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`17/044,830
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`10/01/2020
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`TAKESHI NAKASHIMA
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`083710-3231
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`6812
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`Rimon PC - Panasonic Corporation
`8300 Greensboro Dr.
`Suite 500
`McLean, VA 22102
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`CHEN, KUANGYUE
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`3761
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`ELECTRONIC
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`Notice of Pre-AlA or AIA Status
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`1.
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`The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013,
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`is being examined
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`underthefirst inventor to file provisions of the AIA.
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`Response to Amendment
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`Applicant's amendments to the claims filed on 08/29/2024 are acknowledged and
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`entered. According to the Amendments to the claims, claims 1-2, 5-6 and 9 has /have
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`been amended. Accordingly, claims 1-10 are pending in the application. An action on
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`the merits for claims 1-10 are asfollow.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`3.
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`In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35
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`U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any
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`correction of the statutory basis for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of
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`rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be
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`the same under either status.
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis forall
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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 effectivefiling
`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 Co., 383 U.S. 1, 148
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`USPQ 459 (1966), that are applied for establishing a background for determining
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`obviousness under 35 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 theprior art and the claims atissue.
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`3. Resolving the level of ordinary skill in the pertinent art.
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`4. Considering objective evidence present in the application indicating
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`obviousness or nonobviousness.
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`This application currently namesjoint inventors.
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`In considering patentability of the
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`claims the examiner presumes that the subject matter of the various claims was
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`commonly ownedasof the effective filing date of the claimed invention(s) absent any
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`evidenceto the contrary. Applicant is advised of the obligation under 37 CFR 1.56 to
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`point out the inventor and effective filing dates of each claim that was not commonly
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`ownedas of the effectivefiling date of the later invention in order for the examiner to
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`consider the applicability of 35 U.S.C. 102(b)(2)(C) for any potential 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2)
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`prior art against the later invention.
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`4.
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`Claims 1-6 and 9-10 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable
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`over Yoon etal. (US 2012/0076350 Al) in view of Abdooetal. (US 2019/0128611 A1),
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`Watanabe (US 6,496,272 BI) and Smith et al. (US 4,507,529).
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`Regarding Independent Claim 1, Yoon etal. disclose a heating cooking device
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`comprising:
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`a heating chamber (a cooking chamber 11, [0017], Figs 1-3) having a front face
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`opening (see Fig 1); aheater (heat source 25, [0022], Figs 2-3) that heats an object to
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`be heated stored in the heating chamber(heats food in the cooking chamber11 ,
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`[0022));
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`a camera (an image sensor 27, [0020], Figs 2-3) that has an optical axis inclined
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`with respect to a vertical direction and is disposed on an upper wall of the heating
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`chamber (an upper wall of the heating chamber 11 is located above the image sensor
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`27 and under top surface of the cooker; and the image sensor 27 is disposed on the
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`upper wall of the heating chamber 11, see details in Figs 1-3) to faceinside of the
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`heating chamber(see Figs 2-3);
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`a first illuminator (a lighting device 29, [0017], Figs 2-3) that radiates light toward
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`the inside of the heating chamber from a position near the upper wall of the heating
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`chamber(lighting device 29 illuminates the inside of the cooking chamber 11, [0024],
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`Figs 2-3); and
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`a top panelthat is disposed below the upper wall of the heating chamber(see a
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`top panel located under image sensor 27 in Figs 2-3; and the top panel is disposed
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`below the upper wall of the heating chamber 11), wherein:
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`the heater includes: generate microwaves (the heat source 25 mayinclude at
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`least one of a high frequency heat source emitting microwavesinto the cooking
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`chamber 11, [0022]);
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`Yoon et al. disclose the invention substantially as claimed and as discussed
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`above; except does not disclose a camera (Note: "a camera" taught by Yoon etal.
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`already) that has an optical axis inclined with respect to a vertical direction; and a top
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`panel that is disposed below the upperwall
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`of the heating chamber (Note: "a top panel that is disposed below the upperwall of the
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`heating chamber" taught by Yoon etal. already), includes a semitransparent member
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`that diffuses the light from thefirst illuminator to illuminate downward, and includes a top
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`panel opening serving as an opening through which the camera imagesthe inside of the
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`heating chamber, wherein: the heater includes: a magnetron configured to generate
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`microwaves; a waveguide disposed above the upperwall of the heating chamber; and
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`a radiation opening disposed at a center of the upper wall of the heating chamber and
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`configured to radiate the microwavestransmitted by the waveguide to the heating
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`chamber, and the camerais disposed at a position other than the center of the upper
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`wall of the heating chamber.
