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 .
Status of Claims
Claims 1-10, as filed on 10/15/2024, are currently pending and considered below.
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 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 1 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(A)(1) as being anticipated by US 10232245 B2 (Pestes).
Regarding Independent Claim 1, Pestes discloses an electronic device (Figure 1) comprising:
a communication module (speedometer system 49 with sensors 52) communicating with a treadmill (platform 12 with slots 18; as much as applicant has shown the treadmill is a platform with rollers, Pestes shows platform 12 with slots 18 are a treadmill) for a wheelchair (wheelchair 14);
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a display (monitor of control panel/monitor 28 with control system 150; see Figure 1 and 8) for outputting a screen of an application (control system 150; shown in Figures 8);
and a processor (control panel of control panel/monitor 28; said control panel is running programs thereon and thus is processing data and is considered a processor), wherein in an input mode (mode when the control panel is connecting data from sensors), the processor acquires first data (“rotation speed”) representing the rotation of a first roller (left roller 20) structure of the treadmill for the wheelchair and second data (“rotation speed”) representing the rotation of a second roller (right roller 20) structure of the treadmill for the wheelchair (“ A speedometer system 49 measures the rotational speed of each roller, and thus the rotational speed of each driving wheel, independently” Col. 2, lines 42-44; the speedometer collects independent rotation speeds data of each roller and the control panel inputs said data and uploads it to the monitor) from the treadmill for the wheelchair through the communication module (“The control panel could include a computer programmed to convert the time it takes for adjacent lines to pass the sensor into the rotational speed of a driving wheel located on the roller” Col. 2, lines 51-54; said data from the speedometer is passed to the control panel);
analyzes the first data and the second data to convert the analyzed data into data related to the rotation of a first main wheel (left driving wheel 10) and data related to the rotation of a second main wheel (right driving wheel 10) of the wheelchair placed on top of the treadmill for the wheelchair (“The control panel could include a computer programmed to convert the time it takes for adjacent lines to pass the sensor into the rotational speed of a driving wheel located on the roller” Col. 2, lines 51-54; said controller analyzes said data using a program converting the data into data pertaining to the rotational speed of the driving wheels)
matches the data related to the rotation of the first main wheel and the data related to the rotation of the second main wheel to an input command, and controls the application according to the input command (“control system 150 preferably includes a display by which the user may visualize the adjustments made by the control system 100, the speed of each driving wheel via left and right speedometers 165a and 165b” Col. 4, lines 28-32; said data is converted into relevant display data into the control system 150 of the monitor and controls the right and left speedometer displays on the display).
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 2-10 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.
The following is a statement of reasons for the indication of allowable subject matter:
Regarding claim 2, the prior art of record US 10232245 B2 (Pestes) fails to teach or render obvious the exercise device in combination with all of the elements and structural and functional relationships as claimed and further including:
the processor matches the forward direction as the rotational direction of the first main wheel and a backward direction as the rotational direction of the second main wheel to a second input command.
The prior art of record teaches converting the rotational data of the main wheels into a raw data that is translated into a digital display, which are not considered equivalent to applicant’s invention as the raw data is not converted into various input commands.
Conclusion
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/ZACHARY T MOORE/Examiner, Art Unit 3784