Application No. 17/054,436
`Reply to Office Action of June 27, 2022
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`Docket No.: 065933-0796
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`Introduction
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`REMARKS
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`Claims1, 3, 6, 7 and 9 are pending, of which claim 1 is independent.
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`Claim 1 has been amended to include the features of claim 3 and additional features that
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`have not recited yet. Claims 3 and 8 have been cancelled without prejudice. The amendmentis
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`supported by, for example, paragraph [0038] of the specification. The drawings and the
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`specification have been amended. No new matter has been added.
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`Entry of various comments regarding the claims and/orthe art, in the Office Action,
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`should not be construed as any acquiescence or agreement by Applicants with the stated
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`reasoning, regardless of whether or not these remarks specifically address any particular
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`commentfrom the Office Action.
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`Reconsideration of this application for allowanceofall pending claims is hereby
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`respectfully requested in view of the amendments to the claims and following remarks
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`Objection to the Drawings
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`The drawings were objected to. Applicant believes that the amendments made to the
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`drawings and the specification are fully responsive to the Examiner’s concerns. Withdrawal of
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`the objection to the drawings is, therefore, respectfully solicited.
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`Claim Rejection Under 35 U.S.C.§102/103
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`Claims 1-6 and 8-9 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Andel
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`(U.S. Patent Publication No. 2010/0000749 A1, “Andel’”). Claim 7 is rejected under 35 U.S.C.
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`103 as being unpatentable over Andel (US 2010/0000749 A1), in view of Hirabayashietal.
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`(U.S. Patent No. 9,205,547 B2, “Hirabayashi’). Without conceding any correctness of the
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`rejections, Applicant traverses the rejections for at least the following reasons.
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`Ata minimum, Andelfails to disclose that the connection structure is a structure in
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`which a convex portion or a concave portion provided on an outer circumferential surface of
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`the first hammer movably disposed in a concave portion or a convex portion provided on an
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`inner circumferential surface of the second hammerwith the circumferential clearance whichis
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`determined according to a motorrotation speed during a tightening work, when viewed from
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`Application No. 17/054,436
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`the axial direction, and the second hammerhas an impact on the first hammer in contact with
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`the anvil, as recited by claim 1.
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`In the present application, as paragraph [0038] of the present specification discloses, “In
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`the bolt tightening work, a workerpulls the operation switch 4 to a maximum amountin a
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`movable range. Whenthe operation switch 4 is pulled, the control unit 5 rotates the driver 10,
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`whichis a motor, at a predetermined rotation speed.”
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`In the present invention, the circumferential clearance is designed based on the
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`predeterminedrotation speed “so that the sub-hammer 21 can apply the rotation force to the main
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`hammer20, before the main hammer 20 moves away from the anvil 22” as described in
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`paragraph [0040]. That is, the second hammerhasan impact on the first hammer which does not
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`move away from the anvil and is in contact with the anvil.
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`Applicant respectfully submits that Andel fails to disclose the circumferential clearance
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`which is determined according to a motor rotation speed during a tightening work,as recited by
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`claim 1.
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`Assuch, claim 1 and all claims dependent thereon are patentable over the cited
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`references.
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`Application No. 17/054,436
`Reply to Office Action of June 27, 2022
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`Conclusion
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`Docket No.: 065933-0796
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`In view of the above amendments and remarks, Applicant submits that this application
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`should be allowed andthe case passedto issue. If there are any questions regarding this
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`Amendmentor the application in general, a telephonecall to the undersigned would be
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`appreciated to expedite the prosecution of the application.
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`To the extent necessary, a petition for an extension of time under 37 C.F.R. 1.136 is
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`hereby made. Please charge any shortage in fees due in connection with the filing of this paper,
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`including extension of time fees, to Deposit Account 500417 and please credit any excess fees to
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`such deposit account.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP
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`/Takashi Saito/
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`Takashi Saito
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`Date: October 21, 2022
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