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`Abdooetal. teach an oven (see Title) with a camera (an imaging device 40 can
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`be in the form of a camera,[0011], Figs 3-4) that has an optical axis inclined with
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`respect to a vertical direction of a bottom of the heating chamber (an oven body 12 of
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`the oven 10 in FIG. 1... camera 40... has afield of view 42, [0018], Fig 3. Note: "a
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`bottom of the heating chamber" taught by Yoonetal. already); such that the camera
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`faces a direction that is inclined with respect to the vertical direction (see Fig 3); and the
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`camerais disposed at a position other than the center of the upper wall of the heating
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`chamber (the camera 40 is disposed at a position other than the center of the upper wall
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`18 of the heating chamber32, Fig 3).
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`Watanabeteaches a top panel (diffusion plate 58, Col 8 line 12, Fig 4) that is
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`disposed below the upper wall of the heating chamber (58 is disposed below a wallof
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`cover 59, Col 7 line 10, Fig 3B; Note: "the upper wall of the heating chamber" taught by
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`Yoon et al. already), includes a semitransparent member(58, comprising a ring-shaped
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`semi-transparent flat plate member, Col 8 line 12) that diffuses the light from thefirst
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`illuminator to illuminate downward (diffuses the light emitted, Col 8 line 13. Note: "the
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`light from thefirst illuminator to illuminate downward" taught by Yoonetal. already),
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`and includes a top panel opening (an aperture 58a, Col 8 line 14, Fig 5B) serving as an
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`opening through which the camera images theinside of the heating chamber (camera
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`65 imagesthe inside of cover 59, Col 7 line 11. Note: "the camera imagestheinside of
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`the heating chamber" taught by Yoon etal. already).
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`And Smith et al. teach an oven (a microwave oven designated generally 10, Col
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`3 line 25, Figs 1-4) and wherein: the heater includes: a magnetron (a magnetron 40, Col
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`3 line 38, Fig 2) configured to generate microwaves; a waveguide disposed above the
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`upper wall of the heating chamber (a waveguide 44 disposed above the upper wall 28 of
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`the heating chamber 24, Fig 2); and aradiation opening (coupling apertures 46, Col 3
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`line 52, Fig 2) disposed at a center of the upper wall of the heating chamber (see Fig 2)
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`and configured to radiate the microwavestransmitted by the waveguide to the heating
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`chamber (Energy is 50 transmitted from waveguide 44 to cooking cavity 24 via coupling
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`apertures 46 formed in cavity wall 28, Col 3 line 50-52).
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`Therefore, it would have been obvious before the effectivefilling date of the
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`claimedinvention to one of ordinary skill in the art to modify Yoonet al. with Abdooet
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`al.’s teaching of a camera that has an optical axis inclined with respect to a vertical
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`direction of a bottom of the heating chamber, such that the camera faces a direction that
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`is inclined with respect to the vertical direction; and the camera is disposed at a position
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`other than the center of the upper wall of the heating chamber; because Abdooetal.
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`teach, in Para. [0024], of providing an excellent monitoring way to monitor contents to
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`be cooked during cooking in an oven without the need for opening the oven doorto view
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`additional angles of the contents to be cooked; further modify Yoonetal. in view of
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`Abdooet al. with Watanabe’s teaching of a top panel that is disposed below the upper
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`wall of the heating chamber, includes a semitransparent memberthat diffuses the light
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`from thefirst illuminator to illuminate downward, and includes a top panel opening
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`serving as an opening through which the camera imagestheinside of the heating
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`chamber; because Watanabeteaches,in Abstract, of providing an excellentilluminator
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`for the convenienceofilluminate a to-be-mounted component during operation; and
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`further modify Yoon et al. in view of Abdooet al. and Watanabe with Smithetal.’s
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`teaching of wherein: the heater includes: a magnetron configured to generate
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`microwaves; a waveguide disposed above the upperwall of the heating chamber; and a
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`radiation opening disposed at a center of the upper wall of the heating chamber and
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`configured to radiate the microwavestransmitted by the waveguide to the heating
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`chamber, and the camerais disposed at a position other than the center of the upper
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`wall of the heating chamber; because Smith etal. teach, in Col 3 line 47-52, of
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`providing excellent microwave energy from magnetron output prob 42 of magnetron 40
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`coupled to cooking cavity 24 via rectangular feed waveguide 44 which extends
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`generally centrally along the upper cavity wall 28 for a better cooking.
