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`14/736,817
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`06/11/2015
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`Hideo MATSUOKA
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`PIPMM—54594
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`09’1”” —PEARNE&GORDON LLP m
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`CARTER, CHRISTOPHER W
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`ART UNIT
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`ELECTRONIC
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
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`12)IXI Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
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`Application/Control Number: 14/736,817
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`1.
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`The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined
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`under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA. Claims 1-4 submitted on 6/11/2015
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`were considered and reviewed by this office action.
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`Priority
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`2.
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`The office acknowledges that foreign priority is claimed on Japanese application
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`JP 2014-128750 which was filed on 6/24/2014.
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`Information Disclosure Statement
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`3.
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`The information disclosure statement submitted on 6/11/2015 has been reviewed
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`and considered by this office action.
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`Drawings
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`The drawings submitted on 6/11/2015 have been reviewed and are considered
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`acceptable.
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`Specification
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`5.
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`The specification submitted on 6/11/2015 has been reviewed and is considered
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`acceptable.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 101
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`6.
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`35 U.S.C. 101 reads as follows:
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`Whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or
`composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent
`therefor, subject to the conditions and requirements of this title.
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`Claims 1-4 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101 because the claimed invention is
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`directed to a judicial exception (Le, a law of nature, a natural phenomenon, or an
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`abstract idea) without significantly more.
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`Regarding Claim 1, and dependent claims thereof is/are directed to an abstract
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`idea. Claim 1 represents an abstract idea of gathering, analyzing, and transmitting data
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`performed on a general purpose computer which is similar to the concept courts have
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`deemed abstract, (Electric Power Group, LLC, v. Alstom; 830 F.3d 1350, 119
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`U.S.P.Q.2d1739 (Fed. Cir. 2016)) the steps of “creates component data”, “acquires
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`component identification information”, “checks whether or not the component disposed
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`in a predetermined position in the component supplying unit is a component to be
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`disposed in the predetermined position ,
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`transmits the component identification
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`information”, “request for creation of component data”, and “creates the component
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`data" do not represent significantly more. Further the limitations in dependent Claim 2
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`merely specify the type of data gathered and analyzed without adding significantly
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`more. It is advised that clarifying that the component mounting apparatus is controlled
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`based on the data regarding the alternative component data by amending a control or
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`operating limitation may avoid the classification of the claims as abstract ideas.
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`Thus, taken alone, the additional elements do not amount to significantly more
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`than the above-identified judicial exception (the abstract idea). Looking at the
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`limitations as an ordered combination adds nothing that is not already present when
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`looking at the elements taken individually. There is no indication that the combination of
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`elements improves the functioning of a computer or improves any other technology.
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`Their collective functions merely provide conventional computer/computerized
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`implementation.
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`Regarding Claim 3, and dependent claims thereof is/are directed to an abstract
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`idea. Claim 3 represents an abstract idea of gathering, analyzing, and transmitting data
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`performed on a general purpose computer which is similar to the concept courts have
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`deemed abstract, (Electric Power Group, LLC, v. Alstom; 830 F.3d 1350, 119
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`U.S.P.Q.2d1739 (Fed. Cir. 2016)) the steps of “creates component data”, “acquires
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`component identification information”, “checks whether or not the component disposed
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`in a predetermined position in the component supplying unit is a component to be
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`disposed in the predetermined position”, “acquire identification information”, “transmit
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`identification information”, and “create the component data" do not represent
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`significantly more. Further the limitations in dependent Claim 4 merely specify the type
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`of data gathered and analyzed without adding significantly more. It is advised that
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`clarifying that the component mounting apparatus is controlled based on the data
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`regarding the alternative component data by amending a control or operating limitation
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`may avoid the classification of the claims as abstract ideas.
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`Thus, taken alone, the additional elements do not amount to significantly more
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`than the above-identified judicial exception (the abstract idea). Looking at the
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`limitations as an ordered combination adds nothing that is not already present when
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`looking at the elements taken individually. There is no indication that the combination of
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`elements improves the functioning of a computer or improves any other technology.
