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`14/770,533
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`08/26/2015
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`Tomohiro TERADA
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`WASHB—54962
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`pEARNE&G0RD0N LLP m
`1801 EAST 9TH STREET
`SANKS’ SCHYLER S
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`ELECTRONIC
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Notice of Pre-AIA 0r AIA Status
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`1.
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`The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the
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`first inventor to file provisions of the AIA.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`2.
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`In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 U.S.C.
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`102 and 103 (or as subject to pre—AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the
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`statutory basis for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art
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`relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status.
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`3.
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all obviousness
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`rejections set forth in this Office action:
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`A patent for a claimed invention may not be obtained, notwithstanding that the claimed invention is not
`identically disclosed as set forth in section 102, if the differences between the claimed invention and the
`prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole would have been obvious before the effective
`filing date of the claimed invention to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the claimed
`invention pertains. Patentability shall not be negated by the manner in which the invention was made.
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`4.
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`Claims 1-5 and 7 -9 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over
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`Kawase (US20100281901A1) in View of Takamori (JPH075015B2), further in View of
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`Ichishi (W02013015079A1), further in View of Goenka (U820100287952). For clarity,
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`US20140144998A1, the US equivalent of the Ichishi reference, will be used for citation
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`purposes.
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`5.
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`Regarding claim 1, Kawase teaches a vehicle air conditioning apparatus (Title, Pi gure
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`1) comprising: a heater core (Figure 1, £3) through which a lafighmtempnraturn sealant flows
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`and which gives heat in air that is in be sent into a vehicle interior (paragraph [0027]); a first
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`confianbrnfrigerant lanai, exchanger (Figure 1. .22} that exchanges heat. beiwnnn the, coolant
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`and a highnteinperatnre and high~preaaure refrigerant in a heat pump to eendenae the
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`refrigerant (Figure l, heat pump 29, 22 , cts as a condenser to heat the eeeiaht, paragraph
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`{863$}, hues; i 3—1 8); a flow rate adjusting section that adjusts a flow rate at the content that.
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`flows through the first cooiant~refrigerant heat exchanger and the heater core (I figure 1.
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`pump 1, l, paragraph [0036}, lines lie), the flow rate heing adjustahie hetween a first flew
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`rate need during Standard operation and a second flow rate that is tower than the first flew
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`rate {the pump operates; during standard operation, see paragraph {(3036}, lines l~i6, but is also
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`capahie of being turned ot‘t‘, thus the flow rate is adjuetahie between a first flow rate used during
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`standard eperation and a flow rate at substantially zero, which can he considered the second firm
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`rate) and a control neetien that performs air conditiening controi (Figure 2, 100).
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`6.
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`Kawase does not teach, wherein when a temperature of the eooiant at the first coolant~
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`refrigerant heat exehanger is: Eewer than a thresheld temperature, the control seetion eentrels the
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`flow rate adjusting section to set the flow rate of the coolant to the secend flew rate, and the
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`vaine of the threshold temperature is changed aceurding to an outside temperature
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`7.
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`Tahanrori teaches refraining from, utiiizing the coolant circuit in heating an airstrearn Via
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`a heater core until the cooling. water has been heated to the apprepriate threshoh‘i temperature
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`(Figure 1, cooling circuit B with heat core 14, page 8, paragraph 2, iines 1-4).
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`8.
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`ichishi teaches that uniess the coolant temperature for a heater core is sufficient, the
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`purnp for the cooiant circuit should he turned off (paragraph. {(liQBE).
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`9.
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`it wetiid have heen obvious to one of ordinary shit} in the art te modify the controlier of
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`Kawase to control the flew rate adjusting section such that when a temperature of the coolant at
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`the first eoeiant~refrigerant heat exchanger is lower than a threshold temperature, the centrei
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`section controls the flow rate adjusting section to set the flow rate of the coolant to the second
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`flow rate to avoid providing cold air into the passenger compartment of the vehicle,
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`10.
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`Kawase discloses that the heat pump may heat the coolant (paragraph {0039], lines .1 3—
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`li‘S}, ’l‘akanmri acknowledges that the coolant for a heater core should not he utilized in heating
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`until it is at the appropriate temperature to avoid sending cold air into the passenger compartment
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`(page 8, paragraph 2 lines 4—7), lchishi discloses stopping the coolant pump when the coolant is
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`not hot enough to sufficiently heat the airstrearn going into the passenger cornpartn‘ient to avoid
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`sending cold air into the passenger compartment ( paragraph [ill 981). Therefore, one of ordinary
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`slzill in the art would have recognized that if the temperature of the coolant is below an
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`appropriate, i.e,, threshold temperature, the pump, i,e., flow rate adjusting section, of Kawase
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`should he stopped {placed at the second flow rate) in order to avoid sending cold air into the
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`passenger compartment, as described by 'l‘akamori and lehishi.
