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`15/118,859
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`08/13/2016
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`NOBORU IIDA
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`20759.0018USWO
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
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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.
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`Information Disclosure Statement
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`2.
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`The information disclosure statements (IDS) submitted on 7/31/2017 and
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`8/13/2016 were in compliance with the provisions of 37 CFR 1.97. Accordingly,
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`the information disclosure statement are being considered by the examiner.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 1 12
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112(b):
`(b) CONCLUSION—The specification shall conclude with one or more claims
`particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the inventor or a joint
`inventor regards as the invention.
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA), second
`paragraph:
`The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and
`distinctly claiming the subject matter which the applicant regards as his invention.
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`3. Claims 1 and 11 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA),
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`second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly
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`claim the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor, or for pre-AIA the
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`applicant regards as the invention.
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`a.
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`Claims 1 and 11 recite the limitation “outer-rotor-type motor”. The metes
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`and bounds of the claim are unclear. For purposes of examination, an "outer-
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`rotor-type motor" will be considered as an electric motor in which the rotor is
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`located outside the stator and rotates about the internal stator.
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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
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`AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is
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`incorrect, any correction of the statutory basis for the rejection will not be
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`considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale
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`supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status.
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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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`4.
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`Claims 1-3, 6, 7 and 11 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable
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`over JP 20055344600 to Onodo (hereinafter referred to as Onodo), in view of JPH
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`08312594 to Akaishi et al. (hereinafter referred to as Akaishi), and further in view of US
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`2013/0167580 to lshida et al. (hereinafter referred to as lshida).
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`a)
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`In regards to claim 1, Onodo discloses a sealed compressor (compressor with
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`sealed case 1, translation para. 0012, figs. 1-3) wherein, an electrically-
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`operated element (electric motor portion 4 with stator 9 and rotor 10,
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`translation para. 0012, figs. 1-3) and a compressive element (compression
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`mechanism portion 3, translation para. 0012, figs. 1-3) driven by the
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`electrically-operated element (driving signal is input to stator 9 which
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`rotationally drives the rotor 10 and the shaft 2 with the eccentric portion of the
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`shaft rotating rollers in the cylinder chambers, translation para. 0021, figs. 1-
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`3) are housed in a sealed container (sealed case 1, translation para. 0011,
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`figs. 1-3), the compressive element includes: a shaft (rotary shaft 2,
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`translation para. 0012, figs. 1-3) formed of a main shaft and an eccentric shaft
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`(cylinder chambers accommodate eccentric portions provided on the rotary
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`shaft, translation para. 0014, figs. 1-3); a cylinder block (compression
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`mechanism 3 comprises cylinder 7A and 7B, translation para. 0012, figs. 1-3)
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`having: a bearing (main bearing 15, translation para. 0017, fig. 1) which
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`pivotally supports the main shaft of the shaft (main bearing 15 rotatably
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`supports the rotating shaft 2, translation para. 0017, figs. 1-3); and a cylinder
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`(cylinder 7A and 7B, translation para. 0012, figs. 1-3); the electrically-
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`operated element is an outer-rotor-type motor (compressor with an outer rotor
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`type electric motor, translation para. 0009, figs. 1-3) which includes: a stator
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`(stator 9 which rotationally drives the rotor 10, translation para. 0021, figs. 1-
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`3); and a rotor which surrounds an outer periphery of the stator and is
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`disposed coaxially with the stator (rotor 10 is coaxial to and surrounds outer
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`periphery of stator 9, figs. 1-3), and the stator is fixed to an outer peripheral
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`surface of the bearing (main bearing 15 includes a boss portion 15b1 to which
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`a stator 9 is fitted, translation para. 0025, figs. 1-3). However, Onodo fails to
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`disclose a piston which is movable in the cylinder in a reciprocating manner; a
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`connecting portion which connects the eccentric shaft and the piston to each
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`other; and the stator fixed to an outer peripheral surface of the bearing by an
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`adhesive agent.
