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 is the non-final Office Action for the serial number 19/321,342, BRACKET DEVICE, filed on 9/8/25.
The allowability of amended claims 11 and 27 have been withdrawn in view of new ground rejection, any inconvenience is regretted.
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 27 is 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 27 recites the limitation "the rotation portion" in line 9. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 27, line 9, “the rotation portion” is indefinite because it is not clear where the rotation portion is located in the bracket device.
Claim 27, line 10, “a rotation hole” is indefinite because it is not clear where the rotation hole is located in the bracket.
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 11 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a1) as being anticipated by US Patent Application Publication # 2024/0360854 to Liu.
Liu teaches a bracket main body (1), a clamping seat (2) movable connected to the bracket main body and moving along an axial direction of the main body to adjust a clamping space between the clamping seat and the bracket main body. Wherein the clamping seat and the bracket main body are configured for clamping an external component. The external component is located in the clamping space and a support bracket (3) located on a side of the bracket main body away from the clamping seat. The bracket main body is provided with a moving groove and the moving groove extends along the axial direction of the bracket main body. The clamping seat is provided with a first arm and is provided with a moving portion. The moving portion is movably connected to the moving groove and moves along the axial direction of the bracket main body. A clamping portion is formed between the clamping seat and the bracket main body. The clamping portion is provided with the clamping space and configured for clamping the external component.
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Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1, 3 and 5-10 are allowed.
Claims 21-26 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 27 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.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure:
US Patent WO 00/74535 to Bilu
Bilu teaches the bracket main body and the clamping seat for supporting an object.
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ALFRED J. WUJCIAK
Examiner
Art Unit 3632
/ALFRED J WUJCIAK/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3636 2/27/26