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`Regarding Claims 2-6 and 10, Yoonetal. in view of Abdooet al., Watanabe
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`and Smith etal. teach the invention as claimed and as discussed above, and further
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`teach:
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`Claim 2, wherein, when seeing from a top view, the camera is disposed closer to
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`the front face opening than the center of the upper wall is (see Figs 2-3, Yoonetal.),
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`and the optical axis is inclined toward a rear side of the heating chamberwith respect to
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`the vertical direction (Clearly, "the optical axis" capable of "inclined toward a rear side of
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`the heating chamber with respect to a vertical direction", Fig 3, Abdooetal.).
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`Claim 3, wherein thefirst illuminator includes a light emitting diode as a light
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`source(light emitting diodes LEDs 54, Col 7 line 17, Watanabe. Note:"thefirst
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`illuminator" taught by Yoon etal. already).
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`Claim 4, wherein thefirst illuminator includes a light emitting diode as a light
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`source(light emitting diodes LEDs 54, Col 7 line 17, Watanabe. Note:"thefirst
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`illuminator" taught by Yoon etal. already).
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`Claim 5, wherein, when seeing from a top view,thefirst illuminator is disposed
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`farther from the front face opening than the center of the upper wall is (Clearly, "thefirst
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`illuminator" capable of "disposed farther from the front face opening than a center of the
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`upper wall is" as claimed, Figs 2-3, Yoon et al.).
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`Claim 6, wherein the camera andthefirstilluminator are disposed to face each
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`other with the center of the upper wall interposed between the camera andthefirst
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`illuminator (image sensor 27 and lighting device 29 are disposed to face each other with
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`a center of the upper wall interposed between 27 and 29, Figs 2-3, Yoonetal.).
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`Regarding Independent Claim 9, Yoonet al. disclose a heating cooking device
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`comprising:
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`a heating chamber (a cooking chamber 11, [0017], Figs 1-3) having an opening
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`on a front face of the heating chamber( see Fig 1);
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`a heater (heat source 25, [0022], Figs 2-3) that heats an object to be heated
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`stored in the heating chamber (heats food in the cooking chamber 11 , [0022));
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`a camera (an image sensor 27, [0020], Figs 2-3) that has an optical axis inclined
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`with respect to a vertical direction and is disposed on an upper wall of the heating
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`chamber (an upper wall of the heating chamber 11 is located above the image sensor
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`27 and under top surface of the cooker; and the image sensor 27 is disposed on the
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`upper wall of the heating chamber 11, see details in Figs 1-3) to faceinside of the
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`heating chamber(see Figs 2-3);
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`an illumination opening (lighting opening 15, [0018], Figs 2-3) that is opened in
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`the upper wall of the heating chamber(details in Figs 2-3);
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`a first illuminator (a lighting device 29, [0017], Figs 2-3) that is disposed more
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`outside the heating chamber than the upper wall of the heating chamber(details in Figs
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`2-3) and radiates light into the heating chamberthrough theillumination opening
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`(Lighting device 29illuminates the inside of the cooking chamber11 ... over thelighting
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`opening 15, [0024], Figs 2-3);
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`a top panel that is disposed moreinside the heating chamber than the upper wall
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`of the heating chamber (see a top panel located under image sensor 27 in Figs 2-3; and
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`the top panel is disposed moreinside the heating chamber 11 than the upper wall of the
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`heating chamber 11, Figs 1-3);
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`Yoon et al. disclose the invention substantially as claimed and as discussed
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`above; except does not disclose a camera (Note: "a camera" taught by Yoon etal.
