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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 .
Election/Restrictions
Applicant’s election without traverse of claims 1, 3-5 and 7-8 in the reply filed on 6-16-26 is acknowledged.
Claims 2 and 6 are withdrawn from further consideration pursuant to 37 CFR 1.142(b) as being drawn to a nonelected species, there being no allowable generic or linking claim. Election was made without traverse in the reply filed on 6-16-26.
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 7-8 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 7 recites the limitation "the preform" in line 4 of the claim. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 8 recites the limitation "the accommodating portion" in line 3 of the claim. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 8 recites the limitation "the flow path" in line 3 of the claim. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
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, 3-5, 7-8 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Yanagisawa et al. (English abstract of JP06238742).
Regarding claim 1, Yanagisawa discloses a mold 3 for temperature adjustment comprising:
A plurality of temperature adjustment blocks 31, 32, 33, 34 aligned in an upper and lower direction,
Wherein an insulation mechanism is provided at an uppermost stage of the temperature adjustment block (abstract, fig. 2).
Regarding claim 3, Yanagisawa discloses wherein the insulation mechanism is a groove which is formed on an upper surface of the uppermost stage of the temperature adjustment block and in which an air is interposed (fig. 2).
Regarding claim 4, Yanagisawa discloses wherein an insulation structure is provided on a boundary between the plurality of temperature adjustment blocks (fig. 2).
Regarding claim 5, Yanagisawa discloses wherein the insulation structure is a groove which is formed on an outer peripheral surface of the boundary and in which an air is interposed (fig. 2).
Regarding claim 7, Yanagisawa discloses wherein the temperature adjustment blocks include:
An accommodating portion configured to accommodate a body portion or a bottom portion 11 of the preform 1; and
A flow path formed around the accommodating portion and in which a temperature adjustment medium 35 is to flow,
Wherein the insulation structure is formed so as not to reach an inner surface of the accommodating portion (see fig. 2-4 and abstract).
Regarding claim 8, Yanagisawa discloses wherein the temperature adjustment block is provided with a hollow portion between the accommodating portion and the flow path (fig. 3-4).
Conclusion
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/X.H.L/Examiner, Art Unit 1742 /CHRISTINA A JOHNSON/Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 1742
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