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`15/992,259
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`05/30/2018
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`INLIN TAN
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`ELECTRONIC
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`0/7709 A0170” Summary
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`Application No.
`15/992,259
`Examiner
`DARRIN D DUNN
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`Applicant(s)
`TAN et al.
`Art Unit
`2118
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`AIA (FITF) Status
`Yes
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`- Failure to reply within the set or extended period for reply will, by statute, cause the application to become ABANDONED (35 U.S.C. § 133).
`Any reply received by the Office later than three months after the mailing date of this communication, even if timely filed, may reduce any earned patent term
`adjustment. See 37 CFR 1.704(b).
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`Status
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`1). Responsive to communication(s) filed on 5/30/18.
`[:1 A declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/were filed on
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`2a)D This action is FINAL.
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`2b)
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`This action is non-final.
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`3)[:] An election was made by the applicant in response to a restriction requirement set forth during the interview on
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`4)[:] Since this application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
`closed in accordance with the practice under Expat/7e Quay/e, 1935 CD. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`Disposition of Claims*
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`Claim(s)
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`1—11 is/are pending in the application.
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`5a) Of the above claim(s)
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`is/are withdrawn from consideration.
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`E] Claim(s)
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`is/are allowed.
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`Claim(s) 1—5 and 7—11 is/are rejected.
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`Claim(s) § is/are objected to.
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`are subject to restriction and/or election requirement
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`Application Papers
`10). The specification is objected to by the Examiner.
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`11). The drawing(s) filed on 5/30/18 is/are: a). accepted or b)D objected to by the Examiner.
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`Applicant may not request that any objection to the drawing(s) be held in abeyance. See 37 CFR 1.85(a).
`Replacement drawing sheet(s) including the correction is required if the drawing(s) is objected to. See 37 CFR 1.121 (d).
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
`12). Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
`Certified copies:
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`c)C] None of the:
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`1.. Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
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`2.|:] Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No.
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`3D Copies of the certified copies of the priority documents have been received in this National Stage
`application from the International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)).
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`** See the attached detailed Office action for a list of the certified copies not received.
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`Notice of References Cited (PTO-892)
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`Information Disclosure Statement(s) (PTO/SB/08a and/or PTO/SB/08b)
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`3) C] Interview Summary (PTO-413)
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`PTOL-326 (Rev. 11-13)
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`Office Action Summary
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`Part of Paper No./Mai| Date 20190703
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`Application/Control Number: 15/992,259
`Art Unit: 2118
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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,
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`is being examined under the
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`first inventor to file provisions of the AIA.
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`The Office Action is responsive to the communication filed on 05/30/18.
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`Claims 1—11 are pending in the application.
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`Information Disclosure Statement
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`The information disclosure statements (IDS) submitted on 04/11/19 and 05/30/18 are in
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`compliance with the provisions of 37 CFR 1.97. Accordingly,
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`the information disclosure
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`statements are being considered by the examiner.
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`Claim Objections
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`Claim 8 is objected to for insufficient antecedent basis for “wherein the corrector corrects the
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`control parameter included in the similar component data similar to a selected correction
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`component data.” Appropriate correction is required.
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`Allowable Subject Matter
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`Claim 6 is objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but would be
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`allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and
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`any intervening claims.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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`The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 USC. 102 that form the
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`basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
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`A person shall be entitled to a patent unless —
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`(a)(l) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use, on sale or
`otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
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`Claims 1— 5 and 7—8 are rejected under 35 USC. 102(a)(l) as being anticipated by Kano
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`(PG/PUB 20050250223).
