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 action is in response to Application #19/175,505 filed on 10 April 2025.
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) 1-3 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by US Patent Application Publication 2015/0198415 to Campean.
Regarding Claims 1-3, Campean discloses a pistol sight for use on a pistol having a slide, the pistol sight comprising:
a base including a mount connecting structure configured for connecting the pistol sight to the pistol (see fig.1); and
a sighting portion supported by the base, the sighting portion being configured to assist a shooter of the firearm in aiming the firearm (see fig.6, 46),
the sighting portion including a post extending upward above the base (fig.2, 66/50), the post including a grip comprising elastomeric material defining a gripping surface arranged to be engaged by a finger of a user to grip the pistol sight to rack the slide of the pistol (claim 1: at least paragraph 28: “…guard 50 may be made of an elastomeric material…”);
the post including a ridge extending upward along the post, the ridge being arranged to be engaged by a finger of a user to grip the pistol sight to rack the slide of the pistol (claim 2: fig.2, 80),
the base including an upstanding ridge arranged to be engaged by a finger of a user to grip the pistol and rack the slide of the pistol (fig.2, between 76/66, ridge between 66/50, and ridge 80).
The Examiner notes that Campean discloses all of the structural limitations, and as such these structural limitations are capable of performing the functionality of racking the slide as claimed.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. Please see attached PTO-892 for pertinent art.
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/JOHN COOPER/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3641