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 31, 34, 35 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. Claim 31 recites a third and fourth half part, claim 34 recites a third sheath and a third channel and claim 35 recites a fifth and sixth half part which suggests that there are: 1) a first and second half part ; 2) a first and second sheath/channel; and 3) a first through fourth half part, respectively, which makes the claim unclear and confusing. Clarification and/or correction is required.
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, 51 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Sizemore (20080277981). The reference to Sizemore (at least figs 4, 5) teaches structure as claimed including an anti-slip mechanism wherein the anti-slip mechanism (10) is disposed on at least one of a seat cloth and a seat body of a child safety seat (12) to prevent the seat cloth of the child safety seat from sliding with respect to an object that contacts with the seat cloth; wherein the anti-slip mechanism comprises a first anti-slip portion disposed on at least one of an outer surface of the seat cloth, an inner surface of the seat cloth, and the seat body, the first anti-slip portion is a single component provided on the seat cloth, or includes a plurality of components evenly distributed on the seat cloth.(see at least paragraphs 0033-0036), a safety belt protection device installed to a seat body of a child safety seat, characterized in wherein the safety belt protection device is configured to engage at least a part of a safety belt and limit movement of the safety belt with respect to the child safety seat (the slots and engagement of the cover limits movement by friction and engagement with the slot edges.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 13, 20, 22, 24, 25, 26, 29, 38, 42, 43, 45, 47, 49 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.
Claims 31, 34, 35 would be allowable if rewritten 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 and to include all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
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/JOSE V CHEN/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3637
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