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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`Address: COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS
`PO. Box 1450
`Alexandria, Virginia 2231371450
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`16/074,670
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`08/01/2018
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`Yoshinori ISHIDA
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`20296.0119USWO
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`1499
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`HAMRE, SCHUMANN, MUELLER & LARSON RC.
`45 South Seventh Street
`Suite 2700
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`MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55402-1683
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`BABAA' NAELN
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`ART UNIT
`3763
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`12/02/2019
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`ELECTRONIC
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`Please find below and/or attached an Office communication concerning this application or proceeding.
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`The time period for reply, if any, is set in the attached communication.
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`Notice of the Office communication was sent electronically on above—indicated "Notification Date" to the
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`following e—mail address(es):
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`PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`0/7709 A0170” Summary
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`Application No.
`16/074,670
`Examiner
`NAEL N BABAA
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`Applicant(s)
`ISHIDA etal.
`Art Unit
`3763
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`AIA (FITF) Status
`Yes
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`DATE OF THIS COMMUNICATION.
`Extensions of time may be available under the provisions of 37 CFR 1.136(a). In no event, however, may a reply be timely filed after SIX (6) MONTHS from the mailing
`date of this communication.
`|f NO period for reply is specified above, the maximum statutory period will apply and will expire SIX (6) MONTHS from the mailing date of this communication.
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`- Failure to reply within the set or extended period for reply will, by statute, cause the application to become ABANDONED (35 U.S.C. § 133).
`Any reply received by the Office later than three months after the mailing date of this communication, even if timely filed, may reduce any earned patent term
`adjustment. See 37 CFR 1.704(b).
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`Status
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`1). Responsive to communication(s) filed on 8/1/2018.
`CI A declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/were filed on
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`2a)[:] This action is FINAL.
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`This action is non-final.
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`3)[:] An election was made by the applicant in response to a restriction requirement set forth during the interview
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`4):] Since this application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
`closed in accordance with the practice under Expade Quay/e, 1935 CD. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`Disposition of Claims*
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`is/are allowed.
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`Application Papers
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`10)|:l The specification is objected to by the Examiner.
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`11). The drawing(s) filed on 8/1/2018 is/are: a). accepted or b)[:] objected to by the Examiner.
`Applicant may not request that any objection to the drawing(s) be held in abeyance. See 37 CFR 1.85(a).
`Replacement drawing sheet(s) including the correction is required if the drawing(s) is objected to. See 37 CFR 1.121 (d).
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
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`12). Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
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`2C] Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No.
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`Application/Control Number: 16/074,670
`Art Unit: 3763
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
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`The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first
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`inventor to file provisions of the AIA.
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`Priority
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`Acknowledgment is made of applicant’s claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. 119 (a)-(d).
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`Information Disclosure Statement
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`The information disclosure statement (IDS) submitted on 8/1/2018, 1/25/2019, 7/15/2019 was
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`filed on or after the mailing date of the application. The submission is in compliance with the provisions
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`of 37 CFR 1.97. Accordingly, the information disclosure statement is being considered by the examiner.
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`Claim Interpretation
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112(f):
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`(f) Element in Claim for a Combination. — An element in a claim for a combination may be expressed as
`a means or step for performing a specified function without the recital of structure, material, or acts
`in support thereof, and such claim shall be construed to cover the corresponding structure, material,
`or acts described in the specification and equivalents thereof.
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`The following is a quotation of pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, sixth paragraph:
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`An element in a claim for a combination may be expressed as a means or step for performing a
`specified function without the recital of structure, material, or acts in support thereof, and such claim
`shall be construed to cover the corresponding structure, material, or acts described in the
`specification and equivalents thereof.
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`This application includes one or more claim limitations that do not use the word ”means,” but
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`are nonetheless being interpreted under 35 U.S.C. 112(f) or pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, sixth paragraph,
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`because the claim limitation(s) uses a generic placeholder that is coupled with functional language
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`without reciting sufficient structure to perform the recited function and the generic placeholder is not
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`preceded by a structural modifier. Such claim limitation(s) is/are:
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`Electromotive element in claim 1;
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`Because this/these claim limitation(s) is/are being interpreted under 35 U.S.C. 112(f) or pre-AIA
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`35 U.S.C. 112, sixth paragraph, it/they is/are being interpreted to cover the corresponding structure
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`described in the specification as performing the claimed function, and equivalents thereof.
