S/N: 14/236247
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`In Respond to Final Office Action mailed 12/17/2015
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`REMARKS
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`Reconsideration is requested in view of the above amendments and the following
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`remarks. Claim 1 has been revised. Support for the revisions in claim 1 can be found in,
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`e.g., paragraphs [0050]-[0051], [0060]-[0061], [0085]—[0091], [0093]—[0095] and [0099]-
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`[0102] of the specification and Figs. 6, 8—11 and 14—17. Claims 3 and 8 have been
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`revised editorially. New dependent claim 14 has been added. Support for claim 14 can
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`be found at, e. g., paragraph [0079] of the specification and Fig. 11. Claims 1—14 are
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`pending in the application. Claims 5-13 remain withdrawn.
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`Claim Rejections — 35 USC § 102
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`Claims 1-4 are rejected under 35 USC § 102(b) as being anticipated by JP 2004
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`130063 (Lifescan). Applicant respectfully traverses this rejection.
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`Claim 1 requires a body case having a feeding opening configured such that a
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`biological information measurer can be attached thereto externally. The feeding section
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`is configured to load one of the plurality of biological information detection sensors fed
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`to the feeding opening into the biological information measurer, when the biological
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`information measurer is attached to the feeding opening externally. The feeding section
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`is configured to release and transfer the loaded biological information detection sensor to
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`the biological information measurer, when the attached biological information measurer
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`is pulled out from the feeding section. This feature allows easy loading of biological
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`information detection sensors onto a biological information measurer, and as a result,
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`simplifies the biological information measurement process (see page 4, lines 8—11 of the
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`specification).
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`Lifescan fails to disclose a body case having a feeding opening configured such
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`that a biological information measurer can be attached thereto externally, as required by
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`claim 1. Nor does Lifescan disclose that the feeding section is configured to load one of
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`the plurality of biological information detection sensors fed to the feeding opening into
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`the biological information measurer, when the biological information measurer is
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`attached to the feeding opening externally, as required by claim 1. Nor does Lifescan
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`disclose that the feeding section is configured to release and transfer the loaded biological
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`information detection sensor to the biological information measurer, when the attached
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`S/N: 14/236247
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`In Respond to Final Office Action mailed 12/17/2015
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`biological information measurer is pulled out from the feeding section, as required by
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`claim 1.
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`Instead, Lifescan merely discusses a cassette including a plurality of sensors (see
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`Lifescan, Abstract and Figs. 1-12). Lifescan is completely silent as to a body case having
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`a feeding opening configured such that a biological information measurer can be attached
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`thereto externally, as required by claim 1, much less any mechanism to release and
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`transfer a loaded biological information detection sensor to the biological information
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`measurer, as required by claim 1.
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`For at least these reasons, claim 1 is patentable over JP 2004 130063. Claims 2—4
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`depend from claim 1 and are patentable along with claim 1 and need not be separately
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`distinguished at this time. Applicant does not concede the correctness of the rejection.
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`In View of the above, favorable reconsideration in the form of a notice of
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`allowance is respectfully requested. Any questions regarding this communication can be
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`directed to the undersigned attorney, Douglas P Mueller, Registration No. 30,300, at
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`(612) 455—3804.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`HAMRE, SCHUMANN, MUELLER &
`LARSON, P.C.
`PO. Box 2902-0902
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`Minneapolis, MN 55402-0902
`(612) 4 5-3800
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`Dated: February [(0, 2016
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`DPM/CY/ylc
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`By:
`Name. Douglas P. Mueller
`Reg. No. 30,300
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