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`CONF {MATION NO.
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`13/813,199
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`01/30/2013
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`Taichi Kadono
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`MAT—10583US
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`EXAMINER
`RATNERPRESTIA —
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`ZOLLINGER, NATHAN c
`VALLEY FORGE, PA 19482-0980
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`NOT *ICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`10/22/2014
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`ELECTRONIC
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`Application No.
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`Office Action Summary
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`3746NATHAN ZOLLINGER first“
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`Application/Control Number: 13/813,199
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`Art Unit: 3746
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`Detailed Action
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`Specification
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`The title of the invention is not descriptive. A new title is required that is clearly
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`indicative of the invention to which the claims are directed.
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`The following title is suggested: Blower with shaft mounting arrangement
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`Claim Objections
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`Claim 1
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`is objected to because of the following informalities: in claim 1, line 6, the
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`phrase “at right angle” should be changed to “at a right angle”; in claim 1, line 8, the
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`phrase “inserted into the shaft” should be changed to “inserted onto the shaft”; in claim
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`1, line 9, the phrase “inserted to the shaft” should be changed to “inserted onto the
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`shaft”. Appropriate correction is required.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`The following is a quotation of pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) which forms the basis
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`for all obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
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`(a) A patent may not be obtained 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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`Claim 1
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`is rejected under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over
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`Nakamura (JP2009250114A) and in further view of Matsumoto (US 6,368,081 ).
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`Claim 1: Nakamura discloses a blower comprising a motor (1 ); a fan (2) driven
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`by the motor; a cylindrical ro|| pin (4) mounted on a shaft (3) of the motor at a right angle
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`to an axis line of the shaft (Figs. 1-4); and a boss portion (6/6A) inserted into the shaft,
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`wherein an end face of the boss portion at one side inserted to the shaft is provided with
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`a groove (7/7A) having an opening and a bottom part engaged with the roll pin, side
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`walls of the groove are slanted to widen from the bottom part to the opening (Figs. 1-4),
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`the side walls have straight portions (Examiner notes that the straight portions can be
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`considered the region tangent to the installed shaft) formed to confront each other in
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`parallel to a longitudinal direction of the shaft and extending toward the opening from a
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`start point corresponding to a central axis of the roll pin (Figs. 1-4), and a distance
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`between the confronting straight portions is equal to a diameter of the roll pin (Figs. 1-
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`4).
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`Nakamura does not disclose a casing that covers a circumference of the fan or a
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`control circuit that drives and controls the motor. Matsumoto teaches a blower which
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`includes a casing (1) that covers a circumference of the fan and a control circuit (19)
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`that drives and controls the motor.
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`It would have been obvious at the time the invention
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`was made to a person having ordinary skill in the art to employ a cover and a control
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`circuit as taught by Matsumoto into the apparatus of Nakamura in order to protect the
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`impeller and adjust the speed of the motor, respectively.
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`Claim 2 is rejected under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over
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`Nakamura (JP2009250114A) and Matsumoto (US 6,368,081) and in further view of
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`Sumino (JP2008240605A).
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`Claim 2: Nakamura and Matsumoto teach the limitations of claim 1, discussed
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`previously. Nakamura discloses a holding unit (top region of 6) to hold the shaft and
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`that the shaft has a concave slot (Fig. 4, note slot below tip end of shaft) engaged with
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`the holding unit, a curved surface of the shaft having the concave slot is a chamfered C-
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`shaped surface (Figs. 3-4), and a dimension of the C-shaped surface in a longitudinal
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`direction of the shaft is equal to a length of the straight portion (Examiner noting that the
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`straight portion of the groove tangent to the installed shaft has a thickness approximate
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`to the chamfered surface of the slot).
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`Nakamura does not disclose a pair of integrated holding units that hold the shaft
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`and one pair of integrated pressing units that are pressed to move the holding units.
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`However, Sumino teaches a blower apparatus connection in which a pair of integrated
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`holding units (108) that hold the shaft and one pair of integrated pressing units (109)
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`that are pressed to move the holding units are utilized (Fig. 4).
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`It would have been
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`obvious at the time the invention was made to a person having ordinary skill in the art to
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`employ a holding unit as taught by Sumino into the apparatus of Nakamura in order to
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`more firmly keep the shaft installed and operating without wobbling, improving the
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`performance of the blower.
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`Conclusion
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`Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the
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`examiner should be directed to NATHAN ZOLLINGER whose telephone number is
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