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`If applicant does not intend to have this/these limitation(s) interpreted under 35 U.S.C. 112(f) or
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`pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, sixth paragraph, applicant may:
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`(1) amend the claim limitation(s) to avoid it/them
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`being interpreted under 35 U.S.C. 112(f) or pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, sixth paragraph (e.g., by reciting
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`sufficient structure to perform the claimed function); or (2) present a sufficient showing that the claim
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`limitation(s) recite(s) sufficient structure to perform the claimed function so as to avoid it/them being
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`interpreted under 35 U.S.C. 112(f) or pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, sixth paragraph.
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`The claims in this application are given their broadest reasonable interpretation using the plain
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`meaning of the claim language in light of the specification as it would be understood by one of ordinary
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`skill in the art. The broadest reasonable interpretation of a claim element (also commonly referred to as
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`a claim limitation) is limited by the description in the specification when 35 U.S.C. 112(f) or pre-AIA 35
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`U.S.C. 112, sixth paragraph, is invoked.
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`As explained in MPEP § 2181, subsection I, claim limitations that meet the following three-prong
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`test will be interpreted under 35 U.S.C. 112(f) or pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, sixth paragraph:
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`(A)
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`the claim limitation uses the term ”means” or ”step” or a term used as a substitute for ”means”
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`that is a generic placeholder (also called a nonce term or a non-structural term having no
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`specific structural meaning) for performing the claimed function;
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`(B)
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`the term ”means” or ”step” or the generic placeholder is modified by functional language,
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`typically, but not always linked by the transition word ”for” (e.g., ”means for”) or another linking
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`word or phrase, such as ”configured to” or ”so that”; and
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`(C)
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`the term ”means” or ”step” or the generic placeholder is not modified by sufficient structure,
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`material, or acts for performing the claimed function.
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`Use of the word ”means” (or ”step”) in a claim with functional language creates a rebuttable
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`presumption that the claim limitation is to be treated in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 112(f) or pre-AIA 35
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`U.S.C. 112, sixth paragraph. The presumption that the claim limitation is interpreted under 35 U.S.C.
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`112(f) or pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, sixth paragraph, is rebutted when the claim limitation recites sufficient
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`structure, material, or acts to entirely perform the recited function.
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`Absence of the word ”means” (or ”step”) in a claim creates a rebuttable presumption that the
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`claim limitation is not to be treated in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 112(f) or pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, sixth
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`paragraph. The presumption that the claim limitation is not interpreted under 35 U.S.C. 112(f) or pre-
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`AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, sixth paragraph, is rebutted when the claim limitation recites function without
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`reciting sufficient structure, material or acts to entirely perform the recited function.
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`Claim limitations in this application that use the word ”means” (or ”step”) are being interpreted
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`under 35 U.S.C. 112(f) or pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, sixth paragraph, except as otherwise indicated in an
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`Office action. Conversely, claim limitations in this application that do not use the word ”means” (or
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`”step”) are not being interpreted under 35 U.S.C. 112(f) or pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, sixth paragraph,
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`except as otherwise indicated in an Office action.
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`After reviewing the specification, the electromotive element is configured by a stator and a
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`rotor (paragraph [0022]).
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
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`112 2”” Statement
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112(b):
`(b) CONCLUSION—The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out
`and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor regards as the
`invention.
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA), second paragraph:
`The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly
`claiming the subject matter which the applicant regards as his invention.
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`Claim 4 is 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
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`inventor or a joint inventor, or for pre-AIA the applicant regards as the invention.
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`Regarding claim 4, the claim recites " wherein an additive amount of the fullerene is less than or
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`equal to a saturating amount of dissolution with respect to the freezer oi which renders the claim
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`indefinite as it is unclear what is meant by ”a saturating amount of dissolution” and constitutes a
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`saturating amount of fullerene. For the purposes of examination, the Examiner will interpret the claim
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`to mean an optimal amount of fullerene is added, as paragraph [0103] notes that coefficients of friction
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`are the smallest in the case of a saturated solution.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all obviousness rejections
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`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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`The factual inquiries set forth in Graham v. John Deere C0,, 383 U.S. 1, 148 USPQ 459 (1966),
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`that are applied for establishing a background for determining obviousness under 35 U.S.C. 103 are
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`summarized as follows:
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`1. Determining the scope and contents of the prior art.
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`2. Ascertaining the differences between the prior art and the claims at issue.
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`3. Resolving the level of ordinary skill in the pertinent art.
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`4. Considering objective evidence present in the application indicating obviousness or
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`nonobviousness.
