REMARKS/ARGUMENTS
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`Initially, Applicant would like to express appreciation to the Examiner for the detailed
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`Official Action provided, for the acknowledgment of Applicant’s Information Disclosure
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`Statement by return of the Form PTO-1449, for acknowledging Applicant’s claim for priority
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`and receipt of a copy of the certified priority document, and for acknowledging the
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`acceptability of the Drawings.
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`Upon entry of the above amendments, claim 1 will have been amended, and claims 3-
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`6 will have been added. Claims 1—6 are currently pending. Applicant respectfully requests
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`reconsideration of the objection and rejection, and allowance of all the claims pending in the
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`present application.
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`Objection to the Specification
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`In the Official Action, the Examiner objected to paragraph [0018] of the present
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`Disclosure. In this regard, Applicant submits that FET’s is an acronym for “field—effect
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`transistors.” Accordingly, Applicant submits that, upon entry of the present Amendment, the
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`Specification will have been amended to provide the unabbreviated description for FET’S,
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`i.e., field—effect transistors.
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`Therefore, Applicant submits that the objection to the Specification is believed to be
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`moot and should be withdrawn.
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`Initially, Applicant would like to express appreciation to the Examiner for the detailed
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`Official Action provided, for the acknowledgment of Applicant’s Information Disclosure
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`Statement by return of the Form PTO-1449, for acknowledging Applicant’s claim for priority
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`and receipt of a copy of the certified priority document, and for acknowledging the
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`acceptability of the Drawings.
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`Upon entry of the above amendments, claim 1 will have been amended, and claims 3-
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`6 will have been added. Claims 1—6 are currently pending. Applicant respectfully requests
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`reconsideration of the objection and rejection, and allowance of all the claims pending in the
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`present application.
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`Objection to the Specification
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`In the Official Action, the Examiner objected to paragraph [0018] of the present
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`Disclosure. In this regard, Applicant submits that FET’s is an acronym for “field—effect
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`transistors.” Accordingly, Applicant submits that, upon entry of the present Amendment, the
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`Specification will have been amended to provide the unabbreviated description for FET’S,
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`i.e., field—effect transistors.
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`Therefore, Applicant submits that the objection to the Specification is believed to be
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`moot and should be withdrawn.
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`Rejection under 35 US. C. § 103
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`In the Official Action, the Examiner rejected claims I and 2 under 35 U.S.C. § I03(a)
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`as being unpatentable over FUJII et al. (JP 2003308955) and SALAS (US. Patent No.
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`4,480,394).
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`Without acquiescing to the propriety of the Examiner’s rejection, Applicant submits
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`that claim 1 will has been amended solely in order to correct formalities. Thus, Applicant
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`respectfully traverses the Examiner’s rejection.
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`In particular, Applicant notes that claim I recites a drying device, comprising: a
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`heating coil that heats a material to be dried by electromagnetic induction, the material being
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`placed on a dried material—placement part; an air blower that sends air to the material; a
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`heated member heated by the electromagnetic induction of the heating coil; and a temperature
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`detector that detects temperature of the heated member, wherein the heated member is
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`disposed at a position where temperature thereof changes under influence of the air from the
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`air blower.
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`In setting forth the rejection, the Examiner asserts that FUJII discloses a heating coil
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`11, a heated member I4, and a temperature detector 15. However, the Examiner
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`acknowledges that FUJII does not disclose the presently claimed air blower. Nevertheless,
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`the Examiner asserts that SALAS discloses an air—blower 44.
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`Contrary to the Examiner’s assertions, Applicant submits that the presently claimed
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`invention is very different structurally from the applied prior art.
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`In particular, Applicant submits that the disclosure of FUJII is related to an IH
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`cooking heater (see Abstract of FUJII); whereas, the disclosure of SALAS relates to a dryer
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`which blows (for drying) a hot air to a head portion of a safety razor.
