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`In Response to the Final Office Action mailed October 14, 2016
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`REMARKS
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`Applicant appreciates the courtesy shown by the Examiner in discussing this case
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`with Applicant’s representative, Rong Yang, Reg. 71,641, on January 5, 2017. During
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`the interview, the features of claim 1 and Olson et al. (US 2003/0211619) were discussed.
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`The discussions are reflected in the above amendments and the following remarks.
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`Reconsideration is requested in view of the above amendments and the following
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`remarks. Claim 1 has been revised to include features of claims 4 and 14, with additional
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`revisions. Claims 4 and 14 have been canceled accordingly. New dependent claims 15
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`and 16 have been added. Support for the revisions and the new claims can be found in,
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`e.g., paragraphs [0108] and [0121] ofthe specification and Figs. 12-18. Claims 1-3, 5-13
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`and 15-16 are pending in the application. Claims 5-13 remain withdrawn.
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`Claim Rejections — 35 USC § 102
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`Claims 1-4 are rejected under 35 USC § 102(b) as being anticipated by
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`U82003/0211619 (Olson et al.). Applicant respectfully traverses this rejection.
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`Claim 1 requires a pair of sandwiching claws pivotable about the respective axes
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`between an abutting position where a free tip of each of the sandwiching claws pivots
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`inwardly toward the feeding section and abuts against a surface of the biological
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`information detection sensor, and a releasing position where the free tip of each of the
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`sandwiching claws pivots outwardly away from the feeding section and releases the
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`biological information detection sensor.
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`Olson et al. fails to disclose a pair of sandwiching claws pivotable about the
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`respective axes between an abutting position where a free tip of each of the sandwiching
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`claws pivots inwardly toward the feeding section and abuts against a surface of the
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`biological information detection sensor, and a releasing position where the free tip of
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`each of the sandwiching claws pivots outwardly away from the feeding section and
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`releases the biological information detection sensor, as required by claim 1. Instead,
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`Olson et al. merely discusses a cassette including rollers 118, 120 used to feed testers
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`130a enclosed in a package strip 106 (see Olson et al., Abstract and Figs. 1-12). As
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`shown in Fig. 6, each of the rollers 118 and 120 has radially-extending sprockets 164 that
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`engage with holes 166 of the packaged strip 106 (see Olson et al., paragraph [0068] and
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`Figs. 5 and 6). Thus, as the rollers 118 and 120 rotate towards each other, the sprockets
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`164 mate with holes 166 and cause the packaged strip 106 to be indexed or advanced in
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`the direction of arrow 128a (see also Olson et al., Fig. 5). The Olson et al. sprockets 164
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`are used to engage with the package strip 106, instead of the tester 130a. Nothing in
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`Olson et al. suggests the pivotable claws as required by claim 1.
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`For at least these reasons, claim 1 is patentable over Olson et al. Claims 2-3
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`depend from claim 1 and are patentable along with claim 1 and need not be separately
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`distinguished at this time. Applicant does not concede the correctness of the rejection.
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`In view of the above, favorable reconsideration in the form of a notice of
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`allowance is respectfully requested. Any questions regarding this communication can be
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`directed to the undersigned attorney, Douglas P Mueller, Registration No. 30,300, at
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`(612) 455-3804.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`HAMRE, SCHUMANN, MUELLER &
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`LARSON, PC.
`PO. Box 2902-0902
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`Minneapolis, MN 55402-0902
`(612) 455-3800
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`/dp_mueller/
`By:
`Name: Douglas P. Mueller
`Reg. No. 30,300
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`Dated: Januam 13, 2017
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`DPM/CY
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