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 .
This is the first office action for application number 18/922,315, Mobile Phone Holder, filed on October 21, 2024.
Priority
Receipt is acknowledged of certified copies of papers required by 37 CFR 1.55.
Drawings
The drawings are objected to under 37 CFR 1.83(a). The drawings must show every feature of the invention specified in the claims. Therefore, the wave structure, initially cited in claim 3, must be shown or the feature(s) canceled from the claim(s). No new matter should be entered.
Corrected drawing sheets in compliance with 37 CFR 1.121(d) are required in reply to the Office action to avoid abandonment of the application. Any amended replacement drawing sheet should include all of the figures appearing on the immediate prior version of the sheet, even if only one figure is being amended. The figure or figure number of an amended drawing should not be labeled as “amended.” If a drawing figure is to be canceled, the appropriate figure must be removed from the replacement sheet, and where necessary, the remaining figures must be renumbered and appropriate changes made to the brief description of the several views of the drawings for consistency. Additional replacement sheets may be necessary to show the renumbering of the remaining figures. Each drawing sheet submitted after the filing date of an application must be labeled in the top margin as either “Replacement Sheet” or “New Sheet” pursuant to 37 CFR 1.121(d). If the changes are not accepted by the examiner, the applicant will be notified and informed of any required corrective action in the next Office action. The objection to the drawings will not be held in abeyance.
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, 2, and 7 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by U.S. Patent No. 8,950,715 to Chiu et al., hereinafter, Chiu. Chiu discloses a mobile phone holder (Fig. 1), comprising: a support member (50), comprising a through hole (51); a rotating assembly (30, 40, & 60), comprising a rotating disc (40) and a base (30), wherein the rotating disc is rotatably disposed on the base by taking an axis of the base as a rotation center, and one side of the base away from the rotating disc is configured to be bonded to a mobile phone; the support member is rotatably connected to the rotating disc, and the rotating assembly is capable of passing through the through hole (Figs. 3 & 9); and a suction pad (10), fixed on one side of the rotating disc away from the base; wherein when the rotating disc rotates with the axis of the base as the rotation center (Col. 3, lines 27-39), the rotating disc is capable of self-locking at a rotation stop position; and wherein the support member comprises an opening (Fig. 2), the rotating disc is provided with a connecting portion (46), and the connecting portion is located at the opening; the rotating assembly further comprises a positioning shaft (90), and the positioning shaft is passed through the connecting portion and two ends of the positioning shaft are located in two ends (52) of the support member, respectively, to connect the support member with the connecting portion.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
A patent for a claimed invention may not be obtained, notwithstanding that the claimed invention is not identically disclosed as set forth in section 102, if the differences between the claimed invention and the prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole would have been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the claimed invention pertains. Patentability shall not be negated by the manner in which the invention was made.
Claim(s) 8, 9, and 14-16 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Chiu in view of U.S. Patent No. 7,878,467 to Chen et al., hereinafter, Chen. Chiu discloses the claimed invention except for the limitation of wherein an adhesive sticker is on the one side of the base away from the rotating disc, and the adhesive sticker is used for bonding the mobile phone.
Chen teaches a suction cup structure (1) having a suction cup pad (10), wherein an adhesive sticker (20) is on the one side of pad opposite another side, and the adhesive sticker is used for bonding to an object.
It would have been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to have modified the suction pad in Chiu to have includes an adhesive sticker as taught by Chen for the purpose of enhancing the attachment of the suction pad to a smooth or rough surface to ensure that the holder is securely attached to the object being supported.
Claim(s) 20 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Chiu in view of U.S. Patent No. 3,101,567 to Stiller. Chiu further discloses that the suction pad (10) has a base plate. Chiu discloses the claimed invention except for the limitation of wherein the suction pad comprises a base plate and a plurality of suction cups, and the plurality of suction cups are arranged on the base plate at equal intervals.
Stiller teaches a suction cup holding device (10) having a base plate (12) and a plurality of suction cups (14 or 15), and the plurality of suction cups are arranged on the base plate at equal intervals.
It would have been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to have modified the suction plate in Chiu to have included the suction plate having a plurality of suction cups as taught by Stiller for the purpose of increasing the adhering properties of the suction pad to ensure the holding power between the object and the holder.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 3-6,10-13, and 17-19 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: the limitations of the rotating disc being rotatably sleeved outside the base cited in dependent claims 3 and 6, in combination with the other elements recited in the claims, respectively and including the limitations of the base claims and intervening claims, is not found in the prior art.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. U.S. Patent No. 12,471,722 to Jakobuco is directed to a suction cup holder, and relates to the technical field of mobile phone holders. U.S. Patent No. 12,031,669 to Whitten is directed to a mounting assembly that can couple to a case for handheld electronic devices, the assembly including a ring that can be rotated between a deployed configuration and a stowed configuration. U.S. Patent No. 11,784,675 to Zhang is directed to a mobile device holder including an attachment assembly and a support assembly. U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2018/0359346 to Chen is directed to a rotary ring support attachable to a flat-panel electronic device. French Publication No. 3049835 is directed to a system for attaching an accessory for a portable electronic device.
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/ANITA M KING/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3632 January 5, 2026