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 .
DETAILED CORRESPONDENCE
This is the first Office Action on the merits of Application 19/033,116 filed on 1/21/25. Claims 1-20 are pending.
Claim Objections
Claims 10 & 18 are objected to because of the following informalities:
Claim 10
Line 2: “the gear” should be amended as -- a gear --.
Claim 18
Line 6: “the one or both” should be amended as -- one or both --.
Line 9: “an “up” shift” or a “down” shift” should be amended as -- an upshift or a downshift --.
Line 11: “the current vehicle gear” should be amended as -- a current vehicle gear --.
Line 11: “the gear requested” should be amended as -- a gear requested --.
Line 12: “the shift” should be amended as -- a shift --.
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 10-20 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.
Claim 10
Lines 8 & 9: “a computing module….shifter assembly is wirelessly connected operational system,”
It is unclear if the wireless shifter assembly is wirelessly connected to the operational system or the computing module is wireless connected to the operational system.
Claim 11
Lines 2 & 3: “the at least one paddle shifter assembly”
There is insufficient antecedent basis for the claimed limitation.
Claim 12
Line 3: “the other paddle shifter assembly”
It is unclear if the claimed limitation is referring to the at least one paddle shifter assembly or an additional paddle shifter assembly.
Claim 18
Line 4: “the manual shifter assembly”
It is unclear if the claimed limitation is referring to the at least one manual shifter or to a different manual shifter assembly.
Claims 13-17, 19 & 20 are also rejected for being dependent upon a rejected base claim.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1-9 are allowed.
Claims 10-20 would be allowable if rewritten 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 and to include all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
Holihan ‘701 teaches an assembly for connecting a shifter to the steering column, but lacks a computing module for determining shift logic and displaying the gear selection on the same module.
Lin ‘225 teaches a bicycle wireless communication method, but lacks a computing module for determining shift logic and displaying the gear selection on the same module.
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/HUAN LE/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3655