rDETAILED 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 #19/197,364 filed on 02 May 2025.
Claim Objections
Claim 1 is objected to because of the following informalities: Line 11 of Claim 1 recites “…having a follower element…”, and line 12 recites “…to engage the follower to…” It appears the Applicant left out the term “element”, as that is how the terms appear in the claims. Appropriate correction is required.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the statutory basis (i.e., changing from AIA to pre-AIA ) for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status.
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 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by US Patent Application Publication 2015/0184961 to Cantrell.
Regarding Claim 1, Cantrell discloses a pistol comprising:
a frame (see fig.1);
a barrel connected to the frame (5); the frame having a grip portion defining an elongated magazine well (see figs. 1-2);
an elongated magazine (18) removably received in the well and defining a plurality of chambers each configured to contain an ammunition cartridge and having a bullet exit (best seen in fig.22, chambers 42);
a trigger assembly connected to the frame (fig.5); the trigger assembly operably connected to the magazine to advance the magazine along its length to sequentially align each chamber with the barrel and to sequentially discharge each cartridge in the magazine (see at least figs. 8-12);
the magazine having a follower element (see at least fig.8, elements shown but not labeled, the follower elements create the cam tracks 28), and the trigger assembly having an engagement surface angularly offset from the length of the magazine well and operable to engage the follower to advance the magazine along the length of the magazine well in response to actuation of the trigger assembly (see at least figs. 8-12, engagement surface 34).
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