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`12/300,707
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`01/09/2009
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`SatOShi Okuda
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`080458
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`03/19/2015
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`Application/Control Number: 12/300,707
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`Art Unit: 3744
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`Page 2
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`The present application is being examined under the pre-AIA first to invent provisions.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`The following is a quotation of pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) which forms the basis for all obviousness
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`rejections set forth in this Office action:
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`(a) A patent may not be obtained though the invention is not identically disclosed or described
`as set forth in section 102 of this title, if the differences between the subject matter sought to
`be patented and the prior art are such that the subject matter as a whole would have been
`obvious at the time the invention was made to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which
`said subject matter pertains. Patentability shall not be negatived by the manner in which the
`invention was made.
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`The factual inquiries set forth in Graham v. John Deere Co., 383 U.S. 1, 148 USPQ 459 (1966),
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`that are applied for establishing a background for determining obviousness under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C.
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`103(a) are 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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`Claims 9-17 are rejected under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over Tamaoki et
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`al (EP 0911591, herein referred to as “Tamaoki”), in view of Case et al. (US Pat. No. 3,257,820, herein
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`referred to as “Case”), in view of Patel et al. (US Pub. No. 2003/0147216, herein referred to as “Patel”),
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`and further, in view of Peterson (US Pat. No. 3,055,972).
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`Regarding claim 9, Tamaoki discloses a refrigeration apparatus comprising:
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`a refrigerant circuit (Para [0017], Lines 1-3) comprising at least a compressor (17) (Figure 7), and
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`an evaporator (20) (Fig. 5);
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`an insulating box body (i.e. outermost walls of refrigerator seen in figs. 4-7) having a storage
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`chamber (15) (Fig.
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`6) cooled to a low temperature by the evaporator (i.e. ultra low temperature) (Para
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`[0009], Lines 57);
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`Application/Control Number: 12/300,707
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`Art Unit: 3744
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`Page 3
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`a door (8) (fig. 4) openably closing an opening of the storage chamber (implicit); and
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`a mechanical chamber (i.e. machine house 14) (Fig. 7) which is constituted by the side of the
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`insulating box body, and in which the compressor (17) (Fig. 7) is installed.
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`Tamaoki fails to explicitly disclose a panel openably closing an opening of the mechanical
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`chamber (14), and a measurement hole to be in communication with the storage chamber (15).
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`Case, however, discloses a cold storage container comprising a mechanical chamber (chamber
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`between walls 11 and 15 is analogous to Tamaoki’s mechanical chamber because it is a chamber that
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`encloses the equipment used to generate refrigeration/cooling for the storage compartment; see Case
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`col. 3,
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`lns. 5-11 & fig. 1)
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`that includes a panel
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`(21)
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`(fig. 1) which openably closes an opening (top
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`opening) of the mechanical chamber, a measurement hole (60) (fig. 1) communicating with the inside of
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`the storage chamber (i.e. between walls 11 and 16), wherein the measurement hole (60) is in a side wall
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`(wall 11) (fig. 1) of an insulating box body (10) (fig. 1) on a side of the mechanical chamber. Additionally,
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`Case discloses a door (20) that opens/closes the storage chamber (i.e. larger compartment beside the
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`mechanical chamber) (see fig. 1).
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`Therefore it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill
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`in the art at the time the invention
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`was made to modify the Tamaoki mechanical chamber (14) to include a measuring hole communicating
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`with the inside of the storage chamber, as taught by Case, in order to create a refrigerating apparatus that
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`reduces human error by controlling the temperature using temperature sensors which communicate with
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`the mechanical equipment inside of the mechanical chamber via the measurement hole.
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`Tamaoki, as modified, fails to disclose that the mechanical chamber (14) is divided into a lower
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`and an upper mechanical chamber, wherein the compressor is installed in the lower mechanical chamber
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`wherein the lower mechanical chamber and the upper mechanical chamber are separate enclosures
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`when the panel
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`is closed. However, Tamaoki does teach that the compressor is installed in a lower
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`portion of the mechanical chamber.
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`Patel, however, discloses a chamber, that includes an upper chamber and a lower chamber
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`(divided by shelf 22 — see fig. 1), wherein the mechanical equipment (such as 18b, 12b) is installed in the
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`lower chamber.