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`Akaishi, in the related field of electric motors, teaches the stator (stator core
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`fig. 3) fixed to an outer peripheral surface of the bearing (stator core 13 is fixed to
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`the small diameter step portion 9a formed on bearing housing 9, para. 0014, fig.
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`3) by an adhesive agent (stator core 13 may be fixed to the bearing housing 9 by
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`caulking or by a fixing means of adhesion, para. 0014).
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`It would have been
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`obvious to one skilled in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed
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`invention to modify the compressor of Onodo with the motor of Akaishi to provide
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`a stator fixed to an outer peripheral surface of the bearing by an adhesive agent.
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`The motivation for doing so would have been to form a portion on the bearing
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`housing for fixing the stator core (Akaishi, machine translation para. 0014, fig. 3).
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`lshida, in the related field of compressors, teaches a piston (piston 109, fig. 3)
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`which is movable in the cylinder (piston 109 in cylinder 106, para. 0053, fig. 3) in
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`a reciprocating manner (piston 109 in cylinder 106 is eccentrically rotated by the
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`eccentric portion 104a, para. 0053, fig. 3); and a connecting portion which
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`connects the eccentric shaft and the piston to each other (an eccentric portion
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`104a of the shaft 104 is inserted into the piston 109 so that the piston is
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`eccentrically rotated, para. 0053).
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`It would have been obvious to one skilled in
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`the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify the
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`compressor of Onodo with the compressor of lshida to provide a piston which is
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`movable in the cylinder in a reciprocating manner; and a connecting portion
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`which connects the eccentric shaft and the piston to each other. The motivation
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`for doing so would have been to form a portion on the bearing housing for fixing
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`the stator core (lshida).
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`b)
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`In regards to claim 2, modified Onodo discloses the sealed compressor
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`according to claim 1, and further discloses wherein a fit-on portion which fits
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`on the outer peripheral surface of the bearing (main bearing 15 includes a
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`boss portion 15b1 to which a stator 9 is fitted, translation para. 0025, figs. 1-3)
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`is formed on a portion of an inner peripheral portion of the stator (inner
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`peripheral portion of the stator 9 is fitted on the main bearing boss portion
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`15b1 of the main bearing 15, fig. 3).
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`c)
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`In regards to claim 3, modified Onodo discloses the sealed compressor
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`according to claim 2, wherein the fit-on portion (main bearing 15 includes a
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`boss portion 15b1 to which a stator 9 is fitted, translation para. 0025, figs. 1-3)
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`is formed on an upper end surface and a lower end surface of the stator (an
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`upper end surface and a lower end surface of the inner peripheral portion of
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`the stator 9 is fitted on the main bearing boss portion 15b1 of the main
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`bearing 15, fig. 3), and a gap is formed between an inner peripheral portion of
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`the stator and the outer peripheral surface of the bearing at portions except
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`for the fit-on portion (relief recess portions 24 form a gap between the inner
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`peripheral portions of the stator 9 where it contacts the main bearing boss
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`portion 15b1 at the press fit fixing portions 23, fig. 3).
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`In regards to claim 6, modified Onodo discloses the sealed compressor
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`according to claim 3, and further discloses wherein the gap is formed on the
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`bearing side (relief recess portions 24 are formed in the main bearing boss
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`portion 15b1, fig. 3).
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`In regards to claim 7, modified Onodo discloses the sealed compressor
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`according to claim 2, and further discloses wherein the fit-on portion (main
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`bearing 15 includes a boss portion 15b1 to which a stator 9 is fitted,
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`translation para. 0025, figs. 1-3) is formed on an upper half of the stator on
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`the eccentric shaft side (plurality of press-fit fixing portions 23 are provided at
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`a predetermined interval on the outer diameter portion of the main shaft boss
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`portion 15b1 and the relief recessed portions 24 are provided between the
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`press-fit fixing portions, translation para. 0025, figs. 1 and 3).
