TRIGGER ASSEMBLY WITH PULL AND RELEASE DISCHARGE FEATURE AND RELATED METHODS

Application No. 19/446,274

• Filed: Jan 12, 2026
• Priority: Jan 13, 2025 — provisional 63/744,508
• Examiner: CAUDLE, LOGAN WILLIAM
• Art Unit: 3641
• Tech Center: 3600 — Transportation & Electronic Commerce
• Assignee: Sape Holdings LLC
• OA Round: 1 (Non-Final)

Office Action

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 .
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) 1-2 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Fellows (US 10871340).
Regarding claim 1, Fellows teaches a trigger assembly (Fig.4, 10) to be received in a trigger cavity (12) for a firearm and to provide a pull and release discharge feature, the trigger assembly comprising: a trigger axle (24) extending laterally in the trigger cavity; a trigger body (16) pivoting about the trigger axle (24) and comprising a trigger (16) to be actuated by a user, and a first disconnector arm (A) extending upward from the trigger and having a first distal sear (A), a second disconnector arm (18) pivoting about the trigger axle opposite the first disconnector arm and having a second distal sear (18) facing the first distal sear; a hammer axle (202) extending laterally in the trigger cavity; and a hammer (14) comprising a first end (B) pivoting about the hammer axle and a second end (C) opposite the first end, the second end comprising a lateral hammer catch (D), the hammer configured to pivot between a first cocked state where the lateral hammer catch (D) is abutting the first distal sear (A), a first firing state upon pulling of the trigger (16) by the user, a second cocked state where the lateral hammer catch (D) is abutting the second distal sear (18), and a second firing state upon release of the trigger (16) by the user.

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This applies to claim 2, mutatis mutandis

Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. See attached list.
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/Troy Chambers/Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 3641

/L.W.C./Examiner, Art Unit 3641

Prosecution Timeline

• Jan 12, 2026: Application Filed
• Jul 30, 2026: Non-Final Rejection mailed — §102 (current)