DETAILED ACTION
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 .
This Office Action is in response to the Applicant’s communication filed on April 06, 2025. In virtue of this communication, claims 1-10 are currently presented in the instant application.
Priority
Receipt is acknowledged of certified copies of papers required by 37 CFR 1.55.
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.
Claims 1, 5 and 8 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Hardacker et al. (US 2007/0270017).
With respect to claims 1 and 8, Hardacker discloses in figures 1A-1B a quick-detachable antenna signal transmission module (figure 1B and paragraph 0031, e.g., “the plurality of semiconductor devices 115 includes a plurality of antennas”) and a method thereof, comprising: a first antenna signal transmission structure (125, 127, e.g., formed as a first antenna transmission structure) including a first quick-release structure matching casing (125, e.g., a first quick-release matching casing) and a first quick-release signal transmission assembly (127, e.g., a first quick-release transmission assembly) partially enclosed by the first quick-release structure matching casing (see figure 1A); and a second antenna signal transmission structure (123, 129, e.g., formed as a second antenna transmission structure) including a second quick-release structure matching casing (123, e.g., a second quick-release matching casing) and a second quick-release signal transmission assembly (129, e.g., a second quick-release transmission assembly) partially enclosed by the second quick-release structure matching casing (see figure 1A); wherein, when the first quick-release structure matching casing of the first antenna signal transmission structure is configured to be fixed on an electronic product housing (103-105, e.g., housing), the second quick-release structure matching casing of the second antenna signal transmission structure is configured to be detachably connected to the first quick-release structure matching casing of the first antenna signal transmission structure (figure 1B shows a detaching structure between thereof), and the second quick- release signal transmission assembly of the second antenna signal transmission structure is configured to be detachably connected to the first quick-release signal transmission assembly of the first antenna signal transmission structure (figure 1B also shows a detaching feature between the two transmission assemblies 127 and 129 thereof).
With respect to claim 5, Hardacker discloses in figures 1A-1B a quick-detachable antenna signal transmission module (figure 1B and paragraph 0031, e.g., “the plurality of semiconductor devices 115 includes a plurality of antennas”), comprising: a first antenna signal transmission structure (125, 127, e.g., formed as a first antenna transmission structure) including a first quick-release structure matching casing (125, e.g., a first quick-release matching casing) and a first quick-release signal transmission assembly (127, e.g., a first quick-release transmission assembly) partially enclosed by the first quick-release structure matching casing (see figure 1A); and a second antenna signal transmission structure (123, 129, e.g., formed as a second antenna transmission structure) including a second quick-release structure matching casing (123, e.g., a second quick-release matching casing) and a second quick-release signal transmission assembly (129, e.g., a second quick-release transmission assembly) partially enclosed by the second quick-release structure matching casing (see figure 1A); wherein the second quick-release structure matching casing of the second antenna signal transmission structure is configured to be detachably connected to the first quick-release structure matching casing of the first antenna signal transmission structure (figure 1B shows a detaching structure between thereof); and wherein the second quick-release signal transmission assembly of the second antenna signal transmission structure is configured to be detachably connected to the first quick-release signal transmission assembly of the first antenna signal transmission structure (figure 1B also shows a detaching feature between the two transmission assemblies 127 and 129 thereof).
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Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 2-3, 6-7 and 9-10 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 (claim 3 is also objected as being dependent on upon objected claim 3).
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
Prior art Stoves et al. – US 2024/0322481 (see figure 1)
Prior art Choi et al. – US 2015/0188267 (see figure 1)
Prior art Ashizawa et al. – US 2006/0166546 (see figure 2)
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/TUNG X LE/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2845 September 1, 2026
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