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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) 1-6 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102a1 as being anticipated by Boland (KR 20100038202).
Boland teaches a wiper blade device having an improved structure for preventing separation of a spoiler, the wiper blade device comprising: a support member (6) formed longitudinally in a form of a metal-plate shaped rod; a spoiler member (17) comprising a support member accommodating portion (5), a wiper lip accommodating portion (13) at a bottom portion thereof, and a spoiler portion at a top end portion thereof, wherein the support member accommodating portion is shaped as a tunnel to which the support member is coupled, the wiper lip accommodating portion has a wiper lip (14) slidably coupled thereto, and a spoiler portion configured to generate pressure downwardly by flow of air; a wiper lip which is coupled to the wiper lip accommodating portion and comes into contact with glass of a vehicle to remove foreign substances; and a connector (8) disposed on a central portion of the support member, fixed to the spoiler member, and coupled to a wiper arm, wherein the connector comprises a spoiler fixing portion in a form of a groove open (portion which receives 17) downward to enable coupling of the spoiler member (figure 2), the spoiler fixing portion comprises a first claw (18; see figure below) and a second claw (10; see figure below) that support the spoiler member in a height direction of the wiper lip to prevent the spoiler member from being separated downward from the connector, the second claw is disposed under the first claw in a height direction of the wiper lip, and the second claw supports the spoiler member closer to a center of the wiper lip than the first claw.
With regards to claim 2, the second claw comprises a structure in a shape of a cantilever protruding from the connector toward the wiper lip (figure below shows that it protrudes from the connector towards the wiper lip).
With regards to claim 3, the second claw is configured to not come into contact with the wiper lip (figure below shows a gap between the second claw and the wiper lip).
With regards to claim 4, the second claw has a smaller area in contact with the spoiler member than the first claw (the second claw does not contact the spoiler member, as shown in the figure below; the first claw contacts the spoiler member thus has a higher contact area).
With regards to claim 5, the second claw forms a lowermost portion of the connector (the second claw has the bottom surface of the connector).
With regards to claim 6, spoiler member does not comprise the spoiler portion in a region coupled to the connector (figure 2 shows a gap at the top of the spoiler between the spoiler portion and the connector).
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/SHAY KARLS/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3723
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