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`As per claim 1, Kano et al. teaches a mounting board manufacturing system comprising:
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`as
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`a. cornprment placing device that executes component placing work for 5 placing
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`a component on a board (AESTRACT, Figure l, 00l5 eg “Embodiments of the
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`invention will be described with reference to drawings. In FIG. 1 showing a plan
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`view of an electronic component mounting apparatus 5, anumeral ll designates
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`a Y table moving in a Y direction driven by aY axis drive motor 12, and anumeral
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`l3 designates a XY table moving in X and Y directions by moving in the X
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`direction on the Y table 11 driven by a X axis drive motor 14, where a printed
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`board 9 to be mounted with a chip—type electronic component 8 is fixed by a fixing
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`device (not shown)
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`a
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`a library that stores a plurality of component data, each of the plurality of the
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`component data including
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`a. control parameter for executing the component
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`placing work by the component placing device and information rcgniding the
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`component {0021 eg “The RAM 41 is stored with mounting data on component
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`mounting for each of types of the printed board 9, including information about X
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`and Y directions (directed by X and Y) on the printed board 9 and an angle
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`(directed by Z) of the component 8 in mounting order (in order of step number),
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`and alignment numbers of the component feeding units 18. Furthermore, the RAM
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`41 is
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`stored with information
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`on the types of the electronic components
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`(component ID) corresponding to the alignment numbers (lane numbers) of the
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`component feeding units 18, that is, the component alignment
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`information, and
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`component library data on sizes and So on of the Stored electronic components
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`for each of the component IDS”)
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`as
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`an operation infoiination counter that counts a score of the component (eg
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`averaging position deviations and/or calculating pick up rate based upon pickup
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`error) placing work for each of the plurality of cornpt‘inent data based on operation
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`ii‘ifrm'nation
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`including
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`a result of
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`the work executed by the component
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`placing device (ABSTRACT, Figure 4, 0050 eg “however, when the CPU 40
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`determines that the pickup error occurs, a fifth counter (not shown) for counting a
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`pickup error number is incremented by 1 and calculates a pickup rate R=(1-e/c)
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`based on the pickup count number c and the pickup error count number e. Then,
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`the CPU 40 determines whether or not
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`the pickup count number reaches the
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`predetermined sample number Sm as above. When the CPU 40 determines that
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`the pickup count number does not reach the Sample number Sm, the Sampling
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`operation is performed and the next pickup operation is performed,” see aiso
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`positional shift a‘v'ei'age, i.e., error score, 0043-47) and
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`a cert‘ecter that selects eerrectien eernpenent data that is a target to be corrected
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`trern the plurality at the cempenent data based en the scere and cerrects the
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`central parameter at" the correction eunipenent data (0034—54, Figure 6 eg. as
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`interpreted cerrecting a pickup rate based upen a pickup ceunt nurnher c and the
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`pickup eirer ceunt number e ter calculating a feedback value fer nattlilying pickup
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`Offsets fer reducing subserpient reprinting deviatiens. see aise ri;ie<_lilyi_ng t’eet’lhack
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`utilizing pesitienai deviatien, 0043-47 )
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`As per claim 2. Kane teaches the n‘ieunting heard manufacturing system at Claim i,
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`wherein the eerrecter eerreets the centrel parameter using inferrnatien regarding
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`a degree ef influence of the centrei paranreter with respect te the seere (004341 005G~54 e jfir!
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`m LT)
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`interpreted, determining that the current centrel parameter results in pesitienai
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`tleviatiun? i.e..
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`pickup eireiy which in effect ai’i’ec ts the pickup rate scere and results in adjusting the feedback
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`centrei tu minimize subsequent pickup errur pesitien deviation see alse pickup rate equatien
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`indicating a degree ef influence between desired and actual pickup errers)
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`As per claim 3., Kane teaches the niuuntiug heard rnanulaeturing system of Claim 25 it'lierein the
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`cerrecter corrects the centre} parameter using inferniatien regarding the degree er“ influence of
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`similar cernpt‘inent tiara similar to the cerrectien cetnpt‘inent data. {8043-479 {Klfitlufifir eg. as
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`interpreted based, ripen ebserviug previous pickup errers fer lernring an average displacement
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`arneunt frenr prier cenipenent piaeernent, i.e,t degree ef influence ef similar cempunents adjust
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`the teedliack . then adjust the central parameter t0 minimize future pusitienai
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`interpreted, a running count at previous pickups is eaieuiated for determining subsequent
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`adjustments)
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`As per dairn 4, Kano teaches the mounting
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`heard manufacturing system of Ciaiin 2
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`further eernprising:
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`a learning unit (egg. CPU settware) that iearns the degree {if influence at the enrnponent
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`data (IRES-47,
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`(KtSt’t-Sét eg as interpreted, observing pnsition deviations per eeniponent,
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`i.e.,
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`eeu‘iponent data, for correcting subsequent eninponent nteuntihg, which in turn reduces the pickup
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`As per claim 5, Kano teaches the
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`rnenntnig
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`heard manufacturing system nf Ciairn 4,
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`further eernprising:
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`a, learning data set for e; eh nt‘ the piuraiity of comprmeut data, used for learning by the
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`learning unit, wherein the teaming data set is data obtained by aeeurnuiating a first pattern
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`cementing the compenent
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`tiata {eg averaging positional deviations over repetitive, repeating
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`opera tious) and the score teg. pickup rate indieative 0i" pickup errors) when the cmnpunent data,
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`is used, based, en a correction histery at“ the eonuannent data (GG43—47 e. 9, see aecutnuiating a first
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`pattern of eeniponent data, itea average of pesitinn shifts, as part at“ a feedback: system,
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`i.e.,
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`histt'iricai correction)
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`As per claim 7, Kane teaches the mounting board manufacturing system ef Claim 5,
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`wherein when the cen‘eeter corrects the central parameter, the iearning data set is updated
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`and the teaming unit petfnn'ns learning at the degree (if influence based en the updated teaming
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`data set (004243.17,
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`€)€)50~5«-‘i-
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`eg. as inteipreted, feedback represents a continuous iearning method
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`in which positional deviations are constantly observed, new averages calculated, and new pickup
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`rate scores determine, and where in response, the process is re peated')
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`As per claim 3 Kano teaches the mounting board manufacturing system of (Iii-aim 1,
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`wherein the corrector corrects the control parameter included in the similar component
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`data similar
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`to a selected correction component data (0043-44,
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`(KiSt’i-Séi eg. as interpreted,
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`correcting subsequent pickup operations based upon past pickup operations for similar components
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`based upon acquiring positional deviations and calculating pickup rates indicative of error)
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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 AIA 35 U.S.C.
