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 .
Drawings
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Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the statutory basis (i.e., changing from AIA to pre-AIA ) for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status.
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 1 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102 (a)(1) as being anticipated by Kenji (JP2020124793A attached NPL, English Machine translation).
Regarding claim 1, Kenji discloses a machine tool (paragraphs 0001 and 0009-0011) comprising:
a tool holding unit (fig.1: (35)) that holds a tool (fig.1: (35a));
a workpiece holding unit (fig.1: (10)) that holds a workpiece; and
a drive control unit (fig.1: (300)) that drives and controls the tool holding unit and the workpiece holding unit so as to perform:
(i) first thread machining that advances along a rotational axis of the workpiece from a first infeed position on an axis orthogonal to the rotational axis of the workpiece to perform cutting along the rotational axis of the workpiece and that cuts the workpiece while vibrating the tool relatively on an axis different from the rotational axis of the workpiece; and (ii) second thread machining that advances along the rotational axis of the workpiece from the first infeed position to cut the workpiece linearly along the rotational axis of the workpiece (paragraphs 0014-0028).
Claim 1 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102 (a)(1) as being anticipated by Koren (US20230311224A1).
Regarding claim 1, Koren discloses a machine tool (abstract 0009-0011) comprising:
a tool holding unit (fig.2: (26)) that holds a tool (fig.2: (24));
a workpiece holding unit (paragraph 0059: spindle not shown) that holds a workpiece; and
a drive control unit (paragraph 0060: CNC) that drives and controls the tool holding unit and the workpiece holding unit so as to perform:
(i) first thread machining that advances along a rotational axis of the workpiece from a first infeed position on an axis orthogonal to the rotational axis of the workpiece to perform cutting along the rotational axis of the workpiece and that cuts the workpiece while vibrating the tool relatively on an axis different from the rotational axis of the workpiece (paragraphs 0003 and 0065-0066); and (ii) second thread machining that advances along the rotational axis of the workpiece from the first infeed position to cut the workpiece linearly along the rotational axis of the workpiece (paragraphs 0045 and 0086).
Conclusion
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/MOHAMMED S. ALAWADI/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3725
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