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`11.
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`Goenha teaches that the temperature at which a heat source can sufficiently heat the
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`passenger airflow is a temperature at xxxhich the airflow can be deemed comfortable, where the
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`corn i’ort tern perature ma y he based on a tl'u'eshold temperature that depends on arnhient air
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`temperature (see paragraph {(2)0343}.
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`12.
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`it would have heen obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art, in modifying Kawase to
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`base the start! stop of the pump on a threshold temperature, as described above, to vary the
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`tl'u'eshold depending on outside air temperature in order to ensure that air at a comfortable
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`temperature is pro video to the passenger compartment.
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`13.
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`Goenha discloses that the temperature at which an airflow may be deemed comfortable
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`mayr change based on the ambient temperature (paragraph [0034}; Furthermore, Goenlia teaches
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`that a heat source is only ready to provide such an airflow when the heat source can sufficiently
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`heat the airflow (paragraph {00341}. Therefore, one. of ordinary skill in the art would. have.
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`recognized tl'iat because the comfort temperature of the airfitw may change that the thresl'iold
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`temperature of the coolant of Kawase. which heats the heater core to heat the airstrearn, should
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`change in response to such a change in comfort temperature in order to ensure that the coolant is
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`capable of sufficiently heating the airflow to the comfort temperature when the pump or" Kawase
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`is operated to perftu'n‘i heating. Since the change in comfort tern perature is based on an‘ibifil’i‘t
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`temperature, i.e., outside air temperature. the cooiaut temperature threshold wouitl change in
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`response to outside air temperature because as the comfort temperature changes (in response to
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`outside. air temperatureh the threslioid would need to change in order to ensure that the coolant‘s
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`heat is sufficient to supply the airflow at the new eorhtbrt tern perarure.
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`l4.
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`fiegartiirtg Chaim 25 Kawase as n'ita'iified teaches ail of the Eirhita‘tiohs of the vehicle air
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`conditioning apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the flow rate adjusting section circulates
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`the. coolant hetween the first coolant-refrigerant heat exchanger and the heater core
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`(Kawase, Figure l, coolant is circuiateti between 22 and 13 hy l ia see paragraph [002 L tines 9~
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`12).
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`15.
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`Regartiihg ciaim 3, Kawase as modified teaches ail of the Eiinitations of the vehicle air
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`conditioning apparatus according to claim 2 further comprising: a part—coating passage
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`through which the cootant flows in a way that allows heat of the cootant to be exchanged
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`with a heat~generating part of a vehicle (Kawase. part—coating passage constituted by circuit
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`14, see paragraph [033(31): a second coolanhreh‘igerant heat exchanger (Kawase, Figure l,
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`24) that exchanges heat hetween the circulated cootant and a low-temperature and low-
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`preasare refrigerant in the heat pump ta vaparize the refrigerant (Kawase, Figure 1, 24 is; an
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`evaporator for heat pnntp 29, paragraph [@939]? lines 13—16); and a pttrnp that eitenta‘tee the
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`eeatant between the seeentt eeetantnret‘rigerant heat exchanger and the partneeetihg
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`passage {Kawase iF-‘igare i, 4).
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`16.
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`Regareting eiaint at, Kawase as modified teaches all of the iiniitations at the vehicle air
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`eentiitioning apparatus according t0 eiairn 1, further comprising: a parts-Chafing passage
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`thrangh which the eeetant flaws in a way that aiiews heat at the eeetant ta he exchanged
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`with a heatngenerating part at a vehicle. (j Kawase, part-coating, passage constituted hy circuit
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`14, see paragraph {003%}; and a seenntt eeeianturefrigerant heat exehanger (Kawase, Figure
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`1, 24) that exchanges heat hetween the eeetant and a tetrmteinperatare anti tetrmpressnre
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`refrigerant, in the heat piratip tn vapariae the refrigerant (tiawase, Figure 1, 2/53- is an
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`evaperator for heat pump 20, paragraph [0039}, tines 134,6), wherein the coeiaiit eircniates
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`threngh the. partueeehng passage, the first enetant~ refrigerant heat exchanger, the heater
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`care ahti the seeentt eeaiant-retrigerant heat eaehahger (Kawase, Figure 1, 14, paragraph
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`{09303}.
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`17.
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`Regarding eiaint 5, Kawase as modified teaches aii of the iintitations at the vehicie air
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`eenditioning apparatus according to eiahn 1, wherein when the temperature at the mutant at
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`the that eaetantnretrigerant heat exchanger is iewer than the thresheht temperature? the
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`eentrei seetien eentrete the flaw rate adjusting seetien ta set the flaw rate of the eeatant tn
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`the seeetttt flew rate (Kawase as modified, see rejection et‘ claim 1, where Ka‘wase was
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`modified to switch the pump off when the eeeiant temperature is beiew the threshold
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`18.