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`already) that has an optical axis inclined with respect to a vertical direction; and a top
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`panel that is disposed more inside the heating chamberthan the upper wall of the
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`heating chamber (Note: "a top panel that is disposed more inside the heating chamber
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`than the upper wall of the heating chamber" taught by Yoonet al. already), has a larger
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`area as seen from abovethantheillumination opening,
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`is formed not to overlap with the
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`camera as seen from above,and is formed of a semitransparent material to allow light
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`radiated from thefirst illuminator to pass through downward while diffusing the light,
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`wherein: the heater includes: a magnetron configured to generate microwaves; a
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`waveguide disposed above the upper wall of the heating chamber; and a radiation
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`opening disposed at a center of the upper wall of the heating chamber and configured to
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`radiate the microwavestransmitted by the waveguide to the heating chamber, and the
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`camerais disposed at a position other than the center of the upper wall of the heating
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`chamber.
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`Abdooetal. teach an oven (see Title) with a camera (an imaging device 40 can
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`be in the form of a camera,[0011], Figs 3-4) that has an optical axis inclined with
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`respect to a vertical direction of a bottom of the heating chamber (an oven body 12 of
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`the oven 10 in FIG. 1... camera 40... has a field of view 42, [0018], Fig 3. Note: "a
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`bottom of the heating chamber" taught by Yoonet al. already); such that the camera
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`faces a direction that is inclined with respect to the vertical direction (see Fig 3); and the
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`camerais disposed at a position other than the center of the upper wall of the heating
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`chamber (the camera 40 is disposed at a position other than the center of the upper wall
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`18 of the heating chamber32, Fig 3).
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`Watanabeteachesa top panel (diffusion plate 58, Col 8 line 12, Fig 4) that is
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`disposed moreinside the heating chamber than the upper wall of the heating chamber
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`(58 is disposed inside of a cover 59, Col 7 line 10, Fig 3B), has a larger area as seen
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`from abovethan theillumination opening (58 has a larger area than opening 53a, Col 7
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`line 51, Figs 4-5B. Note: "the illumination opening" taught by Yoon etal. already), is
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`formed not to overlap with the camera as seen from above (Clearly, the top panel 58 of
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`capable of "not to overlap with the camera as seen from above"as claimed. Note: "the
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`camera" taught by Yoon et al. already), and is formed of a semitransparent material (58,
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`comprising a ring-shaped semi-transparent flat plate member, Col 8 line 12) to allow
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`light to pass through downward while diffusing the light (diffusion plate 58 ... diffuses the
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`light emitted, Col 8 line 14).
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`And Smith et al. teach an oven (a microwave oven designated generally 10, Col
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`3 line 25, Figs 1-4) and wherein: the heater includes: a magnetron (a magnetron 40, Col
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`3 line 38, Fig 2) configured to generate microwaves; a waveguide disposed above the
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`upper wall of the heating chamber (a waveguide 44 disposed above upper wall 28 of
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`heating chamber 24, Fig 2); and a radiation opening (coupling apertures 46, Col 3 line
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`52, Fig 2) disposed at a center of the upper wall of the heating chamber (see Fig 2) and
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`configured to radiate the microwavestransmitted by the waveguide to the heating
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`chamber (Energy is 50 transmitted from waveguide 44 to cooking cavity 24 via coupling
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`apertures 46 formed in cavity wall 28, Col 3 line 50-52).
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`Therefore, it would have been obvious before the effectivefilling date of the
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`claimedinvention to one of ordinary skill in the art to modify Yoonet al. with Abdooet
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`al.’s teaching of a camera that has an optical axis inclined with respect to a vertical
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`direction of a bottom of the heating chamber, such that the camera faces a direction that
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`is inclined with respect to the vertical direction; and the camera is disposed at a position
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`other than the center of the upper wall of the heating chamber; because Abdooetal.
