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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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`17/695,340
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`03/15/2022
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`HIROSHI YAHATA
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`P65864
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`1052
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`GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN,P.L.C.
`1950 ROLAND CLARKE PLACE
`RESTON, VA 20191
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`LU, HUA
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`2144
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`06/21/2024
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`ELECTRONIC
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`following e-mail address(es):
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`gbpatent @ gbpatent.com
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`PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`Office Action Summary
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`Application No.
`17/695,340
`Examiner
`HUA LU
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`Applicant(s)
`YAHATAetal.
`Art Unit
`2144
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`AIA (FITF) Status
`Yes
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`DATE OF THIS COMMUNICATION.
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`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, evenif 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 6/3/2024.
`C} A declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/werefiled on
`2a)[¥) This action is FINAL.
`2b) (J This action is non-final.
`3) An election was madeby the applicant in responseto a restriction requirement set forth during the interview
`on
`; the restriction requirement and election have been incorporated into this action.
`4)(2) 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 Exparte Quayle, 1935 C.D. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`Disposition of Claims*
`1-21 is/are pending in the application.
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`Claim(s)
`5a) Of the above claim(s) _ is/are withdrawn from consideration.
`C} Claim(s)__ is/are allowed.
`Claim(s) 1-21 is/are rejected.
`(] Claim(s)__ is/are objectedto.
`C] Claim(s
`are subjectto restriction and/or election requirement
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
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`Application/Control Number: 17/695,340
`Art Unit: 2144
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`Notice of Pre-AlA or AIA Status
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`The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013,
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`is being examined
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`underthefirst inventor to file provisions of the AIA.
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`2.
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`The action is responsive to the communications filed on 6/3/2024. Claims 1-21
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`are pending in the case. Claims 1-2, 4-6, 10, 16 are amended. Claims 20-21 are newly
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`added. Claims 1, 2, 20, 21 are independent claims. Claims 1-21 are rejected.
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`Summary of claims
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`3.
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`Claims 1-21 are pending,
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`Claims 1-2, 4-6, 10, 16 are amended,
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`Claims 20-21 are newly added,
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`Claims 1, 2 and 20, 21 are independent claims,
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`Claims 1-21 are rejected.
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`Remarks
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`4.
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`Applicant's arguments, see Remarks, filed on 6/3/2024, with respect to the
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`double patenting rejection of claims 1-19 have been fully considered and Examiner
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`respectfully withdraws the double patenting rejection.
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`Applicant's arguments, see Remarks, filed on 6/3/2024, with respect to the
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`rejection of claims 1-21 under 103 have beenfully considered and are not persuasive.
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`Applicant argued the cited references including Hardee1, Hardee2 and Contant
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`did not teach the amended featured in claim 1, recited as, “determines, based on at
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`least the first print pattern and the meal duration, a secondprint pattern used fora
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`second printed food to be created forthe user by the food printer to increase a number
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`of chewsor the meal duration for the second printed food relative to the first printed
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`food when the meal duration of the user is less than a predetermined duration.”
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`Examiner respectfully submits that Hardee1 teaches creating 3D printed food item
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`based on the information associated with the consumer (Hardee, Abstract),
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`specifically, the information associated with the consumeris used to modify an existing
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`recipe for the food item so that the printed food item will comply with the preferences of
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`the consumer, for example, the existing may be modified to, for example, reduce the
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`portion size of the food item and/or replace some of the ingredients (Hardee1: [0016]),
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`;
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`customize 3D printed food items are customized based on information associated with
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`the consumers of the food items (Hardee1: [0055]); for example, based on the
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`consumerinformation, the 3D food printer may modify the existing full size hamburger
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`to asmaller hamburger (Hardee1: [0065]-[0066]);
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`that is, based on the consumer’s
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`information, a first printed food may be modified/customized to create a second printed
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`food. Please note modifying/customizing the 3D printed food may be changing the size
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`of the food item, and may be modifying the recipe or ingredients of the food, in order to
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`deal with a particular concern with food preference or specific conditions, the second
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`printed food item could be modified so the chewing time or meal duration is longer.