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`Kawase as modified. does not explicitly state Where the flow rate adinsting section is set
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`to the second flow rate for a time period in whieh the eooiant or" the first coolant—refrigerant heat
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`exchanger rises up to the threshold temperature.
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`19.
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`Takarnori teaches refraining from ntiiizing the eoolant eirenit in heating, an airstreani Via
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`a heater core until the cooling water has been heated to the appropriate threshold temperature
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`(Figure l, cooling cirenit E with heat core 14, page 8, paragraph 2 lines l—L‘i) and acknowledges
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`that the coolant for a heater core should he not he utilized in heating until it is at the appropriate
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`temperature to avoid sending cold air into the passenger et‘inipartrneht (page 8, paragraph 2. tines
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`4-7}.
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`20.
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`it wonid have. been ohvions to one of o 'dinary shill in the art at the time of filing to set
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`the flow rate adjusting section of Kawase as modified to he at the second flow rate for a time
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`period in which the eooiant of the first eooiant—ret‘rigerant heat exchanger rises up to the
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`threshoicl temperature in order to avoid sending cold air into the passenger eenipartment.
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`21.
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`in Kawese as modified? the flow rate adjusting seetioh is what enables heated eooiant to
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`tlow into the heater core, thus heating up an airflow to he sent to the interior, Tahainori teaches
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`that heating Via the heater core should he avoided until the coolant has been heated to the
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`appropriate threshold temperature. ‘l‘herefore, one of ordinary skiil in the art would have
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`recognized that maintaining the second flow rate in Kawase as modified, which is zero, untii the
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`cooiant is an appropriate temperature, i.e., for a time period in which the coolant of the first
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`eooiant~r‘eh‘igerant heat exchanger rises up to the threshold temperature, would avoid sending.
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`cold air into the passenger compartment, as taught by 'l‘akarnori.
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`22.
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`Regartihig eiaim 7, Kawase as niedified teaches ail of the Eimitatiehs of the vehicle air
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`conditioning apparatus awarding to claim i, wherein the second flow rate is it flew rate Whieh
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`i5 Siihsiantiaiiy Kerri (Kawase as niedit‘ied, the seeend flow rate is a steppage oi" the pump, thus
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`the flow rate is zero).
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`23.
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`Regaréing eiairn 33 Kawase as modified teaches ail of the iiniitatiehs 0f the vehicle air
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`eenditiening apparatus according t0 eiairn 3, wherein the seenntt eoeiant~retrigerant heat
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`exchanger is eenneeted so as to aiiew the eeeiant tn eireniaie between the seeend eeeiantv
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`refrigerant heat exchanger and the pertwteeihig passage withetit passing threegh the
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`heater cure (Kawase, Figure 1, see arrows s: and h, eeeiant circuit 6, paragraph [OOZgL lines 1--
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`6").
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`24.
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`Regert‘iing eiaim 93 K2} wase as modified teaches iii] of the iimitations et‘ the vehicie air
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`eenditienihg apparatus according tr: eiahn 1. wherein the flaw rate adjusting sectien is a water
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`pump (Kawase, Figure 1, 11 is a water pump because it pumps water based eeoiaht through the
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`first water—refrigerant heat exchanger), and. the first flew rate anti the serene: flew rate are
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`{Eeterrnineti hy the number ei’ reil'ehitiens at" the water pump ( Kawase as niedit‘iett the
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`second {low rate is zere which is determined by the pump being eff, ie, where the pump’s
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`impeller is hot retatiiigi thus the iitirnher of revehitimis is zero, Simiiariy, the first flow rate,
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`where the pump is operatienah the nurnher of revolutions would. he pesitive and non—zero, thus
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`the first flow rate weiihi be determined by the number of revehitiens oi" the pump, else see
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`iiehishi, paragraph {$077}, where pump flew rate is tieterinineri by number etreveintions).
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`Response to Arguments
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`25.
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`Applicant’s amendments have obviated the objections to the drawings, specification, and
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`claims raised in the Office action dated 08/23/2017. Accordingly, they are withdrawn.
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`26.
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`Applicant’s amendments have obviated the rejections under 35 USC 112 raised in the
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`Office action 08/23/2017. Accordingly they are withdrawn.
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`27.
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`Applicant's arguments filed 11/22/2017 have been fully considered but they are not
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`persuasive.
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`28.
