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`15/406,208
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`01/13/2017
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`Hidenori KOBAYASHI
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`20759.0026U501
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`8812
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`52835
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`HAMRE, SCHUMANN, MUELLER & LARSON, P.C.
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`Minneapolis, MN 55402- 1683
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`BOBISH‘ CHRISTOPHER S
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`Application No.
`15/406,208
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`KOBAYASHI et al.
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`Application/Control Number: 15/406,208
`Art Unit: 3746
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`DETAILED ACTION
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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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`Continued Examination Under 37 CFR 1. 1 14
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`A request for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, including the fee set
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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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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`Application/Control Number: 15/406,208
`Art Unit: 3746
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`Claims 1, 4, and 9 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable
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`over Haraki et al (US PGPub No. 2014/0308141) in view of Kieffer (US Patent No.
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`6,002,190) in View of Goto (US PGPub No. 2017/0033649).
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`Haraki teaches:
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`limitations from claim 1, a sealed refrigerant compressor (100) comprising: a
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`sealed container (101); an electric component (111) accommodated in the sealed
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`container; and a compression component (117) accommodated in the sealed
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`container and configured to be driven by the electric component (paragraphs 34-
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`35), wherein the compression component includes a cylinder (137) disposed
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`inside the sealed container to extend in a direction crossing a vertical direction
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`(FIG. 1), and a piston (133) which is reciprocatable inside the cylinder (paragraph
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`43), wherein the electric component includes a stator (113), and a rotor (115)
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`having a lower surface facing an oil surface (103) of the lubricating oil (FIG. 1),
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`and the rotor has a shape in which a diameter of the rotor is larger than a length
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`(L) of the rotor in a rotational axis direction thereof (see FIG. 1, 38); wherein the
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`rotor includes a permanent magnet (115b) and does not include a magnet
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`protective member covering an outer periphery of the permanent magnet
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`provided in the core (see FIG. 3a-b);
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`Haraki does not teach balancing holes in the rotor;
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`Kieffer teaches:
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`limitations from claim 1, a rotor (see FIG. 1, formed of laminations 12, 14) for a
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`compressor motor (C. 1 Lines 41 -44), wherein a core of the rotor is provided with
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`at least one balance hole (30, 30A, 308) configured to adjust a load balance
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`during rotation of the rotor of the compressor motor (C. 7 Lines 1-10), and
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`wherein when considered from a direction along a rotational axis of the rotor (see
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`FIG. 7A-C), the at least one balance hole (30, 30A, BOB) is located not to be line-
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`symmetric or point-symmetric with respect to the rotational axis of the rotor and is
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`configured to adjust a load of the rotor during rotation into an unbalanced state
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`(FIG. 7A-C; C. 7 Lines 20-33 teaching asymmetrical hole formations); wherein at
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`least part of the at least one balance hole (30, 30A, BOB) is located closer to an
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`outer periphery of the rotor than to a rotor shaft hole (22) of the rotor when
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`viewed in the rotational axis direction of the rotor (see FIG. 7A-C);
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art to provide balance
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`holes in the rotor of the compressor of Haraki, as taught by Kieffer, in order to
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`balance the rotor with respect to the rotating compressor components while
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`reducing or negating the need for a counterweight (see C. 1 Lines 41 -56 and C. 7
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`Lines 1-19);
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`Neither Haraki nor Kieffer particularly teaches that the balancing holes are
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`located closer to a rotor shaft hole than an outer periphery of the rotor;
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`However, Goto teaches an electric motor (FIG. 1) including a rotor (10) and a
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`stator (20); wherein unbalance in the rotor is corrected via the use of balancing
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`holes (CO1; FIG. 2—3, paragraph 36-37); and wherein the location of the
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`balancing holes (CO1) is closer to an outer periphery (along circumference BP1)
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`of the rotor than a shaft hole (15a; see FIG. 3 in particular);
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`It has been held that a particular parameter must be recognized as a result-
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`effective variable, Le, a variable which achieves a recognized result, before the
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`determination of the optimum or workable ranges of said variable might be
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`characterized as routine experimentation.
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`In re Antoine, 559 F.2d 618, 195
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`USPQ 6 (CCPA 1977). See MPEP 2144.05 ”(8).
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`Furthermore, it has been held that “[W]here the general conditions of a claim are
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`disclosed in the prior art, it is not inventive to discover the optimum or workable
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`ranges by routine experimentation.” In re Aller, 220 F.2d 454, 456, 105 USPQ
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`233, 235 (CCPA 1955).
