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`13/605,856
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`09/06/2012
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`Akinori HATSUNO
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`730256.401
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`Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC
`701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 5400
`Seattle, WA 98104
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`AHMED, MOBEEN
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`PAPER NUIVIBER
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`ART UNIT
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`3721
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`03/26/2015
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`ELECTRONIC
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`Applicant(s)
`Application No.
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`AIA (First Inventor to File)
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`2b)|ZI This action is non-final.
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
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`12)IXI Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`The present application is being examined under the pre-AlA first to invent provisions.
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`2.
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`The drawings are objected to under 37 CFR 1.83(a) for the following reasons:
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`Drawings
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`The drawings must show every feature of the invention specified in the claims.
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`Therefore, the "printing circuit board” of claim 3 and 6 must be shown or the feature(s) canceled
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`from the claim(s). No new matter should be entered.
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`b.
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`The drawings are objected to as failing to comply with 37 CFR 1.84(p)(4) because
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`reference character “43” has been used to designate both door (in Figure 2) and rails (in Figure
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`2).
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`c.
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`The drawings are objected to as failing to comply with 37 CFR 1.84(p)(4) because
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`reference character “78” has been used to designate both flat lid (in Figure 1) and drop
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`passageway (in Figure 10).
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`d.
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`The drawings are objected to under 37 CFR 1.83(a) because they fail to show printing
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`circuit board (#91) as described in the specification. Any structural detail that is essential for a
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`proper understanding of the disclosed invention should be shown in the drawing. MPEP §
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`608.02(d).
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`Corrected drawing sheets in compliance with 37 CFR 1.121 (d) are required in reply to the Office
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`action to avoid abandonment of the application. Any amended replacement drawing sheet should include
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`all of the Figures appearing on the immediate prior version of the sheet, even if only one Figure is being
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`amended. The Figure or Figure number of an amended drawing should not be labeled as “amended.” lfa
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`drawing Figure is to be canceled, the appropriate Figure must be removed from the replacement sheet,
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`and where necessary, the remaining Figures must be renumbered and appropriate changes made to the
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`brief description of the several views of the drawings for consistency. Additional replacement sheets may
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`be necessary to show the renumbering of the remaining Figures. Each drawing sheet submitted after the
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`filing date of an application must be labeled in the top margin as either “Replacement Sheet” or “New
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`Sheet” pursuant to 37 CFR 1.121(d). If the changes are not accepted by the examiner, the applicant will
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`be notified and informed of any required corrective action in the next Office action. The objection to the
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`drawings will not be held in abeyance. No new matter should be added.
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`Specification
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`3.
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`The disclosure is objected to because of the following informalities
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`a.
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`In [0042], “an supplemental medium " should be “a supplemental medium”.
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`Appropriate correction is required. No new matter should be added.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
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`5.
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`Claim 1-8 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA), second paragraph, as
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`being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the inventor
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`or ajoint inventor, or for pre-AIA the applicant regards as the invention.
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`a.
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`Claims 1 and 2 recite the limitation of "the back-and-forth direction." There is insufficient
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`antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
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`b.
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`Claims 3 recites the limitation of "the printing circuit board" There is insufficient
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`antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
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`c.
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`Regarding claims 5 and 8, the phrase "such as" renders the claim indefinite because it
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`is unclear whether the limitations following the phrase are part of the claimed invention. See
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`MPEP § 2173.05(d).
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`d.
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`All remaining claims are rejected for depending on a rejected claim.
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`Appropriate corrections are required. No new matter should be added.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`6.
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`The following is a quotation of pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) which forms the basis for all obviousness
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`rejections set forth in this Office action:
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`(a) A patent may not be obtained even though the invention is not identically disclosed or
`described as set forth in section 102 of this title, if the differences between the subject matter
`sought to be patented and the prior art are such that the subject matter as a whole would have
`been obvious at the time the invention was made to a person having ordinary skill in the art to
`which said subject matter pertains. Patentability shall not be negatived by the manner in which
`the invention was made.
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`7.
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`Claim 1,2,3, and 6 are rejected under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over US
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`PG-Pub 2006/0230710 of lshiwatari et al. (henceforth referred to as lshiwatari) in view of US PG-Pub
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`2010/0175352 of Solomon (henceforth referred to as Solomon).
