DETAILED ACTION
Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
Claim Objections
Claim 1 is objected to because of the following informalities: there is a “(“ in the second to last line that appears to be a typographical error. Appropriate correction is required.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 101
35 U.S.C. 101 reads as follows:
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 requirements of this title.
Claim 13 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101 because the claimed invention is directed to non-statutory subject matter. The claim(s) does/do not fall within at least one of the four categories of patent eligible subject matter because the scope of the claimed “computer-readable medium” would include non-statutory signals/waves.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
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.
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph:
The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the applicant regards as his invention.
Claim 9 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor (or for applications subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, the applicant), regards as the invention.
Claim 9 recites the limitation "the rotational collision curve" in line 2. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 10 recites the limitation "the at least one parameter" in line 2. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that form the basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
A person shall be entitled to a patent unless –
(a)(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use, on sale, or otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claim(s) 1 and 4-13 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102a1 as being anticipated by Miyagawa et al. (U.S. Patent Application Publication 2012/0087999). Regarding Claims 1 and 12, Miyagawa et al., hereafter “Miyagawa,” show that it is known to have an apparatus which carries out a method for rotating a rotatable part about at least one axis of rotation of a machine for processing plastics and other plasticizable materials, having at least one movable segment for the manufacture of at least one molded part (Abstract), the method comprising a movement of at least one movable segment at least partly overlapped by a movement of a rotatable part (movable segment=3, rotatable part=9; 0093), wherein the movement of the rotatable part is started when a spacing between the at least one movable segment and the rotatable part is greater than a molded part height of a molded part to be manufactured on the machine (0093: “spaces are sufficiently opened”, which would indicate spacing greater than the molded part so it would clear the machinery), wherein the rotatable part is mounted on a movable table and a movement of the table is at least partly overlapped by the movement of at least one of the movable segment and the rotatable part (movable table=7; 0093), and wherein the movements of at least one of the movable segment, the table, or the rotatable part are at least partly coupled to one another and are dependent on each other (0060, 0064-0069, 0072).
Regarding Claim 4, Miyagawa shows the method of claim 1 above, including one wherein the movement of the table in relation to the movement of the moveable segment is equal to one (0093: when the table moves, the segment moves).
Regarding Claim 5, Miyagawa shows the method of claim 1 above, including one wherein the coupling is carried out either mechanically (0072, 0092-0093: hydraulic=mechanical).
Regarding Claim 6, Miyagawa shows the method of claim 1 above, including one wherein movement of the movable segment, the rotatable part, or the movable table is position controlled (0067-0069).
Regarding Claim 7, Miyagawa shows the method of claim 4 above, including one wherein for position control, the movement of the rotatable part is linked by a mathematical function (0067: +180°).
Regarding Claim 8, Miyagawa shows the method of claim 4 above, including one wherein the movement of the rotatable part in at least one angular position about the axis of rotation is position-controlled along a rotational collision curve (0067: 180° around a circle).
Regarding Claim 9, Miyagawa shows the method of claim 6 above, including one wherein the rotational collision curve is dependent on at least one parameter of the rotatable part (0067: angular rotation).
Regarding Claim 10, Miyagawa shows the method of claim 7 above, including one wherein the at least one parameter of the rotatable part is taught (0067: degrees of rotation).
Regarding Claim 11, Miyagawa shows the method of claim 1 above, including one wherein a movement of at least one peripheral system is at least partly coupled to the movements of at least one of the movable segment (0075: injecting unit 12).
Regarding Claim 13, Miyagawa shows that it is known to have a computer program product with a program code for the purpose of carrying out the method of claim 1 (0090, 0114-0115, 0120, 0143).
Conclusion
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MONICA ANNE HUSON
Primary Examiner
Art Unit 1742
/MONICA A HUSON/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 1742