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`Their collective functions merely provide conventional computer/computerized
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`implementation.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`7.
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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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`8.
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all
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`obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
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`A patent for a claimed invention may not be obtained, notwithstanding that the claimed
`invention is not identically disclosed as set forth in section 102, if the differences between the
`claimed invention and the prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole would have
`been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to a person having
`ordinary skill in the art to which the claimed invention pertains. Patentability shall not be
`negated by the manner in which the invention was made.
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`9.
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`Claims 1-4 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over
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`lshimoto (US Patent 8,849,442) in view of Elhanan et al. (US PGPUB 20070250201).
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`10.
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`Regarding Claim 1; lshimoto teaches; A component mounting system
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`comprising: (Title, Fig. 2; disclose a component mounting system)
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`a component mounting apparatus which mounts components supplied
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`from a component supply member disposed in a component supplying unit on a
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`substrate; (Fig. 2; column 5, lines 36-59; discloses a component mounting device (4)
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`including a plurality of tape feeders (component supply member) and which mounts
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`components using mounting head (12) (component supplying unit) on a substrate)
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`a data creating apparatus which creates component data, which is a
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`control parameter set for mounting the component on the substrate by the
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`component mounting apparatus, for each component; (Column 2, lines 30-40;
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`disclose a data creation unit (data creating apparatus which includes: code reader (18),
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`mounting control unit (21), input unit (26), and component supply state detector (28);
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`column 7, lines 33-51) for creating component data regarding substitute components to
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`be used by the mounting device and which includes information specifying the substrate
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`on which the substitute components are to be mounted on and mounting positions
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`(control parameters) for each component)
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`and a component arranging operation supporting apparatus which
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`includes an identification information acquiring unit that acquires component
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`identification information given to the component supplying member, (Fig. 4;
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`column 6, lines 15-34; discloses a component mounting device control device (20)
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`component arranging operation supporting apparatus) which includes a code reader
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`(18) (identification information acquiring unit) that acquires component information
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`regarding substrates and information regarding components to be arranged on the
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`substrate)
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`and a control unit which checks whether or not the component disposed in
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`a predetermined position in the component supplying unit is a component to be
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`disposed in the predetermined position based on the component identification
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`information acquired by the identification information acquiring unit, (Fig. 4;
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`column 6, lines 15-46; discloses a mounting control unit (21) (control unit) which utilizes
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`information from the scanned substrate using the code reader (18) (component
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`information acquiring unit) which provides substrate information (component
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`identification information) to the control unit. The mounting control unit (21) then uses
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`the NC program (23) stored in storage unit (22) to sequentially mount predetermined
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`types of components at defined positions on the substrate (i.e. checks whether
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`components in the component supplying unit is a component to be disposed in a
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`predetermined position))
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`wherein the control unit of the component arranging operation supporting
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`apparatus includes a component data creation requesting unit that transmits the
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`component identification information acquired by the identification information
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`acquiring unit and identification information related to an alternative component
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`to the data creating apparatus and performs a request for a creation of
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`component data regarding the alternative component, (Fig. 4 and 7; discloses,
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`during the mounting of component operation as described in Fig. 7, at step 8T4, if it is
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`determined that a substitute component is being used, a request is made to update the
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`control sequence with new data (component data creation requesting unit) and where
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`the transmitted data includes identification of the substitute component (column 10,
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`lines 31 -36) (alternative component information) and substrate component information
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`(column 10, lines 37-40) (component identification information))
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`and the data creating apparatus receives the request from the component
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`data creation requesting unit and creates the component data regarding the
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`alternative component. (Figs. 4 and 7; column 10, lines 37-44); discloses step 8T8
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`where the mounting control unit (21) (part of the data creating apparatus) creates
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`substitute (alternative) component data)
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`Ishimoto appears to be silent on; ...acquiring identification information
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`related to an alternative component that is used as an alternative to the
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`component. . .