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`This application currently names joint inventors. In considering patentability of the claims the
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`examiner presumes that the subject matter of the various claims was commonly owned as of the
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`effective filing date of the claimed invention(s) absent any evidence to the contrary. Applicant is advised
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`of the obligation under 37 CFR 1.56 to point out the inventor and effective filing dates of each claim that
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`was not commonly owned as of the effective filing date of the later invention in order for the examiner
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`to consider the applicability of 35 U.S.C. 102(b)(2)(C) for any potential 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) prior art
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`against the later invention.
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`Claim 1-3, 5, 7-9 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over lshida (US
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`2013/0167580) in view of lwanami (US 2006/0001002 — provided by Applicant in the IDS dated
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`8/1/2018).
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`Regarding claim 1, lshida teaches a refrigerant compressor (see Title) comprising:
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`an electromotive element (102, Fig. 2, see paragraph [0053]); and
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`a compression element (at least the assembly of the piston 109, shaft 104, Fig. 2, see paragraph
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`[0053]) that is driven by the electromotive element (see paragraph [0053] which notes the motor 102
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`drives the compressor 120), includes a slider (110, Fig. 2, see paragraph [0059]), and compresses a
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`refrigerant (see paragraph [0011]).
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`lshida does not teach wherein a freezer oil that lubricates the slider is added with a fullerene
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`having a diameter that ranges from 100 pm to 10 nm.
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`lwanami teaches a refrigerating cycle (lwanami, Title) that features a compressor (Inawami, 1,
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`paragraph [0043]) which has a sliding portion that is lubricated by a refrigerating oil (see Inawami,
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`paragraph [0047]), wherein the refrigerating oil contains a fullerene that has a cross section of several
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`hundred pm to 100 nm (lwanami, paragraph [0048]).
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art, prior to the effective filing date, to
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`provide lshida with the teaching of oil that has a fullerene having a diameter of 100pm to 10nm, as
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`taught by lwanami, in order to decrease the coefficient of friction on the slider (lwanami, Abstract).
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`Regarding claim 2, lshida as modified teaches the refrigerant compressor according to claim 1,
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`wherein the fullerene is:
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`one of a C60 fullerene (see lwanami, paragraph [0048]; where the limitations appear to be
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`claimed in the alternative),
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`a C70fullerene, and a higher-orderfullerene including a larger number of carbons than a
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`number of carbons of the C70 fullerene; or a mixed fullerene obtained by mixing at least two of the C60
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`fullerene, the C70 fullerene, and the higher-orderfullerene.
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`Regarding claim 3, Ishida as modified teaches the refrigerant compressor according to claim 1,
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`wherein a shape of the fullerene is spherical or elliptic (see lwanami, paragraph [0048]; where the
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`limitations appear to be claimed in the alternative).
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`Regarding claim 5, Ishida as modified teaches the refrigerant compressor according to claim 1,
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`wherein the refrigerant compressed by the compression element is a hydrofluorocarbon (HFC)
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`refrigerant or a mixed refrigerant including the HFC refrigerant (see Ishida, paragraph [0006]; where the
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`limitations appear to be claimed in the alternative), and
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`the freezer oil is:
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`one of ester oil, alkylbenzene oil, polyvinyl ether, and polyalkylene glycol; or mixed oil of at
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`least two of the ester oil, the alkylbenzene oil, the polyvinyl ether, and the polyalkylene glycol (Ishida,
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`paragraph [0006]; where the limitations appear to be claimed in the alternative).
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`Regarding claim 7, Ishida as modified teaches the refrigerant compressor according to claim 1,
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`wherein the refrigerant compressed by the compression element is a hydrofluoroolefin (HFO)
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`refrigerant or a mixed refrigerant including the HFO refrigerant (see Ishida, paragraph [0054]; where the
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`limitations appear to be claimed in the alternative), and
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`the freezer oil is: one of ester oil, alkylbenzene oil, polyvinyl ether, and polyalkylene glycol; or
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`mixed oil of at least two of the ester oil, the alkylbenzene oil, the polyvinyl ether, and the polyalkylene
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`glycol (|shida, paragraph [0006]which notes using polyol ester or polyvinyl ether; where the limitations
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`appear to be claimed in the alternative).
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`Regarding claim 8, |shida as modified teaches the refrigerant compressor according to claim 1,
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`wherein the electromotive element is configured to be driven by an inverter at a plurality of operation
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`frequencies (see |shida, paragraph [0058]).