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`It would have been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art at the time of
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`the invention to modify the radial location of the balancing holes taught by Kieffer
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`to be located at a particular distance from center (including closer to the
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`periphery of the rotor) in view of Goto because the radial location of the
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`balancing holes were recognized as a result-effective variable achieving a
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`balanced rotor, and it would have been a matter of routine experimentation to
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`determine the optimum or workable ranges of the balancing hole positions to
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`achieve a desired level of balance. See paragraph 37 and 42 of Goto teaching a
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`balance hole distance d2 from center determined to meet an unbalance of the
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`rotor (MxD).
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`Haraki further teaches:
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`limitations from claim 4, wherein the compression component is accommodated
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`in the sealed container in such a manner that the compression component
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`is located above the electric component (see FIG. 1);
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`limitations from claim 9, a refrigeration device (paragraph 1) comprising a sealed
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`refrigerant compressor (100) of claim 1;
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`Claims 1, 3, 5-6, and 8 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being
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`unpatentable over Haraki et al (US PGPub No. 2014/0308141) in view of Hsiao et al
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`(US Patent No. 7,598,650) in view of Kieffer (US Patent No. 6,002,190).
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`Haraki teaches:
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`limitations from claim 1, a sealed refrigerant compressor (100) comprising: a
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`sealed container (101); an electric component (111) accommodated in the sealed
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`container; and a compression component (117) accommodated in the sealed
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`container and configured to be driven by the electric component (paragraphs 34-
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`35), wherein the compression component includes a cylinder (137) disposed
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`inside the sealed container to extend in a direction crossing a vertical direction
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`(FIG. 1), and a piston (133) which is reciprocatable inside the cylinder (paragraph
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`43), wherein the electric component includes a stator (113), and a rotor (115)
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`having a lower surface facing an oil surface (103) of the lubricating oil (FIG. 1),
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`and the rotor has a shape in which a diameter of the rotor is larger than a length
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`(L) of the rotor in a rotational axis direction thereof (see FIG. 1, 38); wherein the
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`rotor includes a permanent magnet (115b) and does not include a magnet
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`protective member covering an outer periphery of the permanent magnet
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`provided in the core (see FIG. 3a-b);
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`Haraki does not teach balancing holes in the rotor;
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`Hsiao teaches:
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`limitations from claims 1 and 3, a compressor (see conventional art FIG. 1)
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`including a rotor (21, FIG. 5-6), wherein a core of the rotor is provided with
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`at least one balance hole (22, 42) for adjusting a load balance during rotation of
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`the rotor (C. 3 Lines 4-13 and 46-57); wherein the rotor includes a
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`permanent magnet (50) and does not include a magnet protective member
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`covering an outer periphery of the permanent magnet provided in the core (see
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`FIG. 1 of Haraki), and wherein the at least one balance hole (22, 42) is
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`configured to adjust a load of the rotor during rotation into an unbalanced state
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`(see FIG. 7 and forces F5 and F6; C. 3 Lines 21-40); wherein the at least one
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`balance hole (22, 42) is provided in the core in such a manner that at least a part
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`of the balance hole is located outward relative to the permanent magnet (50)
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`when viewed from the rotational axis direction of the rotor (see FIG. 5-6); and
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`wherein at least part of the at least one balance hole (22, 42) is located closer to
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`an outer periphery of the rotor than to a rotor shaft hole (60) of the rotor when
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`viewed in the rotational axis direction of the rotor (see FIG. 5-6);
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art of compressors at
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`the time the invention was filed to provide layers and balancing holes in the
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`rotor of Haraki as suggested by Hsiao, in order to unbalance the rotor so that
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`the entirety of the reciprocating compressor may be balanced without the use
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`of weights (C.
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`1 Lines 44-52 and C. 3 Lines 46-52 of Hsiao).