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`However, Elhanan et al. teaches; (Figs. 21 and 22, paragraph [0318]) discloses
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`where parameters of the original component are compared to that of the substitute and
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`the substitute component data is updated based on any discrepancies between the two
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`components.
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`Ishimoto and Elhanan et al. are analogous art because they are from the same
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`field of endeavor or similar problem solving area, component mounting systems.
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art prior to the effective
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`filing date of the disclosed invention to have combined the teachings of Elhanan et al.
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`with the disclosed invention of Ishimoto of utilizing primary component data when
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`creating alternative component data. Including this information in the creation of the
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`alternative component data would guarantee that the alternative component is utilized
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`properly and placed in the correct spaces on the substrate. KSR, 550 U.S. 398 (2007),
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`82 USPQ2d at 1396; MPEP 2143(D).
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`11.
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`Regarding Claim 2; Ishimoto teaches; The component mounting system
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`according to claim 1, wherein the data creating apparatus creates the component
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`data regarding the alternative component (Ishimoto; Figs. 4 and 7; column 10, lines
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`37-44); discloses step 8T8 where the mounting control unit (21) (part of the data
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`creating apparatus) creates substitute (alternative) component data)
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`Ishimoto appears to be silent on; by using the component data regarding the
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`component which is replaced with the alternative component.
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`However, Elhanan et aI. teaches; (Figs. 21 and 22, paragraph [0318]) discloses
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`where parameters of the original component are compared to that of the substitute and
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`the substitute component data is updated based on any discrepancies between the two
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`components.
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`Ishimoto and Elhanan et al. are analogous art because they are from the same
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`field of endeavor or similar problem solving area, component mounting systems.
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art prior to the effective
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`filing date of the disclosed invention to have combined the teachings of Elhanan et aI.
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`with the disclosed invention of Ishimoto of utilizing primary component data when
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`creating alternative component data. Including this information in the creation of the
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`alternative component data would guarantee that the alternative component is utilized
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`properly and placed in the correct spaces on the substrate. KSR, 550 U.S. 398 (2007),
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`82 USPQ2d at 1396; MPEP 2143(D).
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`12.
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`Regarding Claim 3; |shimoto teaches; A component data creation method of a
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`component mounting system that includes (Abstract; Fig. 2)
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`a component mounting apparatus which mounts components supplied
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`from a component supply member disposed in a component supplying unit on a
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`substrate, (Fig. 2; column 5, lines 36-59; discloses a component mounting device (4)
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`including a plurality of tape feeders (component supply member) and which mounts
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`components using mounting head (12) (component supplying unit) on a substrate)
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`a data creating apparatus which creates component data, which is a
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`control parameter set for mounting the component on the substrate by the
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`component mounting apparatus, for each component, (Column 2, lines 30-40;
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`disclose a data creation unit (data creating apparatus which includes: code reader (18),
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`mounting control unit (21), input unit (26), and component supply state detector (28)) for
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`creating component data regarding substitute components to be used by the mounting
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`device and which includes information specifying the substrate on which the substitute
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`components are to be mounted on and mounting positions (control parameters) for each
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`component)
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`and a component arranging operation supporting apparatus which
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`includes an identification information acquiring unit that acquires component
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`identification information given to the component supplying member , (Fig. 4;
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`column 6, lines 15-34; discloses a component mounting device control device (20)
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`component arranging operation supporting apparatus) which includes a code reader
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`(18) (identification information acquiring unit) that acquires component information
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`regarding substrates and information regarding components to be arranged on the
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`substrate)
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`and a control unit that checks whether or not the component disposed in a
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`predetermined position in the component supplying unit is a component to be
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`disposed in the predetermined position based on the component identification
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`information acquired by the identification information acquiring unit, (Fig. 4;
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`column 6, lines 15-46; discloses a mounting control unit (21) (control unit) which utilizes
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`information from the scanned substrate using the code reader (18) (component
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`information acquiring unit) which provides substrate information (component
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`identification information) to the control unit. The mounting control unit (21) then uses