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`Regarding claim 9, |shida as modified teaches the refrigerant compressor according to claim 1,
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`wherein the compression element includes:
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`a crankshaft that includes a main shaft (|shida, 4, Fig. 7, see paragraph [0005]);
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`a cylinder block that includes a bearing (|shida, 8, see paragraph [0005]) that rotatably supports
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`the main shaft, the cylinder block forming a bore (|shida, 6, Fig. 7, see paragraph [0005]); and
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`a piston that is loosely fitted into the bore (|shida, 9, Fig. 7, see paragraph [0005]), and
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`the slider (|wanami, 16, 14, Fig. 3, see paragraph [0046]) is formed at least between the main
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`shaft (|wanami, 13, Fig. 3, see paragraph [0045]) and the bearing and between the piston and the bore
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`(|wanami, 15, Fig. 3, see paragraph [0046] which shows the slider being formed between the shaft and
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`the piston).
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`Claim 4 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over |shida in view of lwanami,
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`as applied to claim 1, further in view of Hwang (US 2008/0265203).
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`Regarding claim 4, |shida as modified teaches the refrigerant compressor according to claim 1,
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`but does not teach an additive amount of the fullerene is less than or equal to a saturating amount of
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`dissolution with respect to the freezer oil. However, per the 112b rejection of the claim above, the
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`Examiner is taking the interpretation that the saturating amount of dissolution is referring to an optimal
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`amount of fullerene being added to the oil.
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`Hwang teaches a compressor (Hwang, Title) that teaches adding a fullerene by weight of below
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`1.0% into an oil an optimal performance can be realized (see Hwang, paragraph [0014]). Therefore, it
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`would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art, prior to the effective filing date, to provide
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`|shida as modified, with teachings of Hwang regarding adding a specific amount of fullerene to oil in
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`order to achieve an optimal performance, as the resultant in oil would operate optimally and thereby
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`increase the performance of the refrigerating cycle as a whole as the compressor is operating optimally
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`(see Hwang, paragraph [0015]).
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`Claim 6 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over |shida in view of lwanami,
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`as applied to claim 1, further in view of lwata (US 2009/0136375).
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`Regarding claim 6, |shida as modified teaches the refrigerant compressor according to claim 1,
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`the freezer oil is:
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`one of mineral oil, ester oil, alkylbenzene oil, polyvinyl ether, and polyalkylene glycol; or mixed
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`oil of at least two of the mineral oil, the ester oil, the alkylbenzene oil, the polyvinyl ether, and the
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`polyalkylene glycol (|shida, paragraph [0006]which notes using polyol ester or polyvinyl ether, where the
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`limitations appear to be claimed in the alternative).
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`|shida as modified does not teach wherein the refrigerant compressed by the compression
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`element is:
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`one natural refrigerant of R600a, R290, and R744; or a mixed refrigerant that includes at least
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`one of the R600a, the R290, and the R744.
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`Iwata teaches a refrigerant compressor (Iwata, Title) that uses R600a as the refrigerant (see
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`Iwata, paragraph [0051]).
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art, prior to the effective filing date, to
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`provide |shida as modified with the use of R600a as the refrigerant as taught by Iwata, as it would be
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`obvious to one of ordinary skill to try the use of this refrigerant in order to assess how it effects the
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`efficiency of the compressor.
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`Claim 10 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over |shida in view of lwanami,
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`as applied to claim 1, further in view of ltsuki (US 2006/0137386).
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`Regarding claim 10, |shida as modified teaches a freezing apparatus (see |shida, paragraph
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`[0104]) comprising: the refrigerant compressor according to claim 1 (see the rejection of claim 1 above).
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`|shida as modified does not teach a refrigerant circuit, wherein the refrigerant compressor, a
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`radiator, a decompressor, and a heat absorber are annularly connected to each other by piping.
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`ltsuki teaches a refrigerating apparatus that has a freezer (see ltsuki, paragraph [0004] with a
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`compressor, radiator, decompressor and heat absorber connected by piping (ltsuki, paragraphs [0034]
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`and [0036] further see Fig. 4).
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art, prior to the effective filing date, to
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`provide |shida as modified with the particulars of the freezing apparatus, as taught by ltsuki, as |shida as
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`modified teaches the compressor of claim 1 can be used in a freezer but only lacks the structural
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`components thereof, and ltsuki teaches that these components are known in the art.
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`Conclusion
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`/LARRY L FURDGE/
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`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3763
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`/NAEL N BABAA/
`Examiner, Art Unit 3763
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