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 .
DETAILED ACTION
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.
(a)(2) the claimed invention was described in a patent issued under section 151, or in an application for patent published or deemed published under section 122(b), in which the patent or application, as the case may be, names another inventor and was effectively filed before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claims 1-5 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1)/(a)(2) as being anticipated by Akashi (EP 2881669), which shows all of the claimed limitations. Akashi shows:
1. A heating cooker comprising: a heating cooking compartment 1; a detector 25 configured to detect a temperature inside the heating cooking compartment (para. 0041); a first heater unit 3 disposed above the heating cooking compartment (fig. 1); a supply unit 18 configured to supply hot air into the heating cooking compartment (para. 0036); and a controller 9,28 configured to control the first heater unit and the supply unit, wherein the first heater unit includes a first heater, the supply unit includes a heater 7 for hot air and a fan 6, and the controller controls the first heater and the heater for hot air based on a detection result of the detector in a predetermined temperature zone (fig. 3; para. 0052).
2. The heating cooker according to claim 1, further comprising a measurement unit configured to measure time, wherein, in a high temperature zone higher than the predetermined temperature zone, the controller controls the first heater based on a measurement result of the measurement unit, and controls the heater for hot air based on a detection result of the detector (para. 0046,0050,0062).
3. The heating cooker according to claim 1, wherein the controller controls the heater for hot air based on a detection result of the detector in a low temperature zone lower than the predetermined temperature zone (para. 0046,0053).
4. The heating cooker according to claim 1, further comprising an operation unit configured to receive an operation, wherein the controller determines a target temperature for heating and cooking a heating-target object based on an operation result of the operation unit (para. 0046,0053).
5. The heating cooker according to claim 1, further comprising a second heater unit 2 disposed below the heating cooking compartment, wherein the second heater unit includes a second heater 23, and the controller controls the first heater, the second heater, and the heater for hot air based on a detection result of the detector in the predetermined temperature zone (fig. 3; para. 0046,0053).
Prior Art
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. These references disclose devices with many of the claimed components. Nevertheless, in order to avoid overburdening the applicant with redundant rejections, these references were not applied.
Conclusion
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October 2, 2026
/ALFRED BASICHAS/Primary Patent Examiner, Art Unit 3762
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