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`f)
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`In regards to claim 10, modified Onodo discloses a refrigeration device
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`comprising wherein the compressor is the sealed compressor according to
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`claim 1 (compressor with sealed case 1, translation para. 0012, figs. 1-3), but
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`fails to disclose a refrigeration device comprising a refrigerant circuit formed
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`by annularly connecting a compressor, a heat-radiator, a pressure reduction
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`device and a heat absorbing device to each other by pipes.
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`lshida, in the related field of compressors, teaches a refrigeration device
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`comprising a refrigerant circuit (refrigerating cycle apparatus having a
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`compressor 120, para. 0052, fig. 1) formed by annularly connecting a
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`compressor (compressor 120 discharges high temperature, high pressure
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`refrigerant toward a condenser 121, para. 0052, fig. 1), a heat-radiator
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`(condenser 121 releases heat from refrigerant gas to the air, para. 0052, fig. 1), a
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`pressure reduction device (refrigerant liquid from condenser 121 is fed to an
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`expansion mechanism 122 and the refrigerant liquid becomes a low temperature,
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`lower pressure wet steam that is fed to an evaporator 123, para. 0052, fig. 1) and
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`a heat absorbing device (refrigerant enters evaporator 123 and absorbs heat,
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`para. 0052, fig. 1) to each other by pipes (refrigerant cycle depicted in fig. 1,
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`para. 0052, fig. 1).
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`It would have been obvious to one skilled in the art before the
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`effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify the compressor of Onodo
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`with the compressor of lshida to provide a refrigeration device comprising a
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`refrigerant circuit formed by annularly connecting a compressor, a heat-radiator,
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`a pressure reduction device and a heat absorbing device to each other by pipes.
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`The motivation for doing so would have been to provide a refrigerating cycle
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`apparatus with a high reliability compressor (lshida, para. 0019).
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`g)
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`In regards to claim 11, modified Onodo discloses a sealed compressor
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`(compressor with sealed case 1, translation para. 0012, figs. 1-3), comprising:
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`a shaft (rotary shaft 2, translation para. 0012, figs. 1-3) formed of a main shaft
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`and an eccentric shaft (cylinder chambers accommodate eccentric portions
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`provided on the rotary shaft, translation para. 0014, figs. 1-3); a bearing (main
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`bearing 15, translation para. 0017, fig. 1) which pivotally supports the main
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`shaft of the shaft (main bearing 15 rotatably supports the rotating shaft 2,
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`translation para. 0017, figs. 1-3); a cylinder (compression mechanism 3
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`comprises cylinder 7A and 7B, translation para. 0012, figs. 1-3); and an outer-
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`rotor-type motor (compressor with an outer rotor type electric motor,
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`translation para. 0009, figs. 1-3) which includes: a stator (stator 9 which
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`rotationally drives the rotor 10, translation para. 0021, figs. 1-3) which is fixed
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`to an outer peripheral surface of the bearing (main bearing 15 includes a boss
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`portion 15b1 to which a stator 9 is fitted, translation para. 0025, figs. 1-3); and
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`a rotor which is disposed coaxially with the stator (rotor 10 is coaxial to and
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`surrounds outer periphery of stator 9, figs. 1-3). However, Onodo fails to
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`disclose a piston which is movable in the cylinder in a reciprocating manner;
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`and a connecting portion which connects the eccentric shaft and the piston to
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`each other; and the stator fixed to an outer peripheral surface of the bearing
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`by an adhesive agent.
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`Akaishi, in the related field of electric motors, teaches the stator (stator core
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`fig. 3) fixed to an outer peripheral surface of the bearing (stator core 13 is fixed to
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`the small diameter step portion 9a formed on bearing housing 9, para. 0014, fig.
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`3) by an adhesive agent (stator core 13 may be fixed to the bearing housing 9 by
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`caulking or by a fixing means of adhesion, para. 0014).
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`It would have been
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`obvious to one skilled in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed
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`invention to modify the compressor of Onodo with the motor of Akaishi to provide
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`stator fixed to an outer peripheral surface of the bearing by an adhesive agent.