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`Regarding claim 1, as best understood,
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`lshiwatari teaches a solid preparation packaging
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`apparatus (lshiwatari: Fig. 1 #1), in a main body (lshiwatari: Fig. 1 #7) of which a solid preparation
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`accommodating unit (Fig. 1 #2) having a plurality of tablet cases (lshiwatari: Fig. 1 #3) disposed in an
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`array (lshiwatari: Fig. 1 #3) is disposed at an upper portion (lshiwatari: Fig. 1 #3), each of the tablet cases
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`accommodating solid preparations by type, the solid preparation accommodating unit having a discharge
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`mechanism (lshiwatari: Fig. 9 #23) for discharging the accommodated solid preparations; a transfer
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`mechanism (lshiwatari: Fig. 5 #54) unit for receiving the solid preparations discharged from the tablet
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`cases and collecting the solid preparations into a charging port (lshiwatari: Fig. 2 #74) is disposed below
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`the solid preparation accommodating unit; and a solid preparation packaging mechanism unit (lshiwatari:
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`Fig. 3 #13) for forming a pouch (lshiwatari: Fig. 28- not labeled and para 0136) on a strip of packaging
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`sheet (lshiwatari: Fig. 30 #72) and for charging each pouch with the solid preparations collected in the
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`charging port and sealing the pouch is disposed below the transfer mechanism unit (lshiwatari: Fig. 3
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`#13), wherein:
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`the solid preparation accommodating unit, the transfer mechanism unit, and the solid preparation
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`packaging mechanism unit are each individually accommodated in the main body (lshiwatari: Fig. 1) so
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`as to be capable of being pulled out or pushed back in the back-and-forth direction (lshiwatari: Fig. 5 and
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`para 123);
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`the solid preparation packaging mechanism unit includes a printing mechanism unit (lshiwatari:
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`Fig. 28 #73 and para 0136) for printing on the pouch;
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`the electrical component chamber is provided with a central processing unit circuit board
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`(lshiwatari: Fig.34 #97) (also referred to as a CPU circuit board) for providing collective control to the solid
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`preparation packaging apparatus, and a power supply (lshiwatari: Fig. 34 #33) for supplying power to the
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`solid preparation accommodating unit, the transfer mechanism unit, and the solid preparation packaging
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`mechanism unit; and
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`a flexible wiring cover (lshiwatari: Fig. 3 #48) which is continually curved as the solid preparation
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`packaging mechanism unit is pulled out of or pushed back into the main body is mounted across the
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`electrical component chamber and the solid preparation packaging mechanism unit in order to pass,
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`through the flexible wiring cover, wiring of the solid preparation packaging mechanism unit to the central
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`processing unit circuit board and the power supply (lshiwatari: Fig. 3 #48 and para 0123).
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`lshiwatari is silent on the main body is provided with an electrical component chamber below the
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`solid preparation packaging mechanism; However, Soloman teaches the main body is provided with an
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`electrical component chamber (Soloman: Fig. 1.2 #800, 90) below the solid preparation packaging
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`mechanism. lshiwatari and Soloman are considered to be analogous arts because both apparatuses are
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`used for packaging medicines. Therefore, itwould have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art, at
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`the time of the invention, having the teachings of lshiwatari and Soloman before him/her, to modify the
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`teachings of lshiwatari to include the teachings of Soloman because having the electrical component
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`chamber below the packaging mechanism allows for the predictable result of keeping electrical
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`components, contained in the electrical component chamber, clean from falling medicine debris/dust.
