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 1-8 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 action" in line 23. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
All dependent claims inherit the deficiencies of the claim(s) from which they depend and are similarly rejected for the same reason.
Best Applicable Prior Art
The closest applicable prior art, Khaira et al., US 20210275907 is interpreted as disclosing: A game controller with adjustable interface position, comprising: a main body; wherein the main body is provided with a back plate, a connector and an adjusting mechanism; the back plate is configured to support a to-be-connected device; the connector is configured for connection with the to-be-connected device; and the adjusting mechanism is configured to adjust a position of the connector; the adjusting mechanism comprises a mounting frame arranged on the main body.
The prior art is interpreted as failing to disclose the claimed in the invention in the context of the specification, namely; the mounting frame is provided with a first slide rail extending in a direction from a front side of the main body to a rear side of the main body; the first slide rail is slidably provided with a first block structure; a second slide rail is provided on the mounting frame, and a second block structure is slidably provided on the second slide rail; and the second block structure is configured to convert a vertical motion of the connector into a horizontal motion of the connector; the connector is provided on the first block structure; the first block structure is configured for adjusting the position of the connector; a sliding direction of the second block structure on the second slide rail is not parallel to a sliding direction of the first block structure on the first slide rail; each of the first block structure and the second block structure has an inclined abutting surface; and the inclined abutting surface of the first block structure is configured to fit the inclined abutting surface of the second block structure; and the mounting frame is further provided with a spring configured to cooperate with the second block structure; and the spring is configured to be subject to elastic deformation under the action of the second block structure and the mounting frame in response to a case that the second block structure slides along the second slide rail.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
Mao, US US-11325026
Khaira, US-20210275907
Ikuta, US-20180099218
Michael, US-20100195279
Dong-Kook, US-20020155890
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