Patent Application 18189496 - ELECTRICAL STIMULATION SYSTEM AND A METHOD THEREOF - Rejection

Patent Application 18189496 - ELECTRICAL STIMULATION SYSTEM AND A METHOD THEREOF

Title: ELECTRICAL STIMULATION SYSTEM AND A METHOD THEREOF

Application Information

• Invention Title: ELECTRICAL STIMULATION SYSTEM AND A METHOD THEREOF
• Application Number: 18189496
• Submission Date: 2025-05-15T00:00:00.000Z
• Effective Filing Date: 2023-03-24T00:00:00.000Z
• Filing Date: 2023-03-24T00:00:00.000Z
• National Class: 607
• National Sub-Class: 059000
• Examiner Employee Number: 87966
• Art Unit: 3796
• Tech Center: 3700

Rejection Summary

• 102 Rejections: 1
• 103 Rejections: 0

Cited Patents

The following patents were cited in the rejection:

• US 0156182🔗

Office Action Text

    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 1 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by U.S. Patent Application Publication No 2007/0156182 granted to Castel et al (hereinafter “Castel”). Castel discloses an electrical stimulation system, comprising: an electrical stimulation generator used to generate an electric pulse combination, wherein a frequency of the electric pulse combination ranging from 1 to 20,000 Hz, and comprises a first frequency group, a second frequency group, and a third frequency group, wherein the first frequency group, the second frequency group, and the third frequency group are respectively composed of multiple single-phase pulse groups, wherein each single-phase pulse group has a duty cycle greater than or equal to 50% and a waveform that is a square wave; at least one electrode structure electrically connected to the electrical stimulation generator and having a contact surface applied to the skin of an individual to deliver the electric pulse combination; wherein the electric pulse combination is outputted in sequence from the first frequency group to the third frequency group, wherein the first frequency group ranges from 10 to 20,000 Hz, the second frequency group ranges from 1 to 30 Hz, and the third frequency group ranges from 5 to 30 Hz [e.g. Figures 2F, 2G, and 2H].
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 2-9 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.
Conclusion
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/NADIA A MAHMOOD/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3796