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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 .
Priority
Acknowledgment is made of applicant’s claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. 119 (a)-(d). The certified copy has been filed in Application No. 18704719, filed on 4/25/2024.
Information Disclosure Statement
The information disclosure statement (IDS) submitted on 4/25/2024, 11/18/2024, 11/18/2024 and 12/18/2025 filed after the filing date of the application on 4/25/2024. The submission is in compliance with the provisions of 37 CFR 1.97. Accordingly, the information disclosure statement has been considered by the examiner.
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.
Claims 1-3 and 11 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Finnsson (US 20170135357 A1).
Regarding claim 1, Finnsson teaches a cutting device (see Figure 12 for claim 2, see Figure 5 for claim 3), comprising
a frame body, wherein the frame body is provided with (paragraph 0035):
a conveying assembly (503 for claim 2, 603 for claim 3), the conveying assembly comprising a feeding end (left end, see Figure 12 for claim 2, see Figure 5 back side of the arrow for claim 3), a discharging end (right end, see Figure 12, see Figure 5 direction of the arrow for claim 3), and an avoidance position (between 531 and 533 for claim 2, 635 for claim 3) provided between the feeding end and the discharging end, and the conveying assembly being constructed to convey a material from the feeding end to the discharging end (see Figure 12 and Figure 5); and
a cutting assembly (500 for claim 2, 600 for claim 3), the cutting assembly comprising a cutter (501 for claim 2 and 601 for claim 3), and the cutter being constructed to be capable of moving towards the conveying assembly to the avoidance position (see Figures 5-11).
Regarding claim 2, Finnsson teaches the conveying assembly comprises a bearing surface for bearing the material (surface of 503), and the avoidance position is constructed as a groove-shaped structure lower than the bearing surface (groove in between 533 and 531); and the conveying assembly further comprises: a conveyor belt, the conveyor belt being bent to form the avoidance position; a first limit roller (533 and 531), the first limit roller being provided on both sides of an opening of the avoidance position and located on an inner side of the conveyor belt; and a second limit roller (532), the second limit roller being provided at a groove bottom of the avoidance position and located on an outer side of the conveyor belt (see Figure 12).
Regarding claim 3, Finnsson teaches the cutting assembly further comprises a cutter holder (636) connected to the frame body (like the example in Figure 5), and the cutter being guided to fit on the cutter holder (see Figure 5); and the cutting assembly further comprises a transmission mechanism (631) and a second driving mechanism (634), the second driving mechanism driving the cutter to move through the transmission mechanism (see Figures 5-10).
Regarding claim 11, Finnsson teaches the cutting assembly further (for this claim, use the cutting system of Figure 5 with the conveyor of Figure 12, also see the compatibility of the system between embodiment, see paragraph 0077) comprises a cutter holder (636) connected to the frame body (like the example in Figure 5), and the cutter being guided to fit on the cutter holder (see Figure 5); and the cutting assembly further comprises a transmission mechanism (631) and a second driving mechanism (634), the second driving mechanism driving the cutter to move through the transmission mechanism (see Figures 5-10).
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
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.
Claims 4 and 12 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Finnsson (US 20170135357 A1) in view of Meyer (US 3771403).
Regarding claims 4 and 12, Finnsson teaches all elements of the current invention as set forth in claims 3 and 11 above.
Finnsson fails to teach the transmission mechanism comprises: a transmission shaft, a first cam and a second cam fixedly connected to two ends of the transmission shaft respectively, and further comprises a first connecting rod and a second connecting rod; one end of the first connecting rod being connected to the first cam, and the other end of the first connecting rod being connected to the cutter; one end of the second connecting rod being connected to the second cam, and the other end of the second connecting rod being connected to the cutter; and the transmission shaft being configured to drive the first connecting rod and the second connecting rod to move synchronously through the first cam and the second cam, thereby driving the cutter to move.
Meyer teaches a cutting including a transmission shaft (24), a first cam (left 26) and a second cam (right 26) fixedly connected to two ends of the transmission shaft respectively, and further comprises a first connecting rod (28) and a second connecting rod (other 28); one end of the first connecting rod being connected to the first cam (see Figure 1-3), and the other end of the first connecting rod being connected to the cutter (see Figure 1-3); one end of the second connecting rod being connected to the second cam (see Figure 1-3), and the other end of the second connecting rod being connected to the cutter (see Figure 1-3); and the transmission shaft being configured to drive the first connecting rod and the second connecting rod to move synchronously through the first cam and the second cam, thereby driving the cutter to move (see Figure 1-3).
It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art to modify the device of Finnsson to change the cutting assembly, as taught by Meyer, in order to provide a cheap cost cutter unit (col. 1 line 48-55 of Meyer).
Claim 5-6 and 13-14 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Finnsson (US 20170135357 A1) in view of Meyer (US 3771403) and in further view of Weber (US 20120198974 A1).
