CONSTRUCTION MACHINE, ANTENNA ATTACHMENT METHOD, AND ANTENNA ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE

Application No. 19/096,935

• Filed: Apr 01, 2025
• Priority: Jul 31, 2019 — JP 2019-140402
  • Jun 02, 2020 — nonprovisional of PCTJP2020021706
  • Dec 27, 2021 — continuation of 12/288,930
• Examiner: PHAN, THO GIA
• Assignee: Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd.
• OA Round: 1 (Non-Final)

Office Action

DETAILED ACTION
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
The following is a quotation of the second paragraph of 35 U.S.C. 112:
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 1-8 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112, second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which applicant regards as the invention.
In claim 1, line 12, the language, “the first rear support column” lacks an antecedent basis.
In claim 2, line 6, the language, “the second rear support column” lacks an antecedent basis.

Claim Objections
Claim 1 is objected to because of the following informalities:
In claim 1, line 3, “a lower” should change to – the lower--.
In claim 1, line 5, “BNSS” should change to – GNSS--.
Appropriate correction is required.

Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1-8 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112, second paragraph, but would be allowable if overcome the above rejection.

Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. The patents to Hoshino, Katayanagi, Yamada, Hanada and Sasaki are cited as of interested and illustrated a similar structure to a construction machine.
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/THO G PHAN/
Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2845

Prosecution Timeline

• Apr 01, 2025: Application Filed
• Jun 29, 2026: Non-Final Rejection mailed — §112 (current)