Patent Application 17773081 - CURRENT GENERATED CLEANING DEVICE - Rejection

Patent Application 17773081 - CURRENT GENERATED CLEANING DEVICE

Title: CURRENT GENERATED CLEANING DEVICE

Application Information

• Invention Title: CURRENT GENERATED CLEANING DEVICE
• Application Number: 17773081
• Submission Date: 2025-04-08T00:00:00.000Z
• Effective Filing Date: 2022-04-29T00:00:00.000Z
• Filing Date: 2022-04-29T00:00:00.000Z
• Examiner Employee Number: 89244
• Art Unit: 1711
• Tech Center: 1700

Rejection Summary

• 102 Rejections: 1
• 103 Rejections: 0

Cited Patents

No patents were cited in this rejection.

Office Action Text

    DETAILED ACTION
The communication dated 4/29/2022 has been entered and fully considered.
Claims 1-15 are currently pending.

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 .
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.

Claim Objections
Claims 1-14 are objected to because of the following informalities: The claim should begin with a capital letter and end with a period. See MPEP § 608.01(m) Form of Claims.  Appropriate correction is required.
Claims 4, 8, 10, and 15 are objected to under 37 CFR 1.75(c) as being in improper form because a multiple dependent claim should refer to other claims in the alternative only and cannot depend from any other multiple dependent claim.  See MPEP § 608.01(n).  Accordingly, the claims have not been further treated on the merits.

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 1-3, 5-7, 9, and 11-14 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Wen et al. CN 109518400 A (henceforth referred to as Wen). Citations to Wen will be made to the English machine translation NPL document.
As for claim 1, Wen teaches a current generated cleaning device (Figs. 1-2) comprising: a power source (Fig. 2: part 15); a conductor (Fig. 3: part 51); a signal generator controller (Fig. 2: parts 13-14); a current generator module operable connected to the signal generator controller via cables to receive signals from the signal generator controller, and receive power from the power source (paragraph [0070]; Fig. 3: part 50); a current output head (Fig. 3: part 53) operable coupled to the conductor to receive current streams generated from the current generator module; an inlet module operable connected to the signal generator controller via cables to receive signals from the signal generator controller, and receive power from the power source (paragraph [0070]; Fig. 3); an outlet module operable connected to the signal generator controller via cables to receive signals from the signal generator controller, and receive power from the power source (paragraph [0070]; Fig. 3); a self-erected water container (Fig. 1: part 4) operable assembled to the inlet module, and the outlet module, where water can be filled and released respectively, and assembled to the current generator module via the conductor, where current streams can be received; a vertical support frame operable assembled to the self-erected water container to enforce the vertical standing up strength for the self-erected water container (Fig. 1: part 4);
As for claim 2, Wen further teaches that the current generator module can be an air current generator module, for which can be an air blower of pump (paragraph [0050]; Fig. 4: part 180);
As for claim 3, Wen further teaches that the current generator module can be a water current generator module, for which can be a water pump (paragraph [0048]; Fig. 3: part 50);
As for claim 5, Wen further teaches that the current output head can be replaced with more than one current output heads (Fig. 4: parts 182 and 185);
As for claim 6, Wen further teaches that the self-erected water container can be made from water proof material, soft, flexible or hard materials, can be in different shapes and sizes, collapsible and foldable as desired (paragraph [0059]; Fig. 1: part 20);
As for claim 7, Wen further teaches that the vertical support frame can be made from water proof, soft or hard materials, can be in different shapes, sizes, and can be collapsed, folded, assembled and disassembled (paragraphs [0054]-[0056]; Fig. 1: part 4);
As for claim 9, Wen further teaches that the Inlet module, the outlet module, the current generator module, and the signal generator controller can be inserted and, or attached to the self-erected water container (Fig. 2);
As for claim 11, Wen further teaches that the Inlet module and the outlet module can be a mechanical, or electrical valve or pump, but not restricted to these types of modules (paragraph [0047]);
As for claim 12, Wen further teaches that the conductor is a hard or flexible pipe, hose, or suitable conductor (paragraph [0047]);
As for claim 13, Wen further teaches that the power source can be a battery, main power supply, solar panels, wind turbines, or suitable electrical power sources (paragraph [0070]);
As for claim 14, Wen further teaches that the signal generator controller can be an electronic circuit, a microprogram circuit, or suitable circuit which can control the components and the automatic operation for the said device (paragraph [0009]);

Conclusion
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/LEVON J SHAHINIAN/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 1711