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`16/158,895
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`10/12/2018
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`Lukasz Stefan Jarosz
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`PNA-59847
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`3568
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`mpent
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`ORI
`PEA
`PEARNE & GORDON LLP
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`TUGBANG, ANTHONY D
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`2896
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`08/19/2021
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`ELECTRONIC
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
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`Application No.
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`16/158, 895
`Jarosz, Lukasz Stefan
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`Office Action Summary Art Unit|AIA (FITF) StatusExaminer
`A. DEXTER TUGBANG
`2896
`Yes
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`1) Responsive to communication(s)filed on 8/9/21.
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`Application/Control Number: 16/158,895
`Art Unit: 2896
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Election/Restrictions
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`Applicant’s election without traverse of the invention of Species C, Claims 2 and
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`3, in the reply filed on August 9, 2021 is acknowledged. Elected Claims 2, 3 and
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`generic Claims 1 and 8 are pending for examination.
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`Claims 4 through 7 and 9 have been withdrawn from further consideration
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`pursuant to 37 CFR 1.142(b) as being drawnto a nonelected invention, there being no
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`allowable generic or linking claim. Election was made withouttraverse in the reply
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`filed on August 9, 2021.
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`Drawings
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`Figure 1 should be designated by a legend suchas--Prior Art-- because
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`applicant will be notified and informed of any required corrective action in the next Office
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`action. The objection to the drawings will not be held in abeyance.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
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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-AlA), second paragraph:
`The specification shall conclude with one or moreclaims particularly pointing out and distinctly
`claiming the subject matter which the applicant regards as his invention.
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`Claims 1 through 3 and 8 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C.
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`112 (pre-AlA), second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly
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`point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the inventor or a joint
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`inventor (or for applications subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, the applicant),
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`regards asthe invention.
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`In Claim 1, it is unclearif the phrase of “a mounting apparatuses’(line 13) is
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`referring to the previous phrases of “a plurality of mounting apparatuses”(line 5). When
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`taking both phrases together, it is unclear how many groups of mounting apparatuses
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`are being claimed, or if there is one single group. Also, it is unclear if “line management
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`apparatuses of other mounting lines’(line 18), is referring back to “line management
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`apparatus’(line 7) of “each of the mounting lines”(line 4). Again, how many groupsof
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`line management apparatuses are there?
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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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`obviousnessrejections setforth 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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`Claims 1, 2 and 8, as best understood, are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as
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`being unpatentable over U.S. Publication 2019/0174426 to Kurata (hereinafter
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`Application/Control Number: 16/158,895
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`“Kurata”) in view of U.S. Publication 2016/0128205 to Maenishi et al (hereinafter
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`“Maenishi”).
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`Claim1: Kurata discloses a component mounting system (e.g. Figures 1 and 2)
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`comprising:
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`a supply reel (e.g. 21) configured to accommodate a component to be mounted
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`to a substrate (e.g. ¢ [0014]), the supply reel being associated with a reel identifier;
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`a plurality of mounting lines (e.g. 10A, 10B, 20, in Fig. 1), each of the mounting
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`lines comprising:
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`a plurality of mounting apparatuses (e.g. M3, M4) configured to mount the
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`component supplied by the supply reel on the substrate; and
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`a line management apparatus (e.g. 12) having a storage device (e.g. 13)
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`that stores data associating with the reel identifier and a remaining number of
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`components accommodated by the supply reel at a time point, and a processor
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`(e.g. 14) configured to monitor the remaining number of components(e.g. |
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`[0023]); and
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`a central network (e.g. 3) configured to provide direct communication between
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`the line management apparatuses of each of the plurality of mounting lines;
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`wherein when the supply reel is mounted to mounting apparatuses of the plurality
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`of mounting apparatuses in a first mounting line (e.g. 10A, 20), the processor of the line
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`management apparatus of the first mounting line is configured to determine the
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`remaining number of components accommodated by the supply reel based on stored
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`data (e.g. | [0023]), and
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`the stored data is identified via communication between the line management
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`apparatus ofthe first mounting line and a line management apparatus of the other
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`mounting line (e.g. 10B, 20) via cross line communication (e.g. 2) over the central
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`network.
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`Claim2: any stored data in Figure 2 of Kurata is the “most recenttime point”.
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`Claim8: being that any of the components of Kurata are mounted on a substrate
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`(e.g. § [0014]), each of these components are a “surface mounted electronic
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`component’.
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`Kurata discloses just two line management apparatuses and does not appear to
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`mention an additional line management apparatus with one other mounting line.
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`Maenishi discloses an art recognized equivalent component mounting system (in
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`Fig. 1) that includes a plurality of mounting lines where each includes a mounting
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`apparatus (e.g. M2 or M3) and a line management apparatus (e.g. 4). The top line
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`management apparatus (e.g. 4, in Fig. 1) is read as a first mounting line and the two
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`bottom line management apparatuses (e.g. 4, in Fig. 1) are read as the “line
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`management apparatuses of other mounting lines” that communicate via a crossline
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`(e.g. 3) over a central network(e.g. 2).
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective
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`filing date of the claimed invention to have modified Kurata by adding at least one
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`additional line management apparatus thereby having a first mounting line and
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`additional other mounting lines with line management apparatuses, as taught by
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`Maenishi, to increase overall manufacturing by increasing the number of components
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`being mounted on a greater number of substrates.
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`Claim 3 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Kurata
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`in view of Maenishi, as applied to Claim 1 above, and further in view of U.S.
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`Patent 6,480,751 to Kuribayashi et al (hereinafter “Kuribayashi”).
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`Kurata, as modified by Maenishi, discloses the claimed component mounting
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`system as relied upon above in Claim 1.
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`Kurata additionally discloses that when the data that is associated with a most
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`recent time point is stored on a line management apparatus of one of the other
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`mounting lines (e.g. 10B, 20), the data is shared[via integrated database 4] from the
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`line management apparatus of the one of the other mounting lines (e.g. 10B, 20) and
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`replicated on the storage device of the line management apparatus of the first mounting
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`line (e.g. 10A, 20).
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`The modified Kurata system does not mention that the data is copied from the
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`line management apparatus of one of the other mounting lines and replicated on the
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`storage device of the line management apparatus ofthe first mounting line.
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`Kuribayashi discloses an art recognized equivalent component mounting system
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`(in Fig. 2) that includes various mounting lines (e.g. sections 5, 2, 3) where data (e.g. in
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`Fig. 1) is copied from a line management apparatus of one mounting line (one section)
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`to a storage device of a line management apparatus of another or first mounting line
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`(another section) to replicate the supply of components from one mounting line to
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`another (e.g. col. 8, lines 28-38).
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective
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`filing date of the claimed invention to have modified the central network of Kurata by
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`copying the data from a line management apparatus of one mounting line to a storage
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`device of a line management apparatus of another or first mounting line, to allow each
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`of the mounting lines the ability to replicate or duplicate the number of components
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`being mounted on the substrates.
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`Other Relevant Prior Art
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`The prior art made of record and notrelied upon is considered pertinent to
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`applicant's disclosure.
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`Japanese Patent Publication, JP 2009-44197, is relevant as disclosing a
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`component mounting system (Figure 2) with mounting apparatuses (e.g. 112) anda
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`plurality of mounting lines (e.g. 110, 120).
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`Conclusion
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`Art Unit 2896
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