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`In this regard, Applicant submits that it would be difficult to evenly heat an entirety
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`(including a portion made of a material other than metal) of the safety razor of SALAS by
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`using the IH cooking heater of FUJII. Thus, Applicant submits that one or ordinary skill in
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`the art would not consider the disclosure of SALAS in attempting to solve any purported
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`deficiencies in the device of FUJII.
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`Thus, Applicant submits that there is no proper reasoning to combine the disclosures
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`of FUJII and SALAS as suggested by the Examiner. Therefore, Applicant submits that the
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`applied prior art, alone or in any properly reasoned combination, fails to disclose at least the
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`presently claimed heating coil that heats a material to be dried by electromagnetic induction,
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`the material being placed on a dried material—placement part; an air blower that sends air to
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`the material; a heated member heated by the electromagnetic induction of the heating coil;
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`and a temperature detector that detects temperature of the heated member, wherein the heated
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`member is disposed at a position where temperature thereof changes under influence of the
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`air from the air blower, as recited in claim 1.
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`Further, Applicant notes that both dependent claim 3 and independent claim 6
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`generally recite a storage recessed portion which opens upward and is formed on an upper
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`face part of a housing that forms a casing of the drying device, and the storage recessed
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`portion being configured to receive the material. See paragraph [0012] of the present
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`Disclosure.
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`Applicant submits that the applied prior art does not disclose the above-mentioned
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`feature.
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`In this regard, Applicant submits that the aforementioned feature has at least an
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`advantages over the applied prior art in that, e.g., “[t]he storage recessed portion 4 is used as
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`a washing tank that stores the cleansing liquid when the blade part 2a is cleaned. The blade
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`part 2a of the electric razor 2 placed in the storage recessed portion 4 as described above is
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`soaked in the cleansing liquid stored in the storage recessed portion 4, and then the electric
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`razor 2 is caused to drive the blade part 2a, so that the blade part 2a of the electric razor 2 can
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`be cleaned.” See paragraph [0013] of the present Disclosure.
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`Furthermore, Applicant submits that the storage recessed portion, which is configured
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`to receive the material to be dried, also defines a limited space around the material; thereby,
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`efficiently heating the limited space defined by the storage recessed portion.
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`Accordingly, Applicant submits that the rejection of claims 1 and 2 under 35 U.S.C. §
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`103 is believed to be improper and should be withdrawn.
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`Conclusion
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`In View of the amendments and remarks herein, Applicant submits that independent
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`claims 1 and 6 are in condition for allowance, for reasons discussed supra. With regard to
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`dependent claims 2—5, Applicant asserts that these claims are allowable on their own merit, as
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`well as because they depend from claim 1, which is allowable for reasons discussed supra.
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`Thus, it is respectfully submitted that the claims in the present application are clearly
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`patentable over the references cited by the Examiner, either alone or in combination, and an
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`indication to such effect is respectfully requested, in due course.
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`Applicant submits that the present application is in condition for allowance, and
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`respectfully requests an indication to that effect. Applicant has demonstrated the allowability
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`of the claims. Accordingly, reconsideration of the outstanding Official Action and allowance
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`of the present application and the claims therein are respectfully requested and is now
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`believed to be appropriate.
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`Applicant notes that this amendment is being made to advance prosecution of the
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`application to allowance and should not be considered as surrendering equivalents of the
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`territory between the claims prior to the present amendment and the amended claims.
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`Further, no acquiescence as to the propriety of the Examiner’s rejections are made by the
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`present amendment. All other amendments to the claims which have been made in this
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`amendment, and which have not been specifically noted to overcome a rejection based upon
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`the prior art, should be considered to have been made for a purpose unrelated to patentability,
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`and no estoppel should be deemed to attach thereto.
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`Should the Examiner have any questions, the Examiner is invited to contact the
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`undersigned at the below-listed telephone number.
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`Respectfully submitted,
`Hiroyasu KITAMURA
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`Bruce H. Bernstein
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`/Enoch Peavey/
`Reg. No. 57,686
`Enoch peavey
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`September 22, 2011
`GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C.
`1950 Roland Clarke Place
`Reston, VA 20191
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`(703) 716—1191
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