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`the NC program (23) stored in storage unit (22) to sequentially mount predetermined
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`types of components at defined positions on the substrate (i.e. checks whether
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`components in the component supplying unit is a component to be disposed in a
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`predetermined position))
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`the method comprising:
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`causing the identification information acquiring unit to acquire
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`identification information related to the component and identification information
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`related to an alternative component; causing the component arranging operation
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`supporting apparatus to transmit both of the identification information related to
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`the component and the alternative component acquired by the identification
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`information acquiring unit to the data creating apparatus; (Fig. 4 and 7; discloses,
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`during the mounting of component operation as described in Fig. 7, at step 8T4, if it is
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`determined that a substitute component is being used, a request is made to update the
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`control sequence with new data (component data creation requesting unit) and where
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`the transmitted data includes identification of the substitute component (column 10,
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`lines 31 -36) (alternative component information) and substrate component information
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`(column 10, lines 37-40) (component identification information))
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`and causing the data creating apparatus to create component data
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`regarding the alternative component received from the component arranging
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`operation supporting apparatus. (Figs. 4 and 7; column 10, lines 37-44); discloses
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`step 8T8 where the mounting control unit (21) (part of the data creating apparatus)
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`creates substitute (alternative) component data)
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`lshimoto appears to be silent on; causing the identification information
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`acquiring unit to acquire identification information related to the component and
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`identification information related to an alternative component that is used as an
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`alternative to the component
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`and causing the data creating apparatus to create component data
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`regarding the alternative component based on both of the identification
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`information related to the component and the alternative component received
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`from the component arranging operation supporting apparatus.
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`However, Elhanan et al. teaches; (Figs. 21 and 22, paragraph [0318]) discloses
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`where parameters of the original component are compared to that of the substitute and
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`the substitute component data is updated based on any discrepancies between the two
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`components.
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`Application/Control Number: 14/736,817
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`Art Unit: 2126
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`lshimoto and Elhanan et al. are analogous art because they are from the same field of
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`endeavor or similar problem solving area, component mounting systems.
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art prior to the effective
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`filing date of the disclosed invention to have combined the teachings of Elhanan et al.
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`with the disclosed invention of lshimoto of utilizing primary component data when
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`creating alternative component data. Including this information in the creation of the
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`alternative component data would guarantee that the alternative component is utilized
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`properly and placed in the correct spaces on the substrate. KSR, 550 U.S. 398 (2007),
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`82 USPQ2d at 1396; MPEP 2143(D).
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`13.
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`Regarding Claim 4; lshimoto teaches; The component mounting method
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`according to claim 3, wherein the component data regarding the alternative
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`component is created (lshimoto; Figs. 4 and 7; column 10, lines 37-44); discloses step
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`8T8 where the mounting control unit (21) (part of the data creating apparatus) creates
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`substitute (alternative) component data)
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`lshimoto appears to be silent on; by using the component data regarding the
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`component which is replaced with the alternative component.
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`However, Elhanan et al. teaches; (Figs. 21 and 22, paragraph [0318]) discloses
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`where parameters of the original component are compared to that of the substitute and
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`the substitute component data is updated based on any discrepancies between the two
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`components.
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`Application/Control Number: 14/736,817
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`Art Unit: 2126
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`lshimoto and Elhanan et al. are analogous art because they are from the same
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`field of endeavor or similar problem solving area, component mounting systems.
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art prior to the effective
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`filing date of the disclosed invention to have combined the teachings of Elhanan et al.
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`with the disclosed invention of lshimoto of utilizing primary component data when
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`creating alternative component data. Including this information in the creation of the
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`alternative component data would guarantee that the alternative component is utilized
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`properly and placed in the correct spaces on the substrate. KSR, 550 U.S. 398 (2007),
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`82 USPQ2d at 1396; MPEP 2143(D).
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`Conclusion
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