Appl. No. 15/074,019
`Amendment dated September 19, 2019
`Reply to Office action of June 19, 2019
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`REMARKS/ARGUMENTS
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`Applicant would like to thank the Examiner for the careful consideration given the
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`present application. Favorable reconsideration thereof is respectfully requested in view of the
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`comments and amendments made herein.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 US. C. §103
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`Claims 1-3, 7, and 9 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103 as being unpatentable over
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`Yamamura (US. 2005/0160593) in view of Yamazaki (U.S. 2015/02893 86). Traversal of this
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`rejection is made for at least the following reasons. Independent claim 1 requires a controller of a
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`component mounting apparatus in which a setting value of a component parameter and a setting
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`value of an operational parameter are input and a correlation table that links the component
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`parameter to the operational parameter. As amended, claim 1 further requires that for each linked
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`component parameter and operational parameter, a rule table defines a plurality of patterns,
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`where each of the plurality of patterns specifies multiple setting values that are grouped and
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`associated together. This is not disclosed, taught, or suggested by either Yamamura or Yamazaki,
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`either alone or in combination.
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`Yamamura discloses a mounting apparatus control unit that stores both component and
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`operational data and sends motor control parameters and tape information to a motor controller
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`for a tape feeder. The control system of the tape feeder stores this information such that the
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`control parameters become associated with the tape information. Thus, the Examiner contends
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`that Yamamura discloses storing data correlating the component parameter to the operational
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`parameter, although not explicitly in a table. Thus, the Examiner relies on Yamazaki to make up
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`for the deficiencies of Yamamura. Yamazaki merely discloses a data table in which an operating
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`parameter for executing an optimal operation mode is stored with respect to a type of electronic
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`component. However, claim 1 has been amended herein to require that the stored rule table
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`defines a plurality of patterns for each linked component parameter and operational parameter.
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`Claim 1 further requires that each of the plurality of patterns specifies multiple setting values that
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`are grouped and associated together. Neither of the cited references disclose, teach, or suggest
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`such limitations. Rather, in both Yamamura and Yamazaki, only one pattern or set of data
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`(speed, amount of rotation, pitch, etc. for a kind of carrier tape) is stored.
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`Appl. No. 15/074,019
`Amendment dated September 19, 2019
`Reply to Office action of June 19, 2019
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`Because neither Yamamura nor Yamazaki, alone or in combination, disclose, teach, or
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`suggest each and every limitation set forth in claim 1, the proposed combination of Yamamura
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`and Yamazaki cannot render claim 1 obvious. Claims 2-11 depend from claim 1 and are believed
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`to be allowable over the combination of Yamamura and Yamazaki for the same reasons
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`discussed above. Accordingly, withdrawal of this rejection is respectfully requested.
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`Claim 11 has been added to reintroduce the limitation that has been removed from
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`New Claim
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`independent claim 1. No new matter has been added.
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`Concluding Remarks
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`In consideration of the foregoing analysis, it is respectfully submitted that the present
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`application is in a condition for allowance and notice to that effect is hereby requested. If it is
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`determined that the application is not in condition for allowance, the Examiner is invited to
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`initiate a telephone interview with the undersigned attorney to expedite prosecution of the
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`present application.
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`If any additional fees are required by this communication, please charge such fees to our
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`Deposit Account No. 16-0820, Order No. PlPMM-56l23.
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`Respectfully submitted,
`PEARNE & GORDON LLP
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`Date: September 19, 2019
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`By:
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`/Una L. Lauricia/
`Una L. Lauricia, Reg. No. 48998
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`Cleveland, Ohio 44114-3108
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