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`102 and 103 (or as subject to pre—AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the
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`statutory basis for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art
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`relied upon, and the rationale 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 obviousness
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`rejections set forth in this Office action:
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`A patent for a claimed invention may not be obtained, notwithstandingthat 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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`The factual inquiries set forth in Graham v. John Deere C0. , 383 US. 1, 148 USPQ 459
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`(1966), that are applied for establishing a background for determining obviousness under 35
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`U.S.C. 103 are summarized as follows:
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`1. Determining the scope and contents of the prior art.
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`2. Ascertaining the differences between the prior art and the claims at issue.
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`3. Resolving the level of ordinary skill
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`in the pertinent art.
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`4. Considering objective evidence present in the application indicating obviousness or
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`nonobvious ne s s .
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`Claims 9—11 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Kano (PG/PUB
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`2005/0250223) in view over Yano et al. (USPN 8086338).
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`As per claim ‘53. Kano teaches the mounting board manufacturing system of Claim 15
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`wherein the score [[includes data of a suction ratefl of the component in the component
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`placing worlz. Yano te-gches wherein data includes a suction rate of the component (Figure 22—
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`“Suetion Rate”) Kano teaches iniplernenting leedliack control responsive to determining pickup
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`rate does not reach a desired pickup rate. the piclcup rate using a pickup error value (005064)
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`'llheret'rn‘e, before the effective filing date of the claimed invention. one of ordinary sltill
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`in the art using a Stitcllt‘lll rate count. as per Yano, in place as representative of a pieloip error
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`count, as per Kano. would achieve an expected and predictable result of indicating a pickup rate
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`anomaly based upon counting suction rate errors. Kano teaches adjusting positional deviations
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`responsive to determining pic {nip rates based upon a pickup error count, Yano teaches a pic kup
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`error count, conmrising a suction rate. Since adiusting positional deviations responsive to
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`determining suctions rates contribute to a piclqup rate help minimize future pickup deviations
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`tog. component position is calibrated for exact pickup via suction), an improved invention is
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`realized lay expanding upon potential sources of ct‘irnponent pickup error.
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`As per ciaim it), Kano te: cites the trimming board manufacturing system of Ciairn i, wherein
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`the score inciudcs data of a [[rccognition rate of the component in the component piacing workfl
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`‘r'ano teaches a recognition rate of the component during pickup (i?’igtu‘e 22 “recognition errors”)
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`Therefore, before the effective t’iiing date of the claimed invention, one of ordinary ski},
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`in the art using a recognition error count, as per Yano, in place as representative of a pickup error
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`count, as per Kanoi wouid achieve an expected and predictaiiie re suit of indicating a pickup rate
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`anoniaiy based upon counting suction rate errors. Kano teaches adjusting positional deviations
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`responsive to determining pickup rates based upon a pickup error count. Yano teaches a pickup
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`error count comprising a recognition count, Since adjusting positionai deviations responsive to
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`determining recognition errors iteips minimize t‘uttn‘e pickup deviations {eg crm‘iponent position
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`is Itaiibrated for exact pickup and minimize comprment ioss. improper position, etc, during image
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`capture), an improved invention is reaiizcd. by expanding upon potential sonnes of component
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`picitup error.
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`As per ciaim it, Kano te-gches the mounting, board manufacturing system of tiiiaint 1, wherein the
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`score includes data of a [floss rate of the component in the component piacing workfl
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`Yano teaches a loss rate of components (Figure 22 e. g. “suction errors, recognition errors,
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`standing suction errors, etc”)
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`Therefore“ before the ef iective fiiing date of the ciairneti invention, one of ordinary skiii
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`in the art using a suction rate count, as per Yano, in piace as representative of a picioip error
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`count, as per Ka no, wouiii achieve an expected and predictatiie result of irniicating a pickup rate
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`anomaly ba sed upon counting suction rate EXTGYS, Kano teaches adjusting posiijmal deviations
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`responsive to deternfinfing pickup rates based upon a pickup error count. Yano teaches a pickup
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`error count comprising a suction rate. Since adjusting positional deviations responsive to
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`determining auctions rates contribute to a pickup rate help minimize. future pickup deviations
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`(cg. component positimi
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`is calibraied for cxactpickup via suction). an. improved invention is
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`realized by expandng upon potential sources of component pickup error.
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`Conclusion
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