Patent Application 18548210 - CONVEYOR SYSTEM FOR CONVEYING GOODS TO BE CONVEYED

Title: CONVEYOR SYSTEM FOR CONVEYING GOODS TO BE CONVEYED

Application Information

Invention Title: CONVEYOR SYSTEM FOR CONVEYING GOODS TO BE CONVEYED
Application Number: 18548210
Submission Date: 2025-05-15T00:00:00.000Z
Effective Filing Date: 2023-08-28T00:00:00.000Z
Filing Date: 2023-08-28T00:00:00.000Z
National Class: 198
National Sub-Class: 575000
Examiner Employee Number: 66642
Art Unit: 3651
Tech Center: 3600

Rejection Summary

102 Rejections: 1
103 Rejections: 0

Cited Patents

No patents were cited in this rejection.

Office Action Text

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 .
Specification
The disclosure is objected to because of the following informalities: Headings should be inserted before the different sections of the specification.
On page 1 of the specification the reference to the main claim should be deleted as the specification should not find its support in the claims.
The abstract of the disclosure is objected to because it is more than one paragraph in length. A corrected abstract of the disclosure is required and must be presented on a separate sheet, apart from any other text. See MPEP § 608.01(b).
Appropriate correction is required.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
The following is a quotation of the first paragraph of 35 U.S.C. 112(a):
(a) IN GENERAL.—The specification shall contain a written description of the invention, and of the manner and process of making and using it, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make and use the same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor or joint inventor of carrying out the invention.

The following is a quotation of the first paragraph of pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112:
The specification shall contain a written description of the invention, and of the manner and process of making and using it, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make and use the same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor of carrying out his invention.

Claims 1-14 rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(a) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), first paragraph, as failing to comply with the enablement requirement. The claim(s) contains subject matter which was not described in the specification in such a way as to enable one skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make and/or use the invention. The specification is silent as to how and what causes the carrier 4 to tilt.
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.

Claim(s) 1, 2 and 10 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Flore et al. (EP 3,656,709).
Flore et al. show a conveyor system 1 for conveying products having at least one carrier 21 for receiving products 40, a drive system having a control device 30 (diagrammed in Figure 10) which may discontinuously convey the product carriers 21 and the drive system may angle the carrier conveying surface. See Figure 5.
Re claim 2, the conveying surface may be horizontal.
Re claim 10, product is unloaded from carrier 21 by causing the carrier to tilt.
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
Conclusion
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/JAMES R BIDWELL/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3651 05/12/2025