would be allowable if rewritten or amended to overcome the rejection(s) under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), 2nd paragraph, set forth in this Office action.
Claims 27-29 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 39 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 including carrier set structure with angle adjustment and locking mechanisms.
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/JOSE V CHEN/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3637
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