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 .
Claims 1-18 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1-18 of U.S. Patent No. 12,215,943. Although the claims at issue are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because they claim substantially the same inventive trigger assembly, except slightly different language is used and some further elements are claimed by the patent claims, such as ball bearings. However, the mere elimination of an element and its function is considered to have been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art.
Claims 1-18 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1-12 of U.S. Patent No. 11,815,321. Although the claims at issue are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because they claim substantially the same inventive trigger assembly, except slightly different language is used and some further elements are claimed by the patent claims, such as ball bearings. However, the mere elimination of an element and its function is considered to have been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art.
Claims 1-18 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1-18 of U.S. Patent No. 11,274,895. Although the claims at issue are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because they claim substantially the same inventive trigger assembly, except slightly different language is used and some further elements are claimed by the patent claims, such as ball bearings. However, the mere elimination of an element and its function is considered to have been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art.
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/J. Woodrow Eldred/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3641
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