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`Applicant has argued, see page 9, paragraph 2, that none of the cited references teach or
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`suggest setting a flow rate of coolant based on outside temperature. Specifically, Applicant has
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`argued, see page 10, paragraph 2, that the Examiner's reasoning is improper insofar as Goenka
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`provides sufficient reasoning to base the coolant threshold temperature on outside temperature.
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`Examiner respectfully disagrees. Goenka discloses that the temperature at which an airstream
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`can be deemed comfortable changes with outside temperature. Kawase as modified by Takamori
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`and Ichishi discloses that coolant temperature effects airstream temperature, i.e., that it is the
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`coolants responsibility to heat the airstream which flows into the passenger compartment.
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`Kawase as modified by Takamori and Ichishi further discloses that heating via the coolant should
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`not be performed unless the coolant is at a threshold temperature. Therefore, one of ordinary skill
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`in the art would recognize that 1) the coolant is responsible for heating the airstream, 2) that the
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`coolant should not be circulated until it has reached the appropriate threshold temperature, i.e.,
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`the temperature at which it can appropriately heat the airstream, and 3) that since the
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`appropriate airstream temperature changes with outside temperature, the appropriate threshold
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`temperature would also change with outside temperature because the coolant is responsible for
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`raising the airstream to the appropriate temperature.
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`29.
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`Applicant has further argued, see page 10, paragraphs 3—5, that comfort temperature is not
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`necessarily based on ambient temperature and that Goenka does not teach that a change of
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`comfort temperature is based on ambient temperature, but that it merely can be based on ambient
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`temperature. While the Examiner recognizes that Goenka teaches that “For example, a heat
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`source can sufficiently heat the passenger airflow when a heater core can transfer enough thermal
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`energy to the airflow for it to be comfortable when directed at or in the vicinity of a vehicle
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`occupant. The airflow may be comfortable when it is about room temperature, equal to or
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`somewhat higher than room temperature, greater than room temperature, or greater than or equal
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`to a suitable threshold temperature. A suitable threshold temperature can be about 70° F., about
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`72° F., about 75° F., room temperature, a temperature that depends on the ambient
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`temperature, or another temperature” (see paragraph [0034]), one of ordinary skill in the art
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`would clearly ascertain from the passage that as ambient temperature changes, the comfort
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`temperature of the airstream may change, thus one of ordinary skill in the art would be apprised
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`of the notion that there is a reasonable expectation that when the ambient temperature changes,
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`the comfort temperature of the airstream changes. Furthermore, one of ordinary skill in the art is
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`not an automaton with a knowledge only limited by the cited references, rather one of ordinary
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`skill in the art also possesses general knowledge drawn from everyday experience, e. g., that a
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`warmer airstream is more comfortable in colder conditions, i.e., if it gets colder outside, the
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`airstream to the passenger compartment should be more heavily warmed. Applicant further states
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`that even if comfort temperature where changed based on ambient temperature, that it is not
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`necessary to change a threshold temperature of a coolant in response to ensure that the coolant’s
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`heat is sufficient to supply airflow at the new temperature, rather other factors such as air flow
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`rate may be changed to adjust the airflow temperature. While airflow rate may be changed to
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`adjust airflow temperature, that does not preclude one of ordinary skill in the art from concluding
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`that the coolant threshold may be changed to effect airflow temperature, because coolant
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`temperature and airflow temperature are inextricably linked, as evidenced by Takamori.
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`30.
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`Applicant has argued, see page 11, paragraph 2, that it would not have been obvious to
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`apply the teachings of Goenka to Kawase because Goenka “fails to explain how the teaching
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`should be applied and further fails to disclose any benefit or advantage related to the teaching
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`that would suggest its application”. However, Goenka states “a heat source can sufficiently heat
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`the passenger airflow when a heater core can transfer enough thermal energy to the airflow for it
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`to be comfortable when directed at or in the vicinity of a vehicle occupant”, thus one of ordinary
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`skill in the art would recognize that Goenka is stating an advantage in paragraph [0034], namely
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`the assurance that a passenger airflow is sufficiently heated. Furthermore, Goenka states that the
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`teaching may be applied in saying "The airflow may be comfortable when it is about room
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`temperature, equal to or somewhat higher than room temperature, greater than room temperature,
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`or greater than or equal to a suitable threshold temperature. A suitable threshold temperature can
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`be about 70° F., about 72° F., about 75° F., room temperature, a temperature that depends on
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`the ambient temperature, or another temperature”, i.e., Goenka states that in order to ensure
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`the airflow is sufficiently heated, a suitable threshold temperature can be defined for the airflow,
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`which may depend on ambient temperature.
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`The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's
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`disclosure. Ahner (US20040026074A1) discloses changing coolant threshold temperature
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`with outdoor temperature, where the threshold temperature is utilized in switching coolant
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`pump operational status.
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