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`Art Unit: 3744
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`Page 4
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`Therefore, it would have been obvious to a person having ordinary skill in the art at the time the
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`invention was made to divide the mechanical chamber (14) of Tamaoki to comprise an upper and lower
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`mechanical chamber wherein the lower mechanical chamber and the upper mechanical chamber are
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`separate enclosures when the panel is closed, wherein the compressor (analogous to the mechanical
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`equipment 18b, 12b of Patel) is installed in the lower mechanical chamber, as taught by Patel, for the
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`purpose of providing support (as taught by shelf 22 of Patel
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`- see fig. 1)
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`for the computer/controls
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`equipment (i.e. computer equipment seen on the upper half of the machine chamber in fig. 4 of Tamaoki).
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`Tamaoki, as modified, fails to disclose a plug for closing the measurement hole in a temperature
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`insulating manner, wherein the plug is configured to be inserted into and removed from the measurement
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`hole in a state wherein the door is closed and the panel is open.
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`Peterson (see fig. 1), however, teaches a plug (15) that is used to cover a hole (3) of a partition
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`(4). Peterson teaches that the plug (15) covers a hole used as a run for an insulated (19) electric cable
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`(16).
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`It is worth noting that the plug of Peterson is removable in a parallel direction to the electric cable
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`(16) via mating threads between a counter bore (9) and a sleeve (14). Therefore,
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`it would have been
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`obvious to a person having ordinary skill
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`in the art at the time the invention was made to modify the
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`measuring hole (60) of Tamaoki (as modified by Case) to include a plug removable in a parallel direction
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`to the electrical cable's direction, as taught by Peterson, for the purpose of providing "an improved
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`packing and sealing for electric cables where they are subject to substantial variations in temperature,
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`which when adjusted and assembled will effect a fluid tight engagement with a housing or casing and a
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`cable periphery, and prevent leakage or movement of moisture along the cable (see col. 1, lines 41 -52).
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`The modification of Peterson results in that the plug is configured to be inserted and removed from the
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`measurement hole in a state wherein the door is closed and the panel is open since the plug of Peterson
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`is removable in a direction parallel to the direction in which the electrical cable extends, and hence the
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`plug of Peterson may be removed/inserted in a state when the door is closed (door of the storage
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`chamber, for example door 20 of Case - see fig. 1) and the panel (pane of mechanical chamber, for
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`example panel 21 of Case - see fig. 1) is open.
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`Art Unit: 3744
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`Regarding claims 10 and 13, Tamaoki discloses a refrigeration apparatus comprising:
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`a high-temperature-side refrigerant circuit and a low-temperature-side refrigerant circuit (see
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`abstract; low temperature circuit and high temperature circuit) each comprising at least an independent
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`refrigerant closed circuit (implied from compressors 17, 18) (fig. 2) in which a refrigerant discharged from
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`a compressor is condensed and then evaporated to exert a cooling function (implied from a vapor-
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`compression system), an evaporator of the high-temperature-side refrigerant circuit and a condenser of
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`the low-temperature-side refrigerant circuit constituting a cascade heat exchanger (i.e. an implied feature
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`stated as cascade-connecting, see Abstract), an evaporator of the low-temperature-side refrigerant circuit
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`being configured to cool a storage chamber (inside of freezer 1) constituted in an insulated box body (1)
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`(fig. 2) to a low temperature (Abstract; ultra/ow—temperature),
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`the refrigeration apparatus further comprising:
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`a door (8) (fig. 4) openably closing an opening of the storage chamber; and
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`a mechanical chamber (14) (fig. 2) which is abutting a side (i.e. element 14 as seen in fig. 2 below
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`the storage body or as alternatively seen in a horizontal orientation in figs. 4, 5 and 8) of the insulating
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`box body (1) and in which the compressor (17, 18) is installed.
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`Tamaoki fails to disclose a panel openably closing an opening of the mechanical chamber (14), a
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`measurement hole penetrating through a side wall of the insulating box body and communicating with an
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`inside of the storage chamber (inside of element 1) on the side wall of the insulating box body (1) on a
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`side of the mechanical chamber (14).
