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`Introduction
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`REMARKS
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`Claims 1, 2, 7, 8 and 21 are pending, of which claim 1 is independent.
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`Claim 1 has been amendedto correct informalities in the claim language and to more
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`clearly define the present subject matter. Claims 6, 17, 19 and 20 have been cancelled and new
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`claim 21 has been added. The amendments and the new claimsare supported by, for example,
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`FIGS. 10 and 11 and the corresponding description thereof in the specification. No new matter
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`has been added.
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`Entry of various comments regarding the claims and/ortheart, in the Office Action,
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`should not be construed as any acquiescence or agreement by Applicants with the stated
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`reasoning, regardless of whether or not these remarks specifically address any particular
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`commentfrom the Office Action.
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`Reconsideration of this application for allowance ofall pending claims is hereby
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`respectfully requested in view of the claim amendment and the following remarks.
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`Objection
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`The drawingsand the specification were objected to. Applicant submits that the
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`amendments madeto the specification and the drawings overcomethe objection.
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`Patentability under 35 U.S.C. § 103
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`Claims 1, 2, 6-8, 17 and 19 were rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
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`over Kobayashi (JP 2004-208770) in view of Jung (US 2009/0260650) and further in view of Yu
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`(US 2016/0120283). Without conceding any correctness of the rejections, Applicant traverses
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`Application No.: 17/001,041
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`these rejections for at least the following reasons.
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`At a minimum,noneofthe cited references disclose or suggest the claimed first pivot
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`mechanism asrecited by claim 1.
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`Assuch, claim 1 andall claims dependent thereon are patentable overthe cited references.
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`CONCLUSION
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`Having fully responded to all matters raised in the Office Action, Applicant submits that
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`all claims are in condition for allowance, an indication for whichis respectfully solicited. If
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`there are any outstanding issues that might be resolved by an interview or an Examiner’s
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`amendment, the Examineris requested to call Applicant’s attorney at the telephone number
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`shownbelow.
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`To the extent necessary, a petition for an extension of time under 37 C.F.R. 1.136 is
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`hereby made. Please charge any shortage in fees due in connection with the filing of this paper,
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