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`Regarding claim 2, as best understood,
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`lshiwatari teaches a solid preparation packaging
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`apparatus (lshiwatari: Fig. 1 #1), in a main body (lshiwatari: Fig. 1 #7) of which a solid preparation
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`accommodating unit (Fig. 1 #2) having a plurality of tablet cases (lshiwatari: Fig. 1 #3) disposed in an
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`array (lshiwatari: Fig. 1 #3) is disposed at an upper portion (lshiwatari: Fig. 1 #3), each of the tablet cases
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`accommodating solid preparations by type, the solid preparation accommodating unit having a discharge
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`mechanism (lshiwatari: Fig. 9 #23) for discharging the accommodated solid preparations; a transfer
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`mechanism (lshiwatari: Fig. 5 #54) unit for receiving the solid preparations discharged from the tablet
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`cases and collecting the solid preparations into a charging port (lshiwatari: Fig. 2 #74) is disposed below
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`the solid preparation accommodating unit; and a solid preparation packaging mechanism unit (lshiwatari:
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`Fig. 3 #13) for forming a pouch (lshiwatari: Fig. 28- not labeled and para 0136) on a strip of packaging
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`sheet (lshiwatari: Fig. 30 #72) and for charging each pouch with the solid preparations collected in the
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`charging port and sealing the pouch is disposed below the transfer mechanism unit (lshiwatari: Fig. 3
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`#13), wherein:
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`the solid preparation accommodating unit, the transfer mechanism unit, and the solid preparation
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`packaging mechanism unit are each individually accommodated in the main body (lshiwatari: Fig. 1) so
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`as to be capable of being pulled out or pushed back in the back-and-forth direction (lshiwatari: Fig. 5 and
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`para 123);
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`the solid preparation packaging mechanism unit includes a printing mechanism unit (lshiwatari:
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`Fig. 28 #73 and para 0136) for printing on the pouch;
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`the electrical component chamber is provided with a central processing unit circuit board
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`(lshiwatari: Fig. 34 #97) (also referred to as a CPU circuit board) for providing collective control to the
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`solid preparation packaging apparatus, and a power supply (lshiwatari: Fig. 34 #43) for supplying power
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`to the solid preparation accommodating unit, the transfer mechanism unit, and the solid preparation
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`packaging mechanism unit, the electrical component chamber being further provided with an image
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`printing circuit board (Fig. 34 #73, Fig. 32 and Fig. 33) required for the printing mechanism unit to print
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`based on image data; and
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`a flexible wiring cover (lshiwatari: Fig. 3 #48) which is continually curved as the solid preparation
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`packaging mechanism unit is pulled out of or pushed back into the main body is mounted across the
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`electrical component chamber and the solid preparation packaging mechanism unit in order to pass,
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`through the flexible wiring cover, wiring of the solid preparation packaging mechanism unit to the central
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`processing unit circuit board and the power supply (lshiwatari: Fig. 3 #48 and para 0123).
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`lshiwatari is silent on the main body is provided with an electrical component chamber below the
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`solid preparation packaging mechanism; However, Soloman teaches the main body is provided with an
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`electrical component chamber (Soloman: Fig. 1.2 #800, 90) below the solid preparation packaging
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`mechanism. lshiwatari and Soloman are considered to be analogous arts because both apparatuses are
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`used for packaging medicines. Therefore, itwould have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art, at
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`the time of the invention, having the teachings of lshiwatari and Soloman before him/her, to modify the
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`teachings of lshiwatari to include the teachings of Soloman because having the electrical component
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`chamber below the packaging mechanism allows for the predictable result of keeping electrical
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`components, contained in the electrical component chamber, clean from falling medicine debris/dust.
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`Regarding claim 3, as best understood, lshiwatari in view of Soloman teaches the printing circuit
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`board of the printing mechanism unit is disposed at the solid preparation packaging mechanism unit
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`(lshiwatari: Fig. 28 #73).
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`Regarding claim 6, as best understood, lshiwatari in view of Soloman the printing circuit board of
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`the printing mechanism unit is disposed at the solid preparation packaging mechanism unit (lshiwatari:
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`Fig. 28 #73).
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`8.
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`Claim 4 and 7 are rejected under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over US PG-
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`Pub 2006/0230710 of lshiwatari et al. (henceforth referred to as lshiwatari) in view of US PG-Pub
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`2010/0175352 of Soloman (henceforth referred to as Solomon) and in further view of USP# 2,661,884 of
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`Lawrence et al. (henceforth referred to as Lawrence).
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`Regarding claim 4, as best understood, Ishiwatari in view of Soloman teaches all of the limitation
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`of claim 1 from which claim 4 depends.
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`Ishiwatari in view of Soloman is silent on a step-down transformer
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`is provided as a component of the power supply, and the transformer is mounted at a weight balance
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`position at the center of a rear portion in the electrical component chamber. However, Lawrence teaches
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`a step-down transformer (Fig. 5 #93) is provided as a component of the power supply, and the
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`transformer is mounted at a weight balance position at the center of a rear portion in the electrical
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`component chamber (Fig. 5 #93). Furthermore, it is common knowledge that placing heavy objects
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`at/near the bottom-center of structures provides stability due to counter-weight moment provided by the
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`heavy weight. Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art, at the time of the
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`invention, having the teachings of Ishiwatari in view of Soloman and Lawrence before him/her, to modify
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`the teachings of Ishiwatari in view of Soloman to include the teachings of Lawrence because having the
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`transformer mounted at the rear center portion of the electrical component chamber allows for the
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`predictable result of providing stability to the medicine dispensing apparatus.
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`Regarding claim 7, as best understood, Ishiwatari in view of Soloman teaches all of the limitation
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`of claim 1 from which claim 4 depends.
