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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`United States Patent and TrademarkOffice
`Address: COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450
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`17/695,361
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`03/15/2022
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`HIROSHI YAHATA
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`P65860
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`8800
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`GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN,P.L.C.
`1950 ROLAND CLARKE PLACE
`RESTON, VA 20191
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`TRAN, LIEN THUY
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`ART UNIT
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`1793
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`03/28/2023
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`ELECTRONIC
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`Please find below and/or attached an Office communication concerning this application or proceeding.
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`Thetime period for reply, if any, is set in the attached communication.
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`Notice of the Office communication was sent electronically on above-indicated "Notification Date" to the
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`gbpatent @ gbpatent.com
`greenblum.bernsteinplc @ gmail.com
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`PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`Office Action Summary
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`Application No.
`17/695, 361
`Examiner
`LIEN T TRAN
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`Applicant(s)
`YAHATAetal.
`Art Unit
`1793
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`AIA (FITF) Status
`Yes
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`Any reply received by the Office later than three months after the mailing date of this communication, evenif 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 12/13/22.
`C} A declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/werefiled on
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`2a)() This action is FINAL. 2b)¥)This action is non-final.
`3)02 An election was madeby the applicant in responseto a restriction requirement set forth during the interview
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`4)\0) 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 Exparte Quayle, 1935 C.D. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`Disposition of Claims*
`1-19 is/are pending in the application.
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`Claim(s)
`5a) Of the above claim(s) ___ is/are withdrawn from consideration.
`Cj} Claim(s)
`is/are allowed.
`Claim(s) 1-19 is/are rejected.
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`) © Claim(s)___is/are objected to.
`Cj) Claim(s
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`11)0) The drawing(s) filedon__ is/are: a)(J accepted or b)( objected to by the Examiner.
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
`12)[VM. 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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`1.{¥] Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
`2.1) Certified copies of the priority documents have beenreceived in Application No.
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`application from the International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)).
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`(LJ Interview Summary (PTO-413)
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`PTOL-326 (Rev. 11-13)
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`Application/Control Number: 17/695,361
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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, is being examined under the first
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`inventor to file provisions of the AIA.
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`Priority
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`2.
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`Receipt is acknowledged of certified copies of papers required by 37 CFR 1.55.
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`3.
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`The following is a quotation of the first paragraph of 35 U.S.C. 112(a):
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
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`(a) IN GENERAL.—The specification shall contain a written description of the invention, and
`of the manner and process of making and using it, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to
`enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to
`makeand use the same,and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor or joint
`inventor of carrying out the invention.
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`The following is a quotation of the first paragraph of pre-AlA 35 U.S.C. 112:
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`The specification shall contain a written description of the invention, and of the manner and
`process of making and using it, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person
`skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with whichit is most nearly connected, to make and use the
`same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor of carrying out his invention.
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`4.
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`Claims 1-19 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(a) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AlA), first paragraph, as
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`failing to comply with the enablement requirement. The claim(s) contains subject matter which was not
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`described in the specification in such a way as to enable oneskilled in the art to which it pertains, or
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`with which it is most nearly connected, to make and/or use the invention.
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`Factors for Assessing Enablement(a.k.a. The Wands Factors)
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`These factors include, but are not limited to:
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`1. Breadth of the claims;
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`2. Nature of the invention;
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`3. State of the prior art;
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`4. Level of one of ordinaryskill;
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`5. Level of predictability in the art;
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`6. Amountof direction provided;
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`7. Existence of working examples; and
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`8. Quantity of experimentation needed.
`See: MPEP §2164.01(a); In re Wands, 858 F.2d 731, 737, 8 USPQ2d 1400, 1404 (Fed. Cir. 1988)
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`The claims are directed to a method for controlling the food printer to produce food having a
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`certain pattern based on the chewing/swallowing data. The print pattern is changed based on the
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`number of chewsandafirst print patter. However, the breadth of the claims is too broad. The claims
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`do not provide anyspecificity to enable one skilled in the art to carry out the method. While the claims
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`recite to print food based on the chewing/swallowing cycle, there is no specificity to the data and howit
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`is used to affect the pattern. The term patternitself is broad and the meaningis not specific. What
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`exactly does pattern encompasses. The chewing and swallowing of food can vary amongdifferent
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`people. One person can take a long time to chew the same food as opposed to another individual.
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`Thereis no disclosure to take into consideration such factor. The instant specification does not define
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`any formulation of food.
