DETAILED ACTION
This is the first office action for US Application 19/145,351 for a Fixing Bolt and a Method of Using the Fixing Bolt.
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 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 1-20 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 1 recites the limitation "the inside of the wall" in line 9. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 1 recites the limitation "the material of the first portion" in line 11. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 3 recites the limitation "the recess" in line 3. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 4 recites the limitation "the material of the locking body that surrounds the recess" in line 2. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 5 recites the limitation "the recess" in line 2. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 6 recites the limitation "the slot" in line 1. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 9 recites the limitation "the inside of the wall" in line 9. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 9 recites the limitation "the material of the first portion" in line 12. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 11 recites the limitation "the material of the locking body" in line 3. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 11 recites the limitation "the recess" in line 3. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claim 1 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. Claims 2-20 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. The following is a statement of reasons for the indication of allowable subject matter: The prior art does not disclose a fixing bolt with a locking body rotatably or displaceably connected to a first portion of a fixing bolt as the first portion of the bolt and the locking bolt are arranged to be inserted into a bore in a wall as the locking body as rotated by means of gravity into an active position in which the locking body projects diametrically from the fixing bolt on two opposite sides.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
US 2020/0116184 to Lee
US 2020/0048964 to Sailer
US 2010/0329819 to Ernst
US 2014/0102040 to Crook
US 2003/0118420 to Ikuta
US 2012/0328392 to Difante
US 2019/0219086 to Lee
US 2009/0208310 to Ikuta
US 2013/0031771 to Henneberry
US 6491272 to Franks
US 5941485 to Davidson
US 2014/0271031 to Agri
The above prior art discloses various bolts designed to be fixed within a wall.
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STEVEN M. MARSH
Primary Examiner
Art Unit 3632
/STEVEN M MARSH/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3632