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`Hardee discloses using sensor to collect user’s information (Hardee1: [0049], [0050)),
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`but Hardee’ does not disclose modify food items based on the detected user behavior,
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`and an analogous art of 3D food printing technology, Hardee2 is cited to teach
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`collecting and analyzing user behavior information including food intake and generating
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`a food additive for the user, food additives can include ingredients with known benefits
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`for the user (Hardee2: [0023]). That is, Hardee1 modified by Hardee2 would generate
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`the second printed food item based on user’s behavior information collected by sensors.
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`Further, Hardee1 and Hardee2 do not clearly disclose detecting acquiring
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`chewing/swallowing information, and Contantis cited to teach collecting and analyzing
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`chewing information and mealinformation, for example, a chewing system that
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`measures the number of time food is chewed (Contant: [0033]), measure the time of the
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`meal (Contant: [0028]), a bite counter, a bite duration timer, a meal duration timer, a
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`mealinterval timer (Contant: [0052]), monitoring the bite duration (Contant: [0053]), the
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`bite counter is configured to keep track of the numberof bites (Contant: [0054]), and,
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`the detected chewing/meal information is compared with thresholds (Contant: [0049],
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`[0051]) and target values (Contant: [0040], [0052], [0053], [0055], [0056], [0057]). That
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`is, the combination of Hardee1, Hardee2 and Contant discloses generating the modified
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`printed food item based on the collected chewing/meal information, and comparing the
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`detected data with the predefined target data.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35
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`U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any
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`correction of the statutory basis for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of
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`rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be
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`the same under either status.
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis forall
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`obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
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`A patent fora claimed invention may notbe obtained, notwithstanding thatthe claimed
`invention is not identically disclosed as set forth in section 102 of this title, if the differences
`between the claimed invention and the prior artare such that the claimed invention as a whole
`would have been obvious before the effectivefiling date of the claimed invention to a person
`having ordinary skillin the art to which the claimed invention pertains. Patentability shall not
`be negated by the manner in whichthe invention was made.
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`The factual inquiries set forth in Graham v. John Deere Co., 383 U.S. 1, 148
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`USPQ 459 (1966), that are applied for establishing a background for determining
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`obviousness under 35 U.S.C. 103 are summarized as follows:
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`1. Determining the scope and contents of the priorart.
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`2. Ascertaining the differences between theprior art and the claims atissue.
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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
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`obviousness or nonobviousness.
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`This application currently namesjoint inventors.
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`In considering patentability of the
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`claims the examiner presumes that the subject matter of the various claims was
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`commonly ownedasof the effective filing date of the claimed invention(s) absent any
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`evidenceto the contrary. Applicant is advised of the obligation under 37 CFR 1.56 to
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`point out the inventor and effectivefiling dates of each claim that was not commonly
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`ownedas of the effectivefiling date of the later invention in order for the examiner to
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`consider the applicability of 35 U.S.C. 102(b)(2)(C) for any potential 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2)
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`prior art against the later invention.
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`4.
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`Claims 1-21 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over
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`Christopher Hardee et al (US Publication 20180116272 A1, hereinafter Hardee1), and
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`in view of Christopher James Hardee et al (US Publication 20170148348 A1, hereinafter
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`Hardee2), and Christine Contant (US Publication 20100240962 A1, hereinafter
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`Contant).