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`It is not know which population is targeted as chewing/swallowing differs
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`amongpeople and howthe data is used to make the second food. There is no disclosure of correlation
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`between the data and the food printed. For instance, if the number of chewsis 20, how doesthat
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`number translate to printing the food versus a chewing numbers of 19 or 16 or 15, etc.. The
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`specification does not disclose how a predetermined numberof chewsis determined. Whatfactors are
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`involved the determination of the predetermined number of chews. For instance, claim 5 recites the
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`size of the chunks. But, there is no teaching of how the size is determined. What factors are involved in
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`the determination of the size. The nature of the invention is too variable and unpredictable. The
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`chewing and swallowing pattern are unlikely to be consistent from different populations and habit. For
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`instance, the specification discloses the acceleration sensor is attached to chopstick, fork or spoon and
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`detects the beginning of the swallow cycle from the time the utensil is picked up to the time it is lower.
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`However, picking up and lowering the utensil does not necessarily mean the food is put in the mouth
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`and swallow as a person can very well picking up and lowering the utensil without eating a food. For
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`instance, a child can play at meal time by playing with the utensil and not actually eating the food which
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`will make the data collected to be inaccurate to form the second food. The instant specification does
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`not have any teaching to accountto variation in such instance. There is no baseline of pattern or mass
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`or volume established for the first food and how suchpattern, or mass or volume should be varied
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`based on the swallowing/chewing cycle. There is no working example set forth in the disclosure. There
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`is no direction provided. The field of printing of food is relatively new. The printing of food in relation
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`to swallowing/chewing cycle is not prevalent in the art. Thus, undue experimentation would be
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`required to form the food meeting a required pattern based on the data as the specification provides no
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`direction of how to use the data to form the food. What pattern or volume or size or mass are
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`required? How should the pattern, volume,size or mass be changed based on the data? The
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`specification discloses the second hardness can be changed such as increasing or decreasing the number
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`of holes. However, the specification does not disclose the cause of the holes and howthe holes can be
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`increased or decreased and how much of an increase or decrease is needed. There is no disclosure of
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`any formulation for the food.
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`It is unclear what the food is made of. There is no disclosure of
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`ingredients or any composition. The specification discloses the hardness can be adjusted by controlling
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`or specifying the temperature. However,it is a general disclosure without any specific teaching. The
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`specification generally discloses a computer programming to print the food. But, there is no teaching of
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`how the data inputted is used to form the food. There is not a single example in the specification to
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`demonstrate how the method is carried out. Based on the broadnessand generalization of the method,
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`it is not enabling to one skilled in the art.
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`5.
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`Claim 1-2,6,8,16,18 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AlA), second
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`paragraph,as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter
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`which the inventor or a joint inventor (or for applications subject to pre-AlA 35 U.S.C. 112, the
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`applicant), regards as the invention.
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`In claim 1, the limitation “ print pattern” is vague and indefinite becauseit is not clear whatis
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`encompassed or intended by pattern. A pattern seems to suggest a design. However, the specification
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`doesnotdisclose any design. Thus,it is unclear what the term indicates.
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`Claim 2 has the same problem as claim 1.
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`In claim 6, the limitation “ hard portion” is vague and indefinite because the term “ hard”is
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`relative.
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`It is unclear what would be considered as hard. The limitation “ hard portion has a hardness
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`greater than or equal to a predetermined hardness”is vague and indefinite because the term hardis
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`relative. The specification does not disclose any formulation for food; it is unclear what would be
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`considered as hard or what would be considered as a predetermined hardness.
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`In claim 8, the limitation “ distance to a skin” is vague and indefinite becauseit is unclear whatis
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`intendedby it. Skin is present throughout the body; it is not clear what area of skin is intended.
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`In claim 16, the limitation of “ print pattern” has the same problem as claim 1.
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`In claim 18, the limitation of “ print pattern” ahs the same problem as claim 1.
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`6.
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`35 U.S.C. 101 reads as follows:
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 101
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`Whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of
`matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent therefor, subject to the
`conditions and requirementsofthis title.
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`The claimed invention is directed to an abstract idea without significantly more. The claim(s) recite(s) a
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`method of forming a second printed food having a pattern based on the chewing/swallowing
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`information from a sensing device. This judicial exception is not integrated into a practical application
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`because the method only provides broad general steps without any specificity to actually carryout the
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`method. The claim(s) does/do not include additional elements that are sufficient to amountto
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`significantly more than the judicial exception because.