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`Ishiwatari in view of Soloman is silent on a step-down transformer
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`is provided as a component of the power supply, and the transformer is mounted at a weight balance
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`position at the center of a rear portion in the electrical component chamber. However, Lawrence teaches
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`a step-down transformer (Fig. 5 #93) is provided as a component of the power supply, and the
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`transformer is mounted at a weight balance position at the center of a rear portion in the electrical
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`component chamber (Fig. 5 #93). Furthermore, it is common knowledge that placing heavy objects
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`at/near the bottom-center of structures provides stability due to counter-weight moment provided by the
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`heavy weight. Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art, at the time of the
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`invention, having the teachings of Ishiwatari in view of Soloman and Lawrence before him/her, to modify
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`the teachings of Ishiwatari in view of Soloman to include the teachings of Lawrence because having the
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`transformer mounted in the rear center portion of the electrical component chamber allows for the
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`predictable result of providing stability to the medicine dispensing apparatus.
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`9.
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`Claim 5 and 8 are rejected under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over US PG-
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`Pub 2006/0230710 of lshiwatari et al. (henceforth referred to as lshiwatari) in view of US PG-Pub
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`2010/0175352 of Soloman (henceforth referred to as Solomon) and in further view of JP101 18159 of
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`Kazuji (henceforth referred to as Kazuji).
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`Regarding claim 5, as best understood, lshiwatari in view of Soloman teaches the main body is
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`provided at a top front portion thereof with a specific solid preparation supply unit (Fig. 43 #57) for
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`supplying, to the transfer mechanism unit, specific solid preparations accommodated in a plurality of
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`buckets (Fig. 43 —not numbered), each having an upper opening (Fig. 43- not numbered)
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`on a top surface region of the main body behind the specific solid preparation supply unit, a flat
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`surface is formed (Fig. 3- #1 A) to place thereon an input unit such as a personal computer for transmitting
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`and receiving information to/from the central processing unit circuit board; and
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`lshiwatari in view of Soloman is silent on a flat-shaped lid to cover the buckets can be removably
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`placed on the specific solid preparation supply unit. However, Kazuji teaches a flat-shaped lid (Fig. 19
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`#48) to cover the buckets can be removably placed on the specific solid preparation supply unit (Brief
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`description of the drawing for Fig. 20). lshiwatari in view of Soloman and Kazuji are considered to be
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`analogous arts because all three apparatuses are used for packaging medicines. Therefore, it would have
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`been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art, at the time of the invention, having the teachings of
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`lshiwatari in view of Soloman and Kazuji before him/her, to modify the teachings of lshiwatari in view of
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`Soloman to include the teachings of Kazuji because having a removable lid on top of medicine buckets
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`allows for the predictable result of preventing contamination of the medicine contained within the buckets
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`when the cover is on top of the buckets and cleaning/charging of the bucket when the cover is removed
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`Regarding claim 8, Ishiwatari in view of Soloman teaches the main body is provided at a top
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`front portion thereof with a specific solid preparation supply unit (Fig. 43 #57) for supplying, to the transfer
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`mechanism unit, specific solid preparations accommodated in a plurality of buckets (Fig. 43 —not
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`numbered), each having an upper opening (Fig. 43- not numbered)
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`on a top surface region of the main body behind the specific solid preparation supply unit, a flat
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`surface is formed (Fig. 3- #1 A) to place thereon an input unit such as a personal computer for transmitting
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`and receiving information to/from the central processing unit circuit board; and
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`Ishiwatari in view of Soloman is silent on a flat-shaped lid to cover the buckets can be removably
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`placed on the specific solid preparation supply unit. However, Kazuji teaches a flat-shaped lid (Fig. 19
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`#48) to cover the buckets can be removably placed on the specific solid preparation supply unit (Brief
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`description of the drawing for Fig. 20). Ishiwatari in view of Soloman and Kazuji are considered to be
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`analogous arts because all three apparatuses are used for packaging medicines. Therefore, it would have
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`been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art, at the time of the invention, having the teachings of
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`Ishiwatari in view of Soloman and Kazuji before him/her, to modify the teachings of Ishiwatari in view of
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`Soloman to include the teachings of Kazuji because having a removable lid on top of medicine buckets
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`allows for the predictable result of preventing contamination of the medicine contained within the buckets
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`when the cover is on top of the buckets and cleaning/charging of the bucket when the cover is removed
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`from the top of the buckets.
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`Conclusion
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`The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
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`Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the examiner should
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`be directed to MOBEEN AHMED whose telephone number is (571) 272-0356. The examiner can
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`/MOBEEN AHMED/
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`Examiner, Art Unit 3721
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`/HEMANT M DESAI/
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`Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 3721
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