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 .
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 features below must be shown or the feature(s) canceled from the claim(s).
Claim 1, line 2, “multiple cards”.
Claim 7, line 3, “cards”.
Claim 11, line 2, “multiple cards”.
Claim 14, line 2, “cards”.
Claim 19, line 3, “cards”.
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.
The drawings are objected to under 37 CFR 1.83(a) because they fail to show the “bearing” as described in the specification in paragraph [0048]. Any structural detail that is essential for a proper understanding of the disclosed invention should be shown in the drawing. MPEP § 608.02(d). 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 Objections
Claims 2-10 and 12-20 are objected to because of the following informalities:
Dependent claims 2-10 and 12-20 capitalize claim in the preamble “The card holder according to Claim”. “Claim” should be presented as lower case.
Claim 10 recites “the card holder according to claims 1” which should be corrected.
Appropriate correction is required.
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 1-20 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.
Claims 1-20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph, as being incomplete for omitting essential structural cooperative relationships of elements, such omission amounting to a gap between the necessary structural connections. See MPEP § 2172.01. The omitted structural cooperative relationships are:
Claim 1, line 7, “the cover is movably connected to the cover base and used for limiting the cards”. In the specification, the examiner notes that a bearing is provided for structurally connecting the cover base to the cover in paragraph [0048]. Claims 2-10 are also rejected by virtue of dependence on Claim 1.
Claim 11, line 7, “a cover, cover is movably connected to the cover base for limiting cards”. In the specification, the examiner notes that a bearing is provided for structurally connecting the cover base to the cover in paragraph [0048]. Claims 12-20 are also rejected by virtue of dependence on Claim 11.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1-20 would be allowable if rewritten or amended to overcome the rejection(s) under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), 2nd paragraph, set forth in this Office action.
The following is a statement of reasons for the indication of allowable subject matter:
Regarding Claim 1, Yu (US 20240327099 A1) is considered the most relevant prior art of record. Wherein the prior art of record teaches:
A card holder, comprising a case, a locking assembly and a card pushing assembly, wherein a chamber for receiving multiple cards is defined in the case, an opening is defined in an upper end of the case, and the locking assembly is movably connected to the case and fixedly connected to the card pushing assembly arranged in the case; the locking assembly comprises a locking piece, and the locking piece penetrates the case to connect securely with the card pushing assembly.
The prior art of record does not teach;
A cover and a cover base; the cover base is fixed to a mounting position of the case and disposed around the card pushing assembly; the cover is movably connected to the cover base and used for limiting the cards; the locking piece is arranged on a first side of the case, abuts against a side edge of the cover and is used for locking and fixing the cover.
Since the prior art of record does not teach a card holder with a cover base abutting a locking piece, the prior art does not anticipate the claimed subject matter. Furthermore, it would not have been obvious to a skilled artisan to have modified the prior art in order to arrive at the claimed invention without resorting to impermissible hindsight.
Regarding Claim 11, Yu (US 20240327099 A1) is considered the most relevant prior art of record. Wherein the prior art of record teaches:
A card holder, comprising: a case, defining a chamber for receiving multiple cards; a card pushing assembly, rotatably arranged in the case; and a locking assembly, movably connected to the case.
The prior art of record does not teach;
Comprising: a cover base, fixed to the case; a cover, movably connected to the cover base for limiting cards in the chamber or releasing the cards; a locking piece, penetrating through the case with one end connected to the card pushing assembly and the other end selectively abutting against a side edge of the cover; wherein the locking piece is manipulated between a position where the cover is locked for limiting cards in the chamber and another position where the cover is released and the card pushing assembly is pushed to rotate for pushing out cards from the chamber.
Since the prior art of record does not teach a card holder with a cover base abutting a locking piece, or wherein the cover is released and rotated for pushing cards from the chamber, the prior art does not anticipate the claimed subject matter. Furthermore, it would not have been obvious to a skilled artisan to have modified the prior art in order to arrive at the claimed invention without resorting to impermissible hindsight.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to the applicant’s disclosure.
(DE 202008003127 U1), teaches a credit card case.
Serman (US 20250064186 A1), teaches a card holder with a step dispenser.
Zeng (US 12029294 B1), teaches a card holder.
Li (CN 211054775 U), teaches a mechanical card bag.
Du (US 20240049848 A1), teaches a push-type card holder.
Yu (CN 220236252 U), teaches a card containing box.
Liu (CN 104188307 B), teaches a memory card.
Liu (US D999521 S), teaches a card holder.
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/JUSTIN CAUDILL/Examiner, Art Unit 3733
/NATHAN J JENNESS/Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 3733 16 June 2026
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