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`The motivation for doing so would have been to form a portion on the bearing
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`housing for fixing the stator core (Akaishi, machine translation para. 0014, fig. 3).
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`lshida, in the related field of compressors, teaches a piston (piston 109, fig. 3)
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`which is movable in the cylinder (piston 109 in cylinder 106, para. 0053, fig. 3) in
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`a reciprocating manner (piston 109 in cylinder 106 is eccentrically rotated by the
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`eccentric portion 104a, para. 0053, fig. 3); and a connecting portion which
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`connects the eccentric shaft and the piston to each other (an eccentric portion
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`104a of the shaft 104 is inserted into the piston 109 so that the piston is
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`eccentrically rotated, para. 0053).
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`It would have been obvious to one skilled in
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`the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify the
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`compressor of Onodo with the compressor of lshida to provide a piston which is
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`movable in the cylinder in a reciprocating manner; and a connecting portion
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`which connects the eccentric shaft and the piston to each other. The motivation
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`for doing so would have been to form a portion on the bearing housing for fixing
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`the stator core (Ishida).
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`5.
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`Claims 4 and 5 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over
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`Onodo, in view of Akaishi, in view of lshida, and further in view of US 2008/0143198 to
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`Bi et al. (hereinafter referred to as Bi).
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`a)
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`In regards to claim 4, modified Onodo discloses the sealed compressor
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`according to claim 3, and further discloses the gap formed between the inner
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`peripheral portion of the stator and the outer peripheral surface of the bearing
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`(relief recess portions 24 form a gap between the inner peripheral portions of
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`the stator 9 where it contacts the main bearing boss portion 15b1 at the press
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`fit fixing portions 23, fig. 3), but fails to disclose wherein an opening portion
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`which opens in the gap is formed in the fit-on portion.
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`Bi, in the related field motors, teaches wherein an opening portion
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`(multiple openings formed in stator 1 and shaft sleeve 4 where injected rubber
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`block is formed, para. 0043, fig. 4) which opens in the gap (openings for
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`injected block formed in the stator core are formed in the gap between the
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`stator core 1 and the shaft sleeve 4, fig. 4) is formed in the fit-on portion (a
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`plurality of grooves for receiving the injected rubber block are disposed on an
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`outer surface of the shaft sleeve and an inner surface of the stator core, para.
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`0016, fig. 4).
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`It would have been obvious to one skilled in the art before the
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`effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify the compressor of
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`Onodo with the motor of Bi to provide wherein an opening portion which
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`opens in the gap is formed in the fit-on portion. The motivation for doing so
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`would have been to inject a material between the stator core and shaft to fix
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`the stator core in the axial and radial directions (Bi, para. 0028)
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`b)
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`In regards to claim 5, modified Onodo discloses the sealed compressor
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`according to claim 4, but fails to disclose wherein a plurality of the opening
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`portions is formed.
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`Bi, in the related field motors, teaches wherein a plurality of the opening
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`portions is formed (a plurality of grooves for receiving the injected rubber block
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`are disposed on an outer surface of the shaft sleeve and an inner surface of the
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`stator core, para. 0016, fig. 4).
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`It would have been obvious to one skilled in the
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`art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify the
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`compressor of Onodo with the motor of Bi to provide wherein a plurality of the
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`opening portions is formed. The motivation for doing so would have been to
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`inject a material between the stator core and shaft to fix the stator core in the
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`axial and radial directions (Bi, para. 0028)
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`6.
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`Claims 8 and 9 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over
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`Onodo, in view of Akaishi, in view of lshida, and further in view of US 3551714 to Boyd
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`(hereinafter referred to as Boyd).
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`a)
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`In regards to claim 8, modified Onodo discloses the sealed compressor
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`according to claim 1, but fails to disclose wherein the bearing is made of an
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`iron-based material which contains carbon.