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`The claims are directed to a method for controlling the food printer to produce food having a
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`certain pattern based on the chewing/swallowing data. However, the breadth of the claims is too
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`broad. The claims do not provide any specificity to carry out the method. While the claims recite to
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`print food based on the chewing/swallowing cycle, there is no specificity to the data.
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`It is not know
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`which population is targeted as chewing/swallowing differs among people and how the datais used to
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`make the second food. There is no disclosure of correlation between the data and the food printed. For
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`instance,if the number of chew is 20, how does that numbertranslate to printing the food versus a
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`number of chews 19 or 16 or 15, etc.. There is variation and unpredictability that can affect the
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`outcome. The claimed method doesnotdisclose all the variables. The chewing and swallowing pattern
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`are unlikely to be consistent from different populations. For instance, the specification discloses the
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`acceleration sensor is attached to chopstick, fork or spoon and detects the beginning of the swallow
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`cycle from the time the utensil is picked up to the time it is lower. However, picking up and lowering the
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`utensil does not necessarily mean the foodis put in the mouth and swallow as a person can very well
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`picking up and lowering the utensil without eating a food. For instance, a child can play at meal time by
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`playing with the utensil and not actually eating the food which will make the data collected to be
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`inaccurate to form the second food. The instant specification does not have any teaching to account for
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`variation in such instance. There is no baseline of pattern established for the first food and how such
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`pattern should be varied based on the swallowing/chewing cycle. There is no working example set forth
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`in the disclosure. There is no direction provided in the specification. What pattern is acceptable? How
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`should the pattern be varied based on the data? How can the pattern be changed? The specification
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`discloses the second hardness can be changed such as increasing or decreasing the number of holes.
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`However, the specification does not disclose the cause of the holes and how the holes can be increased
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`or decreased and how muchof an increase or decrease is needed. There is no disclosure of any
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`formulation for the food.
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`It is unclear what the food is made of. Thereis no disclosure of ingredients or
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`any composition. The specification generally discloses a computer programming to print the food. But,
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`there is no teaching of how the data inputted is used to form the food. There is not a single example in
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`the specification to demonstrate how the method is carried out.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`7.
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all obviousness rejections
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`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
`effective filing date of the claimed invention to a person having ordinaryskill 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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`8.
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`The factual inquiries for establishing a background for determining obviousness under 35 U.S.C.
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`103 are summarized as follows:
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`1. Determining the scope and contentsofthe 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 in the pertinentart.
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`4. Considering objective evidence presentin the application indicating obviousness or
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`nonobviousness.
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`9.
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`Claim(s) 1-19 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Hardee(
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`2018/0116272) in view of Conor ( 2020/0152312)
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`For claims 1,2, Hardee discloses a method for printing a food material by a processor. The
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`method comprises the steps of receiving a request to 3D print a food item, receiving information
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`associated with a consumer for the food item and printing the requested food item based on the
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`information associated with the consumer of the food item. The information received from the
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`consumer is used to modify the food item being printed. The information received is transmitted to the
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`food printer via network to print the food item according to the information received. Sensor can be
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`included to device layer. The 3D printing of food item is customized based on information associated
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`with the consumers of the food items. The information can be based on health, medical history, dietary
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`restriction etc.. (see paragraphs 0004,0012,0014,0015,0046,0050,0054,0055,0060,0061,0064)
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`Hardee does not disclose sensing the chew/swallowing to determine the swallow cycle to make
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`printed food with a determined pattern asin claims 1,2, the sensing parametersas in claims 3-15, the
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`food as in claims 16-18 and the baking as in claim 19.
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`Connor discloses systems for nutritional monitoring and management. Conor discloses different
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`sensors to monitor food in nutrition monitoring. The sensors include camera on eyewear, earwear, ring
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`etc, spectroscopic sensor, wearable biometric sensor including EMG, smart utensil which collects fata
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`concerning food item consumed by a person etc.. The food utensil can tract the number of times that a
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`utensil is put down or weigh each bite or mouthful. Smart utensil can use motion senor to measure the
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`lifting and lowering of the utensil. The nutritional monitoring can include a device which is worn on or
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`around a person neck. The smart collar can have a microphone which monitors sounds associated with
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`eating such as chewing, swallowing. ( see paragraphs 0022,0023,0027,0029,0031,0050,0144)
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`Hardee discloses the printing of the food is customized based on the information received.
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`Thus, it would have been obvious to one skilled in the art to input information to obtain different
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`pattern or food depending on the sensory attribute and food types desired. The information inputted
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`can vary depending on consumer preference.