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`Case, however, discloses a cold storage container comprising a mechanical chamber (chamber
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`between walls 11 and 15 is analogous to Tamaoki’s mechanical chamber because it is a chamber that
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`encloses the equipment used to generate refrigeration/cooling for the storage compartment; see Case
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`col. 3,
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`lns. 5-11 & fig. 1)
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`that includes a panel
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`(21)
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`(fig. 1) which openably closes an opening (top
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`opening) of the mechanical chamber, a measurement hole (hole in which conduit [connecting elements
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`51 and 52 together] extends through) (fig. 1) communicating with the inside of the storage chamber (i.e.
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`between walls 11 and 16), wherein the measurement hole is in a side wall
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`(wall 11)
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`(fig. 1) of an
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`Art Unit: 3744
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`Page 6
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`insulating box body (20) (fig. 1) on a side of the mechanical chamber, a plug (61) (fig. 1) which closes the
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`measurement hole (col. 3, lns. 35-41) in an insulating manner, a detachable partition plate (ring 60) which
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`divides an inside of the mechanical chamber into upper and lower chambers (i.e. anything above the
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`insulation body side of ring 60 is the upper chamber portion and anything below the bottom of ring 60 is
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`the lower chamber), wherein the measurement hole is constituted at the upper chamber (above ring 60)
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`above the detachable partition plate (ring 60), wherein the panel (21)
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`is disposed above the upper
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`chamber (as noted above), wherein the opening of the mechanical chamber (opening of door panel 21)
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`corresponds to an opening of
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`the upper chamber. Additionally, Case discloses a door
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`(20)
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`that
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`opens/closes the storage chamber (see fig. 1).
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`Therefore it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill
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`in the art at the time the invention
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`was made to modify the Tamaoki mechanical chamber (14)
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`to include a panel, a measuring hole
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`communicating with the inside of the storage chamber and a plug for closing the measurement hole, as
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`taught by Case, in order to create a refrigerating apparatus that reduces human error by controlling the
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`temperature using temperature sensors which communicate with the mechanical equipment inside of the
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`mechanical chamber via the measurement hole.
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`Tamaoki, as modified, fails to disclose that the mechanical chamber (14) is divided into a lower
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`and an upper mechanical chamber, wherein the compressor is installed in the lower mechanical chamber
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`wherein the lower mechanical chamber and the upper mechanical chamber are separate enclosures
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`when the panel
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`is closed. However, Tamaoki does teach that the compressor is installed in a lower
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`portion of the mechanical chamber.
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`Patel, however, discloses a chamber, that includes an upper chamber and a lower chamber
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`(divided by shelf 22 — see fig. 1), wherein the mechanical equipment (such as 18b, 12b) is installed in the
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`lower chamber.
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`Therefore, it would have been obvious to a person having ordinary skill
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`in the art at the time the
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`invention was made to divide the mechanical chamber (14) of Tamaoki to comprise an upper and lower
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`mechanical chamber wherein the lower mechanical chamber and the upper mechanical chamber are
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`separate enclosures when the panel is closed, wherein the compressor (analogous to the mechanical
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`Art Unit: 3744
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`equipment 18b, 12b of Patel) is installed in the lower mechanical chamber, as taught by Patel, for the
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`purpose of providing support (as taught by shelf 22 of Patel
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`- see fig. 1)
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`for the computer/controls
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`equipment (i.e. computer equipment seen on the upper half of the machine chamber in fig. 4 of Tamaoki).
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`Tamaoki, as modified, fails to disclose a plug for closing the measurement hole in a temperature
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`insulating manner, wherein the plug is configured to be inserted into and removed from the measurement
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`hole in a state wherein the door is closed and the panel is open.
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`Peterson (see fig. 1), however, teaches a plug (15) that is used to cover a hole (3) of a partition
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`(4). Peterson teaches that the plug (15) covers a hole used as a run for an insulated (19) electric cable
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`(16).
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`It is worth noting that the plug of Peterson is removable in a parallel direction to the electric cable
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`(16) via mating threads between a counter bore (9) and a sleeve (14). Therefore,
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`it would have been
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`obvious to a person having ordinary skill
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`in the art at the time the invention was made to modify the
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`measuring hole (60) of Tamaoki (as modified by Case) to include a plug closing the measurement hole in
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`a temperature insulating manner removable in a parallel direction to the electrical cable's direction, as
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`taught by Peterson, for the purpose of providing "an improved packing and sealing for electric cables
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`where they are subject to substantial variations in temperature, which when adjusted and assembled will
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`effect a fluid tight engagement with a housing or casing and a cable periphery, and prevent leakage or
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`movement of moisture along the cable (see col. 1, lines 41 -52). The modification of Peterson results in
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`that the plug is configured to be inserted and removed from the measurement hole in a state wherein the
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`door is closed and the panel is open since the plug of Peterson is removable in a direction parallel to the
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`direction in which the electrical cable extends, and hence the plug of Peterson may be removed/inserted
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`in a state when the door is closed (door of the storage chamber, for example door 20 of Case - see fig. 1)
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`and the panel (pane of mechanical chamber, for example panel 21 of Case - see fig. 1) is open.
