`Examiner: E. F. Landrum
`Art Unit: 3724
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`REMARKS
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`Reconsideration of the pending application is respectfully requested on the basis of
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`the following particulars:
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`In the claims
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`Claim 1 is amended to further recite a restriction unit for restricting pivoting of the
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`head portion is provided in the main body. Support is found at least at page 17 of the
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`is amended to remove the feature wherein a
`original specification. Further, claim 1
`direction of a pivoting axis of the head portion is substantially perpendicular to the body
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`surface when the head portion is placed in a cutting position proximate to the body
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`surface.
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`Also, new claims 7—10 are added. Support for the new claims is found at least at
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`pages 17-20 of the specification.
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`Rejection of claims 1 and 3-6 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph
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`Claims 1 and 3—6 presently stand rejected as being indefinite.
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`In particular, the
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`examiner asserts that it is not understood how the body surface can be used to define the
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`relationship of the pivoting axis with the rest of the personal trimming system.
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`By the present amendment, the feature of claim 1 relating to relationship of the
`pivoting axis and the body surface has been cancelled from claim 1.
`In View of the
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`amendment, withdrawal of this rejection is requested.
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`Rejection of claims 1-6
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`Claims 1, 4, and 5 presently stand rejected as being anticipated by Siegler (US.
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`5,261,162), and claim 3 is rejected as being unpatentable over Siegler. Further, claim 6 is
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`rejected as being unpatentable over Siegler in View of Lonnecker (US. 4,651,420). These
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`rejections are respectfully traversed for at least the following reasons.
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`Application No.2 11/133,373
`Examiner: E. F. Landrum
`Art Unit: 3724
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`The present invention as defined in the amended claim 1 is directed to a personal
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`trimming system for trimming hair from a body surface including an elongated main body
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`having a motor and a part of a driving unit for converting a rotation of the motor into a
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`reciprocating motion, the elongated main body having a lengthwise dimension that defines
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`a length direction of the trimming system; and an elongated head portion extending from
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`an end of said main body generally along said length direction, the head portion having a
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`driven member reciprocating generally along said length direction, wherein the head
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`portion is pivotably supported with respect to the main body, and a gap is provided
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`between the main body and a step formed on a boundary between an upper portion of the
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`head portion and a lower portion of the head portion. Further, a restriction unit for
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`restricting pivoting of the head portion is provided in the main body.
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`It is respectfully submitted that neither Siegler nor Lonnecker disclose or suggest a
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`restriction unit for restricting pivoting of the head portion provided in the main body.
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`Accordingly, these references, both individually and in any combination, fail to disclose or
`suggest each and every element set forth in claim 1, and therefore claim 1 and claims 2-10
`which depend from claim 1 are allowable over the cited references. Applicant respectfully
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`requests withdrawal of the rejection.
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`New claims 7-10
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`New claims 7-10 are added. Claims 7—10 recite material which is novel and non-
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`obvious in view of the prior art of record, and it is therefore respectfully submitted that
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`claims 7—10 are fully patentable over all the references of record.
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`Conclusion
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`In view of the amendments to the claims, and in further View of the foregoing
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`remarks,
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`it is respectfully submitted that the application is in condition for allowance.
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`Accordingly, it is requested that claims 1 and 3-10 be allowed and the application be
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`passed to issue.
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`Application No.: 11/133,373
`Examiner: E. F. Landrum
`Art Unit: 3724
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`If any issues
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`remain that may be resolved by a telephone or
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`facsimile
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`communication with the Applicant’s attorney,
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`the Examiner is invited to contact
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`the
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`undersigned at the numbers shown.
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`.BACON & THOMAS, PLLC
`625 Slaters Lane, Fourth Floor
`Alexandria, Virginia 22314—1176
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Phone: (703) 683—0500 W/
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`JO
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`Date: February 19, 2008
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`R. SCH
`Attorney for Applicant
`Registration No. 47,921
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