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`Boyd, in the related field of motors with bearing assemblies, teaches wherein
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`the bearing is made of an iron-based material which contains carbon (satisfactory
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`material for bearing 29 is a cast iron alloy which includes 3% carbon, about 13.5-
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`17.5% nickel, about 5.5-7.5% copper, and about 1/75-2.5°/o chromium, col. 3,
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`lines 26-34).
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`It would have been obvious to one skilled in the art before the
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`effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify the compressor of Onodo
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`with the bearing of Boyd to provide wherein the bearing is made of an iron-based
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`material which contains carbon. The motivation for doing so would have been to
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`provide a bearing that prevents resistance to electric current to prevent excessive
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`heat generation and bearing rotation (Boyd, col. 3, lines 26-34).
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`b)
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`In regards to claim 9, modified Onodo discloses the sealed compressor
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`according to claim 8, but fails to disclose wherein the bearing is made of the
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`iron-based material which contains not less than 1% and not more than 7% of
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`carbon.
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`Boyd, in the related field of motors with bearing assemblies, teaches wherein
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`the bearing is made of the iron-based material which contains not less than 1%
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`and not more than 7% of carbon (satisfactory material for bearing 29 is a cast
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`iron alloy which includes 3% carbon, about 13.5-17.5°/o nickel, about 5.5-7.5%
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`copper, and about 1/75-2.5°/o chromium, col. 3, lines 26-34).
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`It would have been
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`obvious to one skilled in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed
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`invention to modify the compressor of Onodo with the bearing of Boyd to provide
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`wherein the bearing is made of the iron-based material which contains not less
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`than 1% and not more than 7% of carbon. The motivation for doing so would
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`have been to provide a bearing that prevents resistance to electric current to
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`prevent excessive heat generation and bearing rotation (Boyd, col. 3, lines 26-
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`34).
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`Conclusion
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`9.
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`The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to
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`applicant's disclosure.
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`a)
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`Papst (DE 2555671 A1) teaches a stator coil attached to the bearing tube
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`using a mold and poured plastic to create a laminated stator core and bearing
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`tube.
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`b)
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`Sturm (US 4634908) teaches an external rotor motor wherein the bearing
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`is cemented within the stator borehole.
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`Application/Control Number: 15/118,859
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`Art Unit: 3744
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`c)
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`Rapp (US 7859145) teaches an external rotor motor wherein a plastic part
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`is injection molded around the stator stack and the bearings.
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`d)
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`e)
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`Nomura et al. (US 20110006634) teaches an outer rotor motor wherein
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`Katakura (US 5475274) teaches a motor with a stator core connected to a
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`bearing mounting section by adhesive.
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`10.
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`Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the
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`examiner should be directed to Paul Schwarzenberg whose telephone number is (313)
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`446-6611. The examiner can normally be reached on Monday - Friday; 8:00 AM - 5:00
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`PM Eastern Standard Time.
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`Examiner interviews are available via telephone, in-person, and video
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`conferencing using a USPTO supplied web-based collaboration tool. To schedule an
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`interview, applicant is encouraged to use the USPTO Automated Interview Request
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`(AIR) at http://www.uspto.gov/interviewpractice.
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`If attempts to reach the examiner by telephone are unsuccessful, the examiner’s
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`supervisor, Jianying Atkisson, can be reached on (571) 270-7740. The fax phone
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`number for the organization where this application or proceeding is assigned is (571)
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`273-8300.
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`Information regarding the status of an application may be obtained from the
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`Patent Application Information Retrieval (PAIR) system. Status information for
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`published applications may be obtained from either Private PAIR or Public PAIR.
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`Application/Control Number: 15/118,859
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`Art Unit: 3744
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`For more information about the PAIR system, see http://pair-direct.uspto.gov. Should
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`Business Center (EBC) at 866-217-9197 (toll-free). If you would like assistance from a
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`/P. S./
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`Examiner, Art Unit 3744
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`/DAVID TEITELBAUM/
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`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3744
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