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`As for independent claim 1, Hardee1 discloses: A method for controlling a food
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`printer in a food-material providing system, the food printer creating a first
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`printed food, the first printed food being created by the food printer by using a
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`first print pattern (Hardee1: Abstract, 3D printing a food item by a processor, a request
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`to 3D print a food item is received, information associated with a consumerof the food
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`item is received, the requested food item is 3D printed based on the information
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`associated with the consumerof the food item), the method comprising: [acquiring
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`sensing data relating to chewing/swallowing information of a user via a network
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`from a sensing device associated with the user, wherein the chewing/swallowing
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`information of the user is related to a motion of the user including at least one of
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`chewing or swallowing thefirst printed food by the user whenthe usereats the
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`first printed food; determining based on the chewing/swallowing information of
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`the user, a meal duration associated with eating of the first printed food by the
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`user,] and determining based onat leastthefirst print pattern and the meal
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`duration, a second print pattern used for a second printed food to be created for
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`the user by the food printer to increase a number of chewsor the meal duration
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`for the second printed foodrelative to the first printed food [when the meal
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`duration of the user is less than a predetermined duration] (Hardee1: [0016], the
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`information associated with the consumeris used to modify an existing recipe for the
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`food item so that the printed food item will comply with the preferences of the consumer,
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`for example, the existing may be modified to, for example, reduce the portion size of the
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`food item and/or replace some of the ingredients;
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`[0055], customize 3D printed food
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`items based on information associated with the consumersof the food items; [O065]-
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`[0066], based on the consumerinformation, the 3D food printer may modify the existing
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`full size hamburger to a smaller hamburger; please note based on the consumer's
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`information, a first printed food may be modified/customized to create a second printed
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`food, and note modifying/customizing the 3D printed food may be changing thesize of
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`the food item, and may be modifying the recipe or ingredients of the food, in order to
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`deal with a particular concern with food preference or specific conditions, the second
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`printed food item could be modified so the chewing time or meal duration is longer); and
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`transmitting print control information to the food printer via the network, wherein
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`the print control information is used for causing the food printer to create the
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`second printed food using the determined second print pattern (Hardee1: [0039],
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`computer system/server may be practicedin distributed cloud computing environments
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`where tasks are performed by remote processing devices that are linked through a
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`communications network; [0049], device layer includes physical and/or virtual devices,
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`embedded with and/or standalone electronics, sensors, actuators, and other objects to
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`perform various tasks in a cloud computing environment; [0050], device layer includes
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`sensor, actuator, “learning” the thermostat with integrated processing, sensor, and
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`networking electronics, camera, other possible devices may include 3D food printers,
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`and various additional sensor devices, networking devices, electronics device, and a
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`wide variety of other possible interconnected objects).
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`Hardeei discloses a 3D food printer may modify thefirst printed food item and made
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`the second printed food item based on the associated consumer information (Hardee:
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`[0055], [0065], [O066]) including using sensors to collect user's information, but Hardee‘
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`does not disclose modify food items based on the detected user behavior,
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`in an
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`analogous art of 3D food printing technology, Hardee2 discloses: transmitting print
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`control information to the food printer via the network, wherein the print control
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`information is used for causing the food printer to create the second printed food
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`for the user using the determined secondprint pattern (Hardee2: [0013], the
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`wearable electronic device can identify the behavior of the user; [0021], the processor
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`can send the personalized supplement recommendation to a 3D food printer (e.g., viaa
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`wireless communication device on the processor);
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`Hardee1 and Hardee2 are analogous arts because they are in the same field of
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`endeavor, using 3D food printer to make customized/modified items based on user
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`information. Therefore, it would have been obvious to one with ordinary skill, in the art
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`before the effective filing date of the claimed invention, to modify the invention of
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`Hardeeusing the teachings of Hardee2 to include collecting user behavior information
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`by a wearable device and sensors, and sending the personalized information to the 3D
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`food printer.
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`It would provide Hardee1’s method with enhanced capabilities of making
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`printed food items based on user behavior information so the printed food items satisfy
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`user’s specific needs.
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`Hardee1-Hardee2 does not disclose detecting acquiring chewing/swallowing
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`information, Contant discloses: acquiring sensing data relating to
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`chewing/swallowing information of a user via a network froma sensing device
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`associated with the user, wherein the chewing/swallowing information of the user
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`is related to a motion of the user including at least one of chewing or swallowing
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`the first printed food by the user whenthe usereats thefirst printed food;
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`determining based on the chewing/swallowing information of the user, a meal
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`duration associated with eating of the first printed food by the user (Contant:
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`[0033], a chewing system that measures the numberof time food is chewed; [0028],
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`measure the time of the meal; [0052], a bite counter, a bite duration timer, a meal
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`duration timer, a mealinterval timer; [0053], monitoring the bite duration; [0054], the bite
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`counter is configured to keep track of the numberof bites),
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`... when the meal duration
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`of the useris less than a predetermined duration (Contant: [0052], [0053], [0055],
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`[0056], comparing the detected data with the predetermined target data);
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`Hardee1 and Hardee2 and Contant are analogous arts becausethey are in the same
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`field of endeavor, detecting user’s information in order to modify/personalizing user's
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`food. Therefore, it would have been obvious to one with ordinary skill,
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`in the art before
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`the effective filing date of the claimed invention, to modify the invention of Hardee
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`using the teachings of Contant to include monitoring/measuring user’s intake
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`information including chewing/biting information and meal duration, and comparing the
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`detected data with the predetermined target data.
