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 .
Claim Objections
Claim 1 is objected to because of the following informalities: the term “nut” should be “the nut” since it is mentioned previously.
Claim 1 recites “… threaded ends of the rods” should be “… threaded ends of the tow or more rods…” since it was referred as two or more rods previously. Similar issues in claim 2.
Claim 1 recites “…by means of a cap…” should be “by means of the cap” since it is introduced previously.
Claim 5 recites “…a spindle …” should be “the spindle” since it is introduced previously in claim 1.
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.
Claim 1 recites the limitation " the cap (3)" in line 9. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 1 recites the limitation " the outer sleeve (3)" in line 9. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 1 recites “…formed by the tubular body…” There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 4 recites “…wherein the centering piece…” There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 12 recites “…separated by the circular inner rib…” There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 13 recites “…separated by the circular inner rib…” There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 1 recites “it is being intended for the thrust connectors and the nut to include attachment…” it is unclear whether this limitation is art of the claim.
Claim 1 recites “… to include attachment means for attaching the two elements…” it is unclear what “the two elements” are referring to.
Claim 1 recites “…preventing the rotation of all elements connected to the rods…” it is unclear which element the applicant is referring to.
Claim 2 recites “welded to the stems...” it seems that the applicant is referring “the rods” by the term “stems”. The applicant should be consistent with the terminology and use one of the terms
Claim 5 recites “…the spring being provided to couple on the drive shaft...” it is unclear whether it is referring to the C-shaped spring mentioned earlier or is it another spring.
Claim 5 recites “…by means of rear cap (25) …” it is unclear whether the applicant is referring the cap (25) mentioned earlier or is it different cap. If it is referring to the same cap then it should be corrected to “…by means of [rear] the cap…”.
Claim 6 recites “…relief of closure cap…” it is unclear whether the applicant is referring the cap mentioned earlier or is it different cap. If it is referring to the same cap then it should be corrected to “…relief of [closure] the cap…”. Similar issue in claim 9.
Claim 9 recites “…the flange (6) of the closure cap (5) where the nut (13) is housed, with a guide (8) positioned between both flanges, and the assembly is closed with a closure cap (10) …” refers to two different parts by the same terminology.
Suggestion: this can be fixed by stating a first enclosure cap, a second enclosure cap etc…
Claim 14: “rear closure cap (25)” which has the same numerical reference to “the cap (25)” it is unclear whether the rear closure cap and the cap are referring to the same element.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1-14 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.
No new matter should be introduced.
The prior art of the record for example [CN207333609] or [US Pub 2015/0007677] failed to show the electromechanical actuator includes an irreversibility system containing a drive shaft (35) connected to a spindle (11), or driven shaft, equipped with two keys (34A and 34B) and a C-shaped spring (33), preloaded and encapsulated in an element of revolution (36)
a series of right and left, upper and lower securing elements (44SI, 44SD, 44ID, 44II) are screwed to the inner sleeve (14) with screws (44), adjustment nuts (43) and sealing O-rings (42), through threaded boreholes (14A) in the inner sleeve (14) so as to align with the surfaces (8A) of the recesses of a guide (8), in a predefined position for the replacement of spare parts or an operating position with the surface (44A) of the screws (44) tangential to the inner diameter of the inner sleeve (14) and the adjustment nuts (43), sealing the system
Conclusion
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Examiner, Art Unit 3618