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`Hsiao teaches creating unbalance via holes (22, 42) which appear to be
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`symmetrically arranged (FIG. 5-6) rather than asymmetrically arranged;
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`However, Kieffer teaches:
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`limitations from claim 1, a rotor (see FIG. 1, formed of laminations 12, 14) for a
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`compressor motor (C. 1 Lines 41 -44), wherein a core of the rotor is provided with
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`at least one balance hole (30, 30A, BOB) configured to adjust a load balance
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`during rotation of the rotor of the compressor motor (C. 7 Lines 1-10), and
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`wherein when considered from a direction along a rotational axis of the rotor (see
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`FIG. 7A-C), the at least one balance hole (30, 30A, BOB) is located not to be line-
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`symmetric or point-symmetric with respect to the rotational axis of the rotor and is
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`configured to adjust a load of the rotor during rotation into an unbalanced state
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`(FIG. 7A-C; C. 7 Lines 20-33 teaching asymmetrical hole formations); wherein at
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`least part of the at least one balance hole (30, 30A, BOB) is located closer to an
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`outer periphery of the rotor than to a rotor shaft hole (22) of the rotor when
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`viewed in the rotational axis direction of the rotor (see FIG. 7A-C);
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art to form the holes of
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`Hsiao in a variety of known shapes and positions as a matter of design choice,
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`including asymmetric holes as taught by Kieffer (see C. 1 Lines 41 -56 and C. 7
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`Lines 1-19 of Kieffer), in order to unbalance the rotor to account for forces
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`created by the pumping mechanism (see C. 3 Lines 15-17 and Lines 46-51 of
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`Hsiao teaches the determination of different shapes and arrangements based
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`upon needs of the compressor motor);
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`Neither Hsiao nor Kieffer particularly teaches that the balancing holes are located
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`closer to a rotor shaft hole than an outer periphery of the rotor;
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`However, Goto teaches an electric motor (FIG. 1) including a rotor (10) and a
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`stator (20); wherein unbalance in the rotor is corrected via the use of balancing
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`holes (CO1; FIG. 2—3, paragraph 36-37); and wherein the location of the
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`balancing holes (CO1) is closer to an outer periphery (along circumference BP1)
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`of the rotor than a shaft hole (15a; see FIG. 3 in particular);
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`It has been held that a particular parameter must be recognized as a result-
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`effective variable, Le, a variable which achieves a recognized result, before the
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`determination of the optimum or workable ranges of said variable might be
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`characterized as routine experimentation.
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`In re Antoine, 559 F.2d 618, 195
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`USPQ 6 (CCPA 1977). See MPEP 2144.05 ”(8).
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`Furthermore, it has been held that “[W]here the general conditions of a claim are
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`disclosed in the prior art, it is not inventive to discover the optimum or workable
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`ranges by routine experimentation.” In re Aller, 220 F.2d 454, 456, 105 USPQ
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`233, 235 (CCPA 1955).
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`Application/Control Number: 15/406,208
`Art Unit: 3746
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`Page 9
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`It would have been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art at the time of
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`the invention to modify the radial location of the balancing holes taught by Hsiao
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`and Kieffer to be located at a particular distance from center (including closer to
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`the periphery of the rotor) in view of Goto because the radial location of the
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`balancing holes were recognized as a result-effective variable achieving a
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`balanced rotor, and it would have been a matter of routine experimentation to
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`determine the optimum or workable ranges of the balancing hole positions to
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`achieve a desired level of balance. See paragraph 37 and 42 of Goto teaching a
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`balance hole distance d2 from center determined to meet an unbalance of the
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`rotor (MxD).
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`Hsiao further teaches:
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`limitations from claim 5, wherein the at least one balance hole (22, 42) extends in
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`the rotational axis direction of the rotor (C. 3 Lines 4-13 and 46-57);
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`limitations from claim 8, wherein the at least one balance hole (22, 42) is a blind
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`hole having a bottom surface which is set to be higher than an upper surface
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`of the stator (FIG. 5-6, C. 3 Lines 4-13 and 46-57);
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`Kieffer further teaches:
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`limitations from claim 6, wherein the at least one balance hole is a through-hole
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`(FIG. 7A-C);
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art to form the holes of
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`Hsiao in a variety of known shapes and positions as a matter of design choice,
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`including through holes as taught by Kieffer (see C. 1 Lines 41 -56 and C. 7 Lines
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`1-19 of Kieffer), in order to unbalance the rotor to account for forces created by
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`the pumping mechanism (see C. 3 Lines 15-17 and Lines 46-51 of Hsiao teaches
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`the determination of different shapes and arrangements based upon needs of the
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`compressor motor);
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`Claims 1 and 7 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over
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`Haraki et al (US PGPub No. 2014/0308141) in view of Boxberg et al (US PGPub No.
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`2014/0265717).