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`Regarding claims 11, 14 and 16, Tamaoki discloses the insulating box body is formed of
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`composite constitution of vacuum insulating panels (5) (fig. 2) and a foam insulating material (6) (fig. 2).
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`Regarding claims 12, 15 and 17, Tamaoki, as modified above, discloses the claimed invention,
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`including that the insulating box body is formed of composite constitution of vacuum insulating panels (5)
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`(fig. 2) and a foam insulating material (6) (fig. 2), and that the vacuum insulating panels (5) are arranged
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`Art Unit: 3744
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`in a front, rear and side walls of the insulating box body (see fig. 2). Tamaoki fails to disclose that the
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`vacuum insulating panels (5) are comprised in each wall other than the side wall of the insulating box
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`body on the side of the mechanical chamber.
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`Case, however, discloses that
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`its insulating box body (10) (see fig. 1)
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`is formed with foam
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`insulating material
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`in all of its walls including the wall of the insulating box body on the side of the
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`mechanical chamber (between walls 11 and 16) with no vacuum insulating panels (col. 2, lns. 23-39), i.e.,
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`the all of the container is made of various disclosed foam insulating materials, none of which are vacuum
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`insulated panels. Therefore it would have been obvious to a person having ordinary skill in the art at the
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`time the invention was made to modify the side wall of the insulating box body on the side of the
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`mechanical chamber (wall adjacent to mechanical chamber 14) of Tamaoki to not include a vacuum
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`insulated panel, as taught by Case, for the purpose of saving in manufacturing costs by minimizing the
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`number of walls having vacuum insulated panels. The modification results in that all of the insulating box
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`body walls of Tamaoki comprise both vacuum insulating panels and foam insulating material, except for
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`the wall abutting the mechanical chamber - which would only comprise foam insulating material. Vacuum
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`panels in said wall adjacent to the mechanical chamber would require all mechanical and electrical
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`connections to equipment of the mechanical chamber to be routed around the vacuum insulating panels
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`or complex seals throughout said vacuum insulating panel enabling the connection to be fed through the
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`panels. Thus the modification is advantageous in that the construction of the insulating box body would
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`be reduced in complexity since connections can be fed right through a foam insulating material without
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`any complex seals. It would still, however, be advantageous to maintain vacuum insulating panels in the
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`remaining walls for the purpose of providing the insulating box body with superior insulating properties.
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`Response to Arguments
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`Applicant's arguments filed 12/8/2014 have been fully considered but they are not persuasive.
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`Applicant argues page 8, paragraph 3, that Patel does not teach the upper and lower chamber of the
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`mechanical chamber being in a separate enclosure. However, the term enclosure is not a limiting term
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`but has a broad definition where although not enclosing the upper and lower chamber from a fluid
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`perspective, as they partition plate separates the two chambers structurally, they encompass separate
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`enclosures. Applicant argues that they are not substantially separate, however, the claim require them to
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`be separate enclosures only, and as such the lower and upper chamber separated by the plate are
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`separate enclosures.
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`In response to applicant's argument, claim 9, that the plug closing the measuring hole does not plug for
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`temperatures insulating purposes or to be interested into and removed from the measurement hole in a
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`state wherein the door is closed and the panel is open, a recitation of the intended use of the claimed
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`invention must result in a structural difference between the claimed invention and the prior art in order to
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`patentably distinguish the claimed invention from the prior art.
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`If the prior art structure is capable of
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`performing the intended use, then it meets the claim. As the plug closes the measurement hole and is
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`capable of being removed and inserted, it would inherently insulate in aa temperature panel and be able
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`to be removed. The same can be said for claims 10 and 13 as well.
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`Conclusion
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`Art Unit: 3744
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