Regarding claim 5, modified Finnsson teaches all elements of the current invention as set forth in claim 4 above.
Modified Finnsson fails to teach the cutting device further comprises: a weighing unit, the weighing unit being configured to acquire weight data T of the material; and a measuring unit, the measuring unit being configured to at least acquire length data L of the material.
Weber teaches the cutting device further comprises: a weighing unit (21), the weighing unit being configured to acquire weight data T of the material (see Figure 1); and a measuring unit (17), the measuring unit being configured to at least acquire length data L of the material (see Figure 1).
It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art to modify the device of modified Finnsson to add/change scanning system into a scanning and weighting system, as taught Weber, in order to better analysis the material being cut (abstract of Weber).
Regarding claim 6, modified Finnsson further teaches a control system (as modified, 514 with the calculation of Weber, see Figure 2 and paragraphs 0040-0041 of Weber), the control system being configured to: perform calculation according to a preset algorithm based on the weight data T, the length data L, and a single target standard weight T' and a correction factor preset for the material, to obtain a single target length L' for cutting the material, and adjust, based on the single target length L', a relative movement speed of the conveying assembly and the cutting assembly (see Figure 2 and paragraphs 0040-0041 of Weber).
Regarding claim 13, modified Finnsson teaches all elements of the current invention as set forth in claim 12 above.
Modified Finnsson fails to teach the cutting device further comprises: a weighing unit, the weighing unit being configured to acquire weight data T of the material; and a measuring unit, the measuring unit being configured to at least acquire length data L of the material.
Weber teaches the cutting device further comprises: a weighing unit (21), the weighing unit being configured to acquire weight data T of the material (see Figure 1); and a measuring unit (17), the measuring unit being configured to at least acquire length data L of the material (see Figure 1).
It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art to modify the device of modified Finnsson to add/change scanning system into a scanning and weighting system, as taught Weber, in order to better analysis the material being cut (abstract of Weber).
Regarding claim 14, modified Finnsson further teaches a control system (as modified, 514 with the calculation of Weber, see Figure 2 and paragraphs 0040-0041 of Weber), the control system being configured to: perform calculation according to a preset algorithm based on the weight data T, the length data L, and a single target standard weight T' and a correction factor preset for the material, to obtain a single target length L' for cutting the material, and adjust, based on the single target length L', a relative movement speed of the conveying assembly and the cutting assembly (see Figure 2 and paragraphs 0040-0041 of Weber).
Claim 7-10 and 15-20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Finnsson (US 20170135357 A1) in view of Weber (US 20120198974 A1).
Regarding claim 7, Finnsson teaches all elements of the current invention as set forth in claim 1 above.
Finnsson fails to teaches acquiring weight data T and length data L of a material; performing calculation through a preset algorithm based on a preset single target standard weight T' and a correction factor, the weight data T, and the length data L, to obtain a single target length L'; and sending the single target length L' to the cutting device, and controlling the cutting device to cut the material into a finished product having a length of the single target length L'.
Weber teaches the cutting device further comprises: a weighing unit (21), the weighing unit being configured to acquire weight data T of the material (see Figure 1); and a measuring unit (17), the measuring unit being configured to at least acquire length data L of the material (see Figure 1), acquiring weight data T and length data L of a material; performing calculation through a preset algorithm based on a preset single target standard weight T' and a correction factor, the weight data T, and the length data L, to obtain a single target length L'; and sending the single target length L' to the cutting device, and controlling the cutting device to cut the material into a finished product having a length of the single target length L' (see Figure 2 and paragraphs 0040-0041 of Weber).
It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art to modify the device of modified Finnsson to add/change scanning system into a scanning and weighting system, as taught Weber, in order to better analysis the material being cut (abstract of Weber).
Regarding claim 8, modified Finnsson further teaches the correction factor comprises a quantity correction factor X, the quantity correction factor X being a quantity of finished products that allows for loss of the material; and the performing calculation through a preset algorithm based on a preset single target standard weight T' and a correction factor, the weight data T, and the length data L, to obtain a single target length L' comprises: determining a weight ratio based on the preset single target standard weight T' and the weight data T; determining a correction difference based on the weight ratio and the quantity correction factor X; and obtaining the single target length L' based on the correction difference and the length data (see Figure 2 and paragraphs 0040-0041 of Weber)
Regarding claim 9, modified Finnsson further teaches obtaining profile data of the material, the profile data comprising radial dimension data of the material (see Figure 2 and paragraphs 0040-0041 of Weber).
Regarding claim 10, modified Finnsson further teaches the correction factor comprises a quantity correction factor X and a length correction factor Y, the quantity correction factor X being a quantity of finished products that allows for loss of the material, and the length correction factor Y being negatively correlated with a radial dimension of the profile data of the material; and correspondingly, the performing calculation through a preset algorithm based on a preset single target standard weight T' and a correction factor, the weight data T, and the length data L, to obtain a single target length L' comprises: determining a weight ratio based on the preset single target standard weight T' and the weight data T; determining a correction difference based on the weight ratio and the quantity correction factor X; determining a correction ratio based on the correction difference and the length data L; and obtaining a single target length L' based on the correction ratio and the length correction factor Y (see Figure 2 and paragraphs 0040-0041 of Weber).
