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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 1-19 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 1 recites the limitation "the passage" in line 7. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
In claim 1, line 14, the phrase "for example" renders the claim indefinite because it is unclear whether the limitation following the phrase are part of the claimed invention. See MPEP § 2173.05(d).
In claim 3, line 3, the phrase "preferably" renders the claim indefinite because it is unclear whether the limitation following the phrase are part of the claimed invention. See MPEP § 2173.05(d).
In claim 6, line 6, the phrase "for example" renders the claim indefinite because it is unclear whether the limitation following the phrase are part of the claimed invention. See MPEP § 2173.05(d).
In claim 8, line 6, the phrase "for example" renders the claim indefinite because it is unclear whether the limitation following the phrase are part of the claimed invention. See MPEP § 2173.05(d).
In claim 9, lines 4 and 8, the phrases "for example … preferably" render the claim indefinite because it is unclear whether the limitation following the phrase are part of the claimed invention. See MPEP § 2173.05(d).
In claim 13, lines 6 and 7, the phrase "for example" renders the claim indefinite because it is unclear whether the limitation following the phrase are part of the claimed invention. See MPEP § 2173.05(d).
In claim 18, lines 2, 7 and 11-14, the phrases "for example … like" render the claim indefinite because it is unclear whether the limitation following the phrase are part of the claimed invention. See MPEP § 2173.05(d).
In claim 19, lines 3-4 and 6, the phrases "preferably … possibly … for example" render the claim indefinite because it is unclear whether the limitation following the phrase are part of the claimed invention. See MPEP § 2173.05(d).
Related Arts
US 20110172104 A1 - Paragraph [0009] teaches that FIG. 2 depicts a 3-D schematic of the superconducting miniundulator based on the design shown by FIG. 10. The design consists of two ferromagnetic cores 106 with superconducting coils 108 that are placed symmetrically with respect to the midplane of the superconducting undulator in which a particle beam 109 travels. The flat sides of cores 106 adjacent to the midplane are the top and bottom undulator poles. Each core 106 includes grooves for receiving a respective superconducting coil 108. The design of FIG. 2 allows for the application of two types of beam vacuum systems. In the case of low power single-pass beams, the beam can share the vacuum with the superconducting coils. In the case of storage rings in which the electron beam chamber vacuum needs to be of the order of 10.sup.9 mbar, a shared insulation and beam vacuum is excluded due to materials like the insulation of superconducting wires and the many cryogenic structural materials. So the beam should use a separate vacuum chamber, typically with an elliptical cross section, that will be inserted in the gap between the poles. The superconducting coils 108 need to be maintained at temperatures around 4 K when conventional superconducting wires made of NbTi are used. For other superconducting wire materials, in particular, for high T.sub.c superconductors, higher temperatures may be exploited, e.g., around the temperature of liquid nitrogen 77 K. The most straightforward solution for the cooling of medium size superconducting undulators is the usage of liquid helium. Another solution is cryogen-free cooling, which is based on commercially available two-stage cryocoolers and massive copper leads to connect the cold head of the cryocooler with the coil to be cooled.
JP S63304600 A - A high Tc oxide superconductor of Y-Ba-Cu-O group or the like is used as a superconductive coil, and this coil is molded into three layers in order to increase the number of turns. Namely an oxide superconductor is formed around a coil core 20, which is shaped in a column nearly oblong in its cross-sectional area and H in its height, to compose a coil 21. An insulation layer 22 is formed on an upper side of the coil 21, and a coil 23 made of an oxide superconductor is formed on the layer 22. Further an insulation layer 24, a coil 25, and an insulation layer 26 are formed in order on the coil 23. An initial winding part of one end of the coil 21 is made to serve as a coil extraction part A. A final winding part of the coil 21 and an initial winding part of the coil 22 are electrically connected to each other, through the insulation layer 22 in between, at a joint part J where the oxide superconductor is used to selectively form films. Similarly a final winding part of the coil 23 and an initial winding part of the coil 25 are connected to each other at the joint part J, so that a final winding part of the coil 25 is made to serve as a coil extraction part B.
Magnetic Performance of a Laser Structured YBCO Tape Suitable for Insertion Devices Technology - Publisher: IEEE - HTS tapes can be used for planar SCUs in geometries similar to the ones used for NbTi wires. The grooves, having the width that is matching the width of the HTS tape, are machined into the ferromagnetic yoke of the undulator. The HTS windings are separated from each other by ferromagnetic poles designed to concentrate the magnetic field. In order to create the sinusoidal field required for the undulator, the current in the neighboring windings flows in opposite direction. A new winding scheme has been proposed by Babcock Noell GmbH [1]. A short mockup has been then manufactured by Babcock Noell GmbH and tested in the facility CASPER I [2] at ANKA/KIT. At 4 K it reaches similar results as obtained with the new superconducting undulator demonstrator under development in collaboration between ANKA and Babcock Noell GmbH [3].
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. See (PTO-892).
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/Mohamad A Musleh/
Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2837
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