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`It would provide Hardee1’s method
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`with enhanced capabilities of collecting more user’s intake activity information and
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`determining customized food items to user.
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`As for independent claim 2, Hardee1 discloses: A method for controlling a food
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`printer in a food-material providing system, the food printer creating a first
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`printed food, the first printed food being created by the food printer by using a
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`first print pattern (Hardee1: Abstract, 3D printing a food item by a processor, a request
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`to 3D print a food item is received, information associated with a consumerof the food
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`item is received, the requested food item is 3D printed based on the information
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`associated with the consumerof the food item), the method comprising: [acquiring
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`sensing data relating to chewing/swallowing information of a user via a network
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`from a sensing device associated with the user, wherein the chewing/swallowing
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`information of the user represents a meal duration associated with eating of the
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`first printed food by the user;] determining based on atleastthefirst print pattern
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`and the meal duration, a second print pattern used for a second printed food to
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`be created for the user by the food printer to increase a number of chewsor the
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`meal duration for the second printed food relative to the first printed food [when
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`the meal duration of the user is less than a predetermined duration] (Hardee1:
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`[0016], the information associated with the consumer is used to modify an existing
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`recipe for the food item so that the printed food item will comply with the preferences of
`
`the consumer, for example, the existing may be modified to, for example, reduce the
`
`portion size of the food item and/or replace some of the ingredients;
`
`[0055], customize
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`3D printed food items based oninformation associated with the consumersof the food
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`items; [0065]-[0066], based on the consumerinformation, the 3D food printer may
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`modify the existing full size hamburger to a smaller hamburger; please note based on
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`the consumer’s information, a first printed food may be modified/customized to create a
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`second printed food, and note modifying/customizing the 3D printed food may be
`
`changing the size of the food item, and may be modifying the recipe or ingredients of
`
`the food, in order to deal with a particular concern with food preference or specific
`
`conditions, the second printed food item could be modified so the chewing time or meal
`
`duration is longer); and transmitting print control information to the food printer via
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`the network, wherein the print control information is used for causing the food
`
`printer to create the second printed food for the user using the determined
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`second print pattern (Hardee1: [0039], computer system/server may be practiced in
`
`distributed cloud computing environments where tasks are performed by remote
`
`processing devices that are linked through a communications network; [0049], device
`
`layer includes physical and/or virtual devices, embedded with and/or standalone
`
`electronics, sensors, actuators, and other objects to perform various tasks in a cloud
`
`computing environment; [0050], device layer includes sensor, actuator, “learning” the
`
`thermostat with integrated processing, sensor, and networking electronics, camera,
`
`other possible devices mayinclude 3D food printers, and various additional sensor
`
`devices, networking devices, electronics device, and a wide variety of other possible
`
`interconnected objects).
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`Hardeei discloses a 3D food printer may modify thefirst printed food item and made
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`the second printed food item based on the associated consumer information (Hardee:
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`[0055], [0065], [0066]) including using sensors to collect user’s information, but Hardee‘
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`does not disclose modify food items based on the detected user behavior,
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`in an
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`analogous art of 3D food printing technology, Hardee2 discloses: transmitting print
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`control information to the food printer via the network, wherein the print control
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`information is used for causing the food printer to create the second printed food
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`for the user using the determined secondprint pattern (Hardee2: [0013], the
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`wearable electronic device can identify the behavior of the user; [0021], the processor
`
`can send the personalized supplement recommendation to a 3D food printer (e.g., viaa
`
`wireless communication device on the processor);
`
`Hardee1 and Hardee2 are analogous arts because they are in the same field of
`
`endeavor, using 3D food printer to make customized/modified items based on user
`
`information. Therefore, it would have been obvious to one with ordinary skill,
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`in the art
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`before the effective filing date of the claimed invention, to modify the invention of
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`Hardeeusing the teachings of Hardee2 to include collecting user behavior information
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`by a wearable device and sensors, and sending the personalized information to the 3D
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`food printer.