Regarding claim 15, Finnsson teaches all elements of the current invention as set forth in claim 2 above.
Finnsson fails to teaches acquiring weight data T and length data L of a material; performing calculation through a preset algorithm based on a preset single target standard weight T' and a correction factor, the weight data T, and the length data L, to obtain a single target length L'; and sending the single target length L' to the cutting device, and controlling the cutting device to cut the material into a finished product having a length of the single target length L'.
Weber teaches the cutting device further comprises: a weighing unit (21), the weighing unit being configured to acquire weight data T of the material (see Figure 1); and a measuring unit (17), the measuring unit being configured to at least acquire length data L of the material (see Figure 1), acquiring weight data T and length data L of a material; performing calculation through a preset algorithm based on a preset single target standard weight T' and a correction factor, the weight data T, and the length data L, to obtain a single target length L'; and sending the single target length L' to the cutting device, and controlling the cutting device to cut the material into a finished product having a length of the single target length L' (see Figure 2 and paragraphs 0040-0041 of Weber).
It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art to modify the device of modified Finnsson to add/change scanning system into a scanning and weighting system, as taught Weber, in order to better analysis the material being cut (abstract of Weber).
Regarding claim 16, modified Finnsson further teaches the correction factor comprises a quantity correction factor X, the quantity correction factor X being a quantity of finished products that allows for loss of the material; and the performing calculation through a preset algorithm based on a preset single target standard weight T' and a correction factor, the weight data T, and the length data L, to obtain a single target length L' comprises: determining a weight ratio based on the preset single target standard weight T' and the weight data T; determining a correction difference based on the weight ratio and the quantity correction factor X; and obtaining the single target length L' based on the correction difference and the length data L (see Figure 2 and paragraphs 0040-0041 of Weber).
Regarding claim 17, modified Finnsson further teaches obtaining profile data of the material, the profile data comprising radial dimension data of the material (see Figure 2 and paragraphs 0040-0041 of Weber).
Regarding claim 18, modified Finnsson further teaches the correction factor comprises a quantity correction factor X and a length correction factor Y, the quantity correction factor X being a quantity of finished products that allows for loss of the material, and the length correction factor Y being negatively correlated with a radial dimension of the profile data of the material; and correspondingly, the performing calculation through a preset algorithm based on a preset single target standard weight T' and a correction factor, the weight data T, and the length data L, to obtain a single target length L' comprises: determining a weight ratio based on the preset single target standard weight T' and the weight data T; determining a correction difference based on the weight ratio and the quantity correction factor X; determining a correction ratio based on the correction difference and the length data L; and obtaining a single target length L' based on the correction ratio and the length correction factor Y (see Figure 2 and paragraphs 0040-0041 of Weber).
Regarding claim 19, Finnsson teaches all elements of the current invention as set forth in claim 3 above.
Finnsson fails to teaches acquiring weight data T and length data L of a material; performing calculation through a preset algorithm based on a preset single target standard weight T' and a correction factor, the weight data T, and the length data L, to obtain a single target length L'; and sending the single target length L' to the cutting device, and controlling the cutting device to cut the material into a finished product having a length of the single target length L'.
Weber teaches the cutting device further comprises: a weighing unit (21), the weighing unit being configured to acquire weight data T of the material (see Figure 1); and a measuring unit (17), the measuring unit being configured to at least acquire length data L of the material (see Figure 1), acquiring weight data T and length data L of a material; performing calculation through a preset algorithm based on a preset single target standard weight T' and a correction factor, the weight data T, and the length data L, to obtain a single target length L'; and sending the single target length L' to the cutting device, and controlling the cutting device to cut the material into a finished product having a length of the single target length L' (see Figure 2 and paragraphs 0040-0041 of Weber).
It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art to modify the device of modified Finnsson to add/change scanning system into a scanning and weighting system, as taught Weber, in order to better analysis the material being cut (abstract of Weber).
Regarding claim 20, modified Finnsson further teaches the correction factor comprises a quantity correction factor X, the quantity correction factor X being a quantity of finished products that allows for loss of the material; and the performing calculation through a preset algorithm based on a preset single target standard weight T' and a correction factor, the weight data T, and the length data L, to obtain a single target length L' comprises: determining a weight ratio based on the preset single target standard weight T' and the weight data T; determining a correction difference based on the weight ratio and the quantity correction factor X; and obtaining the single target length L' based on the correction difference and the length data L (see Figure 2 and paragraphs 0040-0041 of Weber).
Conclusion
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/LIANG DONG/Examiner, Art Unit 3724 1/02/2026