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`It would have been an obvious matter of choice to input
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`different data based on a previous consuming food when such sensoryattribute is desired to be
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`changed. Hardeediscloses various sensor devices can be used in connection with the system.
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`have been obvious to one skilled in the art to use the sensing devices taught in Connor to measure
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`various parameters on eating and to customize the food printed based on the eating preference
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`measured. Applicant is combining known concept with expected result.
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`It would have been obvious to
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`form food having various different layers, different hardness, different size so as to occupy different
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`volume as an obvious matter of preference. The hole in food can vary depending on the type of food.
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`It
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`would also have been obvious to control the temperature in baking. This parameter would have been
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`readily apparentto one skilled in the art.
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`Double Patenting
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`10.
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`The nonstatutory double patenting rejection is based on a judicially created doctrine grounded
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`in public policy (a policy reflected in the statute) so as to prevent the unjustified or improper timewise
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`extension of the “right to exclude” granted by a patent and to prevent possible harassment by multiple
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`assignees. A nonstatutory double patenting rejection is appropriate where the conflicting claims are not
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`identical, but at least one examined application claim is not patentably distinct from the reference
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`claim(s) because the examined application claim is either anticipated by, or would have been obvious
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`over, the reference claim(s). See, e.g., In re Berg, 140 F.3d 1428, 46 USPQ2d 1226 (Fed. Cir. 1998); In re
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`Goodman, 11 F.3d 1046, 29 USPQ2d 2010 (Fed. Cir. 1993); In re Longi, 759 F.2d 887, 225 USPQ 645 (Fed.
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`Cir. 1985); In re Van Ornum, 686 F.2d 937, 214 USPQ 761 (CCPA 1982); In re Vogel, 422 F.2d 438, 164
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`USPQ 619 (CCPA 1970); In re Thorington, 418 F.2d 528, 163 USPQ 644 (CCPA 1969).
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`A timely filed terminal disclaimer in compliance with 37 CFR 1.321(c) or 1.321(d) may be used to
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`overcome an actual or provisional rejection based on nonstatutory double patenting provided the
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`reference application or patent either is shown to be commonly owned with the examined application,
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`or claims an invention made as a result of activities undertaken within the scope of a joint research
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`agreement. See MPEP § 717.02 for applications subject to examination underthe first inventor tofile
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`provisions of the AIA as explained in MPEP § 2159. See MPEP § 2146et seq. for applications not subject
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`to examination under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA. A terminal disclaimer must be
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`signed in compliance with 37 CFR 1.321(b).
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`The USPTOInternet website contains terminal disclaimer forms which may be used. Pleasevisit
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`www.uspto.gov/patent/patents-forms. The filing date of the application in which the form is filed
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`determines what form (e.g., PTO/SB/25, PTO/SB/26, PTO/AIA/25, or PTO/AIA/26) should be used. A
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`web-based eTerminal Disclaimer maybefilled out completely online using web-screens. An eTerminal
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`Disclaimer that meetsall requirements is auto-processed and approved immediately upon submission.
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`11.
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`Claims 1-19 are provisionally rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being
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`unpatentable over claims 1-18 of copending Application No. 17/695392 (reference application).
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`Although the claims at issue are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because
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`both applications are directed to a method for controlling of a food printer to form printed food item.
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`The co-pending application does not recite perform by a computer and different size to occupydifferent
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`volume. However, the different is not patentably distinct as it would have been obvious to use a
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`computer to program the printing.
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`It would also have been obvious to print food having different
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`pattern, layer and sizes as an obvious matter of preference.
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`This is a provisional nonstatutory double patenting rejection because the patentably indistinct
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`claims have notin fact been patented.
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`12.
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`Claims 1-19 are provisionally rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being
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`unpatentable over claims 1-18 of copending Application No. 17/695380 (reference application).
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`Although the claims at issue are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because
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`both applications are directed to a method for controlling of a food printer to form printed food item.
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`The co-pending application does notrecite different pattern and size to occupydifferent volume.
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`However, the different is not patentably distinct.
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`It would have been obvious to print food having
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`different pattern, layer and sizes as an obvious matter of preference.
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`This is a provisional nonstatutory double patenting rejection because the patentably indistinct
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`claims have notin fact been patented.
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`Conclusion
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`13.
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`March 23, 2023
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`Application/Control Number: 17/695,361
`Art Unit: 1793
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`/LIEN T TRAN/
`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 1793
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`Page 12
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