`
`It would provide Hardee1’s method with enhanced capabilities of making
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`printed food items based on user behavior information so the printed food items satisfy
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`user’s specific needs.
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`Hardee1-Hardee2 does not disclose detecting acquiring chewing/swallowing
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`information, Contant discloses: acquiring sensing data relating to
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`chewing/swallowing information of a user via a network froma sensing device
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`associated with a user, wherein the chewing/swallowing information of the user
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`represents a meal duration associated with eating of the first printed food by the
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`user (Contant: [0033], a chewing system that measures the number of time food is
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`chewed; [0028], measure the time of the meal; [0052], a bite counter, a bite duration
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`timer, a meal duration timer, a meal interval timer; [0053], monitoring the bite duration;
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`[0054], the bite counter is configured to keep track of the numberof bites),
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`... when the
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`meal duration of the useris less than a predetermined duration (Contant: [0052],
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`[0053], [0055], [0056], comparing the detected data with the predetermined target data);
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`Hardeei and Hardee2 and Contant are analogous arts because they are in the same
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`field of endeavor, detecting user’s information in order to modify/personalizing user's
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`food. Therefore, it would have been obvious to one with ordinary skill,
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`in the art before
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`the effective filing date of the claimed invention, to modify the invention of Hardee
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`using the teachings of Contant to include monitoring/measuring user’s intake
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`information including chewing/biting information and meal duration, and comparing the
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`detected data with the predetermined target data.
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`It would provide Hardee1’s method
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`with enhanced capabilities of collecting more user’s intake activity information and
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`determining customized food items to user.
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`As for claim 3, Hardee1-Hardee2-Contant discloses: wherein the meal duration
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`includes a duration of time taken for the user to eat the first printed food (Contant:
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`[0028], measure the time of the meal; [0052], a bite counter, a bite duration timer, a
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`meal duration timer, a mealinterval timer; [0053], monitoring the bite duration; [0054],
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`the bite counter is configured to keep track of the numberofbites) .
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`Asfor claim 4, Hardee1-Hardee2-Contant discloses: wherein the print control
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`information includes a print condition for, when the meal duration of the useris
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`less than the predetermined duration, creating the second printed food that has a
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`smaller mass per unit volume than thefirst printed food (Hardee1: [0016], the
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`information associated with the consumeris used to modify an existing recipe for the
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`food item so that the printed food item will comply with the preferences of the consumer,
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`for example, the existing may be modified to, for example, reduce the portion size of the
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`food item and/or replace some of the ingredients;
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`[0055], customize 3D printed food
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`items based on information associated with the consumersof the food items; [0065]-
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`[0066], based on the consumerinformation, the 3D food printer may modify the existing
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`full size hamburger to a smaller hamburger; please note the full size hamburger may be
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`a first printed food, and based on the consumerinformation, the 3D food printer
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`modified and made a second printed food, which is smaller in size; Contant: [0028],
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`measure the time of the meal; [0050], fora duration of less than a threshold; [0052], a
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`bite counter, a bite duration timer, a meal duration timer, a meal interval timer; [0053],
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`monitoring the bite duration; [0054], the bite counter is configured to keep track of the
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`numberof bites; [0055]-[0056], predetermined target data).
