DETAILED ACTION
This is the first office action for US Application 18/917,518 for a Vanity Mirror.
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 § 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 (i.e., changing from AIA to pre-AIA ) 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(s) 1 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by US 2017/0253184 to Nishimoto et al. Regarding claim 1, Nishimoto et al. discloses a mirror assembly (see figures 1 and 2) comprising a mirror head (24… see figure 2) comprising a front side and a back side, a housing portion (10… see figure 1), and a support portion (27, 28… see figures 1 and 2) coupled to the housing portion and positioned around at least a portion of a periphery of the mirror head (see figure 2). There is a pivot assembly (25a… see figure 2 and paragraph 72, lines 2 and 3) configured to allow rotation of the mirror head about an axis formed by the pivot assembly (paragraph 71, lines 1-3 describe 24 as housing 25a and paragraph 72, lines 1-4 describe 24 as rotating around shaft 25a).
There is a drive assembly (gears… see paragraph 72 lines 1 and 2) configured to rotate the mirror head about the axis formed by the pivot assembly (paragraph 71, lines 1-3 describe 24 as housing 25b and paragraph 72, lines 1 and 2 disclose that the gears are housed within 25b). There is also an actuator (motor… see paragraph 72, lines 1 and 2) configured to initiate the drive assembly to rotate the mirror head (see paragraph 72, lines 1-3).
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
US 3045551 to Bonanno
US 2018/0086272 to De Wind
US 2015/0002954 to Lynam
US 2021/0364892 to Copeland
US 2018/0263362 to Yang
US 2013/0235610 to Yang
US 2020/0278514 to Yang
US 2015/0097955 to De Wind
US 2021/0137266 to Pestl
US 2020/0333934 to Pestl
US 2014/0376119 to Sobecki
The above prior art discloses various mirror support assemblies.
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STEVEN M. MARSH
Primary Examiner
Art Unit 3632
/STEVEN M MARSH/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3632
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