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`teach, in Para. [0024], of providing an excellent monitoring way to monitor contents to
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`be cooked during cooking in an oven without the need for opening the oven doorto view
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`additional angles of the contents to be cooked; further modify Yoon etal. in view of
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`Abdooet al. with Watanabe’s teaching of a top panel that is disposed below the upper
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`wall of the heating chamber, includes a semitransparent memberthat diffuses the light
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`from thefirst illuminator to illuminate downward, and includes a top panel opening
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`serving as an opening through which the camera imagesthe inside of the heating
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`chamber; because Watanabeteaches,in Abstract, of providing an excellentilluminator
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`for the convenienceofilluminate a to-be-mounted component during operation; and
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`further modify Yoon et al. in view of Abdooet al. and Watanabe with Smithetal.’s
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`teaching of wherein: the heater includes: a magnetron configured to generate
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`microwaves; a waveguide disposed above the upperwall of the heating chamber; and a
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`radiation opening disposed at a center of the upper wall of the heating chamber and
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`configured to radiate the microwavestransmitted by the waveguide to the heating
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`chamber, and the camerais disposed at a position other than the center of the upper
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`wall of the heating chamber; because Smithet al. teach, in Col 3 line 47-52, of
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`providing excellent microwave energy from magnetron output prob 42 of magnetron 40
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`coupled to cooking cavity 24 via rectangular feed waveguide 44 which extends
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`generally centrally along the upper cavity wall 28 for a better cooking.
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`Claim 10, wherein the semitransparent memberis made of a microwave
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`transmissible material (a diffusion plate 58 which diffuses light emitted from the LEDs
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`54, Col 7 line 25, taught by Watanabe. According to the Specification page 2 line 11
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`stating that "a semitransparent memberthat diffuses the light from thefirst illuminator to
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`illuminate downwara"; clearly, that's exactly taught by diffusion plate 58 of Watanabe.
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`(Note: According to https://physics.stackexchange.com/; every sort of material (metal,
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`wood, plastic, stone, glass, ceramic, concrete, sea water, you name it) possesses a
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`certain amountof electrical conductivity and a certain amountof dielectric behavior;
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`taken in combination, this means that a beam of electromagnetic radiation may be
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`reflected, refracted, absorbed, or transmitted without loss by the materials it impinges
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`on- and all of that is frequency dependent).
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`5.
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`Claims 7-8 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over
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`Yoon et al. (US 2012/0076350 Al) in view of Abdooetal. (US 2019/0128611 A1),
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`Watanabe (US 6,496,272 BI) and Smith et al. (US 4,507,529). applied to claims shown
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`above, further in view of Do (US 2012/0170247 Al).
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`Regarding Claims 7-8, Yoonetal. in view of Abdooet al., Watanabe and
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`Smith et al. teach the invention as claimed and as discussed above; except does not
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`teach Claims 7-8.
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`Dofurther teaches a heating cooking device (microwave oven 12, [0025], Figs 1-
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`3), and: Claim 7, further comprising a second illuminator andathird illuminator (Diode
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`(LED) light panels 10, [0025], Figs 1-3) that are disposed below the top panel (see Fig
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`1), the secondilluminator and the third illuminator each illuminating the inside of the
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`heating chamber (Diode (LED) light panels 10 each illuminating the inside 18 and 20 of
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`heating chamber, [0025], Fig 1). Claim 8, wherein the secondilluminator is disposed at
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`a position onaleft side wall of the heating chamber (Diode (LED) light panel 10 is
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`disposed at a position onaleft side wall 18 of the heating chamber, [0025], Fig 1), the
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`position of the secondilluminator being closer to the front face opening than a centerof
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`the left side wall when viewed from a top view (see details in Fig 1), and
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`the third illuminator is disposed at a position on a right side wall of the heating
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`chamber (Diode (LED) light panel 10 is disposed at a position on a right side wall 20 of
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`the heating chamber, [0025], Fig 1), the position of the third illuminator being closer to
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`the front face opening than a center of the right side wall when viewed from the top
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`view,the right side wall facing the left side wall (see details in Fig 1).
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`Therefore, it would have been obvious before the effectivefilling date of the
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`claimedinvention to one of ordinary skill in the art to modify Yoonetal. in view of
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`Abdooet al., Watanabe and Smith etal. with De’s further teaching of Claims 7-8;
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`because Doteaches, in Para. [0007], of providing an excellent high-intensity light-
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`emitting diode (LED) light within the cooking cavity, so that the contents of the oven are
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`fully illuminated with an intensity sufficient to provide a good contrast ratio for viewing
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`the contents through the access window.
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`6.
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`Applicant's arguments with respect to Claims 1-10 have been considered but are
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`moot because the arguments do not apply to any of the references being used in any
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`claims of the current rejection.
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`Conclusion
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`Applicant's amendment necessitated the new ground(s) of rejection presented in
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`this Office action. Accordingly, THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. See MPEP
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