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`As for claim 5, Hardee1-Hardee2-Contant discloses: wherein whenthefirst printed
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`food includes a plurality of chunks of food inafirst bite size of less than or equal
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`to 15 cubic centimeters, and the meal duration of the useris less than the
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`predetermined duration (Contant: [0028], measure the time of the meal; [0050], for a
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`duration of less than a threshold), the print control information includes a print
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`condition for creating the second printed food that includes a secondplurality of
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`chunksof food inabite size of less than or equal to 15 cubic centimeters and that
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`has a second mean volumethatis less than a first mean volumeof the first
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`plurality of chunks of food in thefirst bite size included in the first printed food
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`(Hardee1: [0016], the information associated with the consumeris used to modify an
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`existing recipe for the food item so that the printed food item will comply with the
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`preferences of the consumer, for example, the existing may be modified to, for example,
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`reducethe portion size of the food item and/or replace some of the ingredients; [0055],
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`customize 3D printed food items based on information associated with the consumers of
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`the food items; [0065]-[0066], based on the consumerinformation, the 3D foodprinter
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`may modify the existing full size hamburger to a smaller hamburger; please note the full
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`size hamburger maybeafirst printed food, and based on the consumerinformation, the
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`3D food printer modified and made a second printed food, which is smaller in size).
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`As for claim 6, Hardee1-Hardee2-Contant discloses: wherein the print control
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`information includes a print condition for, when the meal duration of the useris
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`less than the predetermined duration (Contant: [0028], measure the time of the meal;
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`[0050], for a duration of less than a threshold), creating the second printed food that
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`has a greater volume of a hard portion than thefirst printed food, wherein the
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`hard portion has a hardness greater than or equal to a predetermined hardness
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`(Hardee1: [0016], the information associated with the consumeris used to modify an
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`existing recipe for the food item so that the printed food item will comply with the
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`preferences of the consumer, for example, the existing may be modified to, for example,
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`reducethe portion size of the food item and/or replace some of the ingredients; [0055],
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`customize 3D printed food items based on information associated with the consumers of
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`the food items; [0065]-[0066], based on the consumerinformation, the 3D foodprinter
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`may modify the existing full size hamburger to a smaller hamburger; please note the full
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`size hamburger maybeafirst printed food, and based on the consumerinformation, the
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`3D food printer modified and made a second printed food, which is smaller in size,
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`similarly, the hardness of the food may be modified based on the consumer
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`information).
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`Asfor claim 7, Hardee1-Hardee2-Contant discloses: wherein the sensing device
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`includes an acceleration sensor (Hardee2: [0013], accelerometer; Contant: [0045],
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`the motion sensor may be based on sensing technologies including but not limited to
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`accelerometer), and the chewing/swallowing information includes acceleration
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`information that represents an acceleration detected by the acceleration sensor
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`(Hardee2: [0013], accelerometer; Contant: [0045], the motion sensor may be based on
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`sensing technologies including but notlimited to accelerometer).
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`Asfor claim 8, Hardee1-Hardee2-Contant discloses: wherein the sensing device
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`includes a distance sensor, and the chewing/swallowing information includes
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`distance information that is detected by the distance sensor and that represents a
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`distance to a skin (Hardee2: [0011]: the wearable electronic device can measure the
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`user’s movements, duration of the movements, intensity of the movements; Contant:
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`[0045], motion sensor sense the intake and activity).
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`Asfor claim 9, Hardee1-Hardee2-Contant discloses: wherein the sensing device
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`detects an electromyographic potential, and the meal duration is determined
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`based on the detected electromyographic potential (Contant: [0045], motion sensor
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`sense the intake and activity).
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`As forclaim 10, Hardee1-Hardee2-Contant discloses: wherein the sensing device
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`detects chewing sound, and the meal duration is determined based on the
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`detected chewing sound (Contant: [0045], motion sensor sense the intake and
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`activity).
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`Asfor claim 11, Hardee1-Hardee2-Contant discloses: wherein the sensing device
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`includes a camera, and the meal duration of the user is determined based on a
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`result of image recognition performed by using an image obtained with the
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`camera (Hardee1: [0050], camera).
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`Asfor claim 12, Hardee1-Hardee2-Contant discloses: wherein the sensing device is
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`installed on an autonomous device that performs sensing on the user (Hardee2:
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`Abstract, receiving input from a sensor of a wearable electronic device of the user).
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`Asfor claim 13, Hardee1-Hardee2-Contant disclo