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`Haraki teaches:
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`limitations from claim 1, a sealed refrigerant compressor (100) comprising: a
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`sealed container (101); an electric component (111) accommodated in the sealed
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`container; and a compression component (117) accommodated in the sealed
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`container and configured to be driven by the electric component (paragraphs 34-
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`35), wherein the compression component includes a cylinder (137) disposed
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`inside the sealed container to extend in a direction crossing a vertical direction
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`(FIG. 1), and a piston (133) which is reciprocatable inside the cylinder (paragraph
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`43), wherein the electric component includes a stator (113), and a rotor (115)
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`having a lower surface facing an oil surface (103) of the lubricating oil (FIG. 1),
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`and the rotor has a shape in which a diameter of the rotor is larger than a length
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`(L) of the rotor in a rotational axis direction thereof (see FIG. 1, 38); wherein the
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`rotor includes a permanent magnet (115b) and does not include a magnet
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`protective member covering an outer periphery of the permanent magnet
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`provided in the core (see FIG. 3a-b);
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`Haraki does not teach balancing holes in the rotor;
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`Boxberg teaches:
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`limitations from claims 1 and 7, a rotor (18) for a motor (paragraph 2), wherein a
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`core of the rotor is provided with at least one balance hole (34) configured to
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`adjust a load balance during rotation of the rotor of the compressor motor
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`(Paragraph 20, 24, and 25 discussing the use of holes 34 and fasteners 38 to
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`balance the motor rotor during operation), and wherein when considered from a
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`direction along a rotational axis of the rotor, the at least one balance hole is
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`located not to be line-symmetric or point-symmetric with respect to the rotational
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`axis of the rotor and is configured to adjust a load of the rotor during rotation into
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`an unbalanced state (Paragraph 25 teaches that the holes may be located at
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`various selected positions; it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill at
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`the time the invention was filed to choose locations for the holes, including
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`asymmetric arrangements, in order to balance different rotor forces); wherein at
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`least part of the at least one balance hole (34) is located closer to an outer
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`periphery of the rotor than to a rotor shaft hole (about shaft 16) of the rotor when
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`viewed in the rotational axis direction of the rotor (see FIG. 4-5 wherein the outer
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`portions of the hole 34 is located closer to the outside of the rotor core 26;
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`additionally, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill at the time the
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`invention was filed to choose locations for the holes, including placing he holes at
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`different radial locations, in order to balance different rotor forces); wherein a
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`balance weight (58) is fastened to an upper surface of the rotor (FIG. 4;
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`paragraph 25) to adjust a load balance (paragraph 25), and wherein the at least
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`one balance hole (34) is provided within a portion of the core of the rotor to which
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`the balance weight is fastened (FIG. 4);
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`Neither Haraki nor Boxberg particularly teaches that the balancing holes are
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`located closer to a rotor shaft hole than an outer periphery of the rotor;
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`However, Goto teaches an electric motor (FIG. 1) including a rotor (10) and a
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`stator (20); wherein unbalance in the rotor is corrected via the use of balancing
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`holes (CO1; FIG. 23, paragraph 36-37); and wherein the location of the
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`balancing holes (CO1) is closer to an outer periphery (along circumference BP1)
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`of the rotor than a shaft hole (15a; see FIG. 3 in particular);
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`It has been held that a particular parameter must be recognized as a result-
`
`effective variable, Le, a variable which achieves a recognized result, before the
`
`determination of the optimum or workable ranges of said variable might be
`
`characterized as routine experimentation.
`
`In re Antoine, 559 F.2d 618, 195
`
`USPQ 6 (CCPA 1977). See MPEP 2144.05 ”(8).
`
`Furthermore, it has been held that “[W]here the general conditions of a claim are
`
`disclosed in the prior art, it is not inventive to discover the optimum or workable
`
`ranges by routine experimentation.” In re Aller, 220 F.2d 454, 456, 105 USPQ
`
`233, 235 (CCPA 1955).
`
`It would have been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art at the time of
`
`the invention to modify the radial location of the balancing holes taught by
`
`Boxberg to be located at a particular distance from center (including closer to the
`
`periphery of the rotor) in view of Goto because the radial location of the
`
`balancing holes were recognized as a result-effective variable achieving a
`
`balanced rotor, and it would have been a matter of routine experimentation to
`
`determine the optimum or workable ranges of the balancing hole positions to
`
`achieve a desired level of balance. See paragraph 37 and 42 of Goto teaching a
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`balance hole distance d2 from center determined to meet an unbalance of the
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`rotor (MxD).
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`Art Unit: 3746
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`Response to Arguments
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`Applicant’s arguments, see respose, filed 11/25/2019, with respect to the
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`rejection(s) of claim(s) 1 and 3-9 under Haraki, Kieffer, Hsiao, and Boxberg have been
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`fully considered and are persuasive. Therefore, the rejection has been withdrawn.
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`However, upon further consideration, a new ground(s) of rejection is made in view of
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`Goto. Goto is relied upon to teach location of rotor balancing holes as a results effective
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`variable, directly related to the balancing of mass within the rotor.
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`Conclusion
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`Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the
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`examiner should be directed to CHRISTOPHER S BOBISH whose telephone number is
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`If attempts to reach the examiner by telephone are unsuccessful, the examiner’s
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`supervisor, Devon Kramer can be reached on 571-272-7118. The fax phone number
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`for the organization where this application or proceeding is assigned is 571 -273-8300.
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`Information regarding the status of an application may be obtained from the
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`Application/Control Number: 15/406,208
`Art Unit: 3746
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`Page 14
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`Status information for unpublished applications is available through Private PAIR only.
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`For more information about the PAIR system, see http://pair-direct.uspto.gov. Should
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`/CHRISTOPHER S BOBISH/
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`Examiner, Art Unit 3746
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