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 .
Application Status
Claims 1-10 are pending and have been examined in this application
This communication is the first action on the merits
Claims 1-7 are rejected herein. Claims 8-10 are allowed.
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 2-6 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.
Regarding claim 2, the claim includes the limitation “wherein the base is put on a supporting plane.” The phrase “put on” can be interpreted as functional language, so it is unclear whether the applicant is positively claiming the supporting plane or not. If the applicant wants to positively claim the supporting plane, this can be amended to “wherein the base is coplanar with a supporting plane.”
Claims 3-6 have similar issues and can be amended in the same way as claim 2.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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) 1-2 and 7 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Liang (TW 202426361 A).
Regarding claim 1, Liang teaches a detachable supporting device comprising: a base having a body portion (base 12), a first extending portion (arm 20(12)) and a second extending portion (22B(12)), the first extending portion and the second extending portion being extended from the body portion in the same direction (the two arms 20(12) and 22B(12) both extend upwards from the body portion); a magnetic force providing module assembled with the base (force providing module 14), the magnetic force providing module comprising: a first magnetic component disposed on the first extending portion(34), two magnetic poles of the first magnetic component respectively facing towards an upper surface and a lower surface of the body portion (the north end of 34 points to the lower surface and the south points in the direction of the upper surface of 12);a second magnetic component(36) disposed on the second extending portion, two magnetic poles of the second magnetic component respectively facing towards two lateral surfaces of the body portion(the north and south ends of 36 point to two separate lateral sides of the body portion); and a third magnetic component disposed on the body portion(32); and a target component(16) detachably positioned on the base, the target component comprising a main body(16 has a main body), a magnetizable unit(161) and a magnetic unit(162), the magnetizable unit being disposed on a front end of the main body(disposed on the end of 16) to detachably abut against a positioning area of the body portion where on the third magnetic component is disposed(magnet 161 detachably abuts against the area where 32 is), the magnetic unit being disposed on a middle area of the main body(162 is disposed in the middle of 16,because it is between the sides each connected to the side ends 161) to functionalize with the first magnetic component and the second magnetic component(16 functionalizes with 36 and 34).
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Regarding claim 2, Liang teaches the detachable supporting device of claim 1, wherein the base is put on a supporting plane(base 12 may be placed on a supporting plane), an included angle between a connection line of the two magnetic poles of the first magnetic component and a planar normal vector of the supporting plane is ranged between 0~45 degrees(the angle between the planer normal vector labeled 1 above and the connection line of the two magnetic poles of the first magnetic component 34 labeled 2 above creates an angle A above which is between 0 and 45 degrees), a connection line of the two magnetic poles of the second magnetic component is located between a position of being perpendicular to the planar normal vector and another position of being parallel to a connection line of two magnetic poles of the magnetic unit (the angle between the connection line of the two magnetic poles of the second magnetic component 36 labeled 3 above and the planar normal vector labeled 2 above is perpendicular).
Regarding claim 7, Liang teaches the detachable supporting device of claim 1, wherein the first magnetic component and the second magnetic component are disposed inside the base(34 and 36 are within the extending portions 20 and 22 respectively) in a coplanar manner or in a non-coplanar manner(they are disposed in a non-coplanar manner).
Allowable Subject Matter
Claim 1 would be allowable if the limitation in line 4 “in the same direction” was amended to reflect that the first and second extending portions are substantially parallel to one another.
Claims 3-6 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.
Claims 8-10 are objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
Conclusion
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/W.D.J./ Examiner, Art Unit 3631
/ANNA M MOMPER/ Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 3619
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