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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 .
Response to Amendment
The indicated allowability of claims 2-3 is withdrawn in view of the newly discovered reference(s) to TAKAMURA (US 2009/0278305 A1). Rejections based on the newly cited reference(s) follow.
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.
This application currently names joint inventors. In considering patentability of the claims the examiner presumes that the subject matter of the various claims was commonly owned as of the effective filing date of the claimed invention(s) absent any evidence to the contrary. Applicant is advised of the obligation under 37 CFR 1.56 to point out the inventor and effective filing dates of each claim that was not commonly owned as of the effective filing date of the later invention in order for the examiner to consider the applicability of 35 U.S.C. 102(b)(2)(C) for any potential 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) prior art against the later invention.
Claim(s) 1, 4, and 10 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over MATSUMURA (US 2022/0035290 A1) in view of TAKAMURA (US 2009/0278305 A1).
MATSUMURA teaches regarding claim 1, an electronic apparatus comprising: a sensor 240 to output sensor values; and processing circuitry configured to: retrieve time series data obtained by collecting the sensor values from the sensor over time; detect an abnormality based on the retrieved time series data and a predetermined rule determined in advance; input the retrieved time series data to a learned model that defines the time series data as input data and information indicating a type of the abnormality as output data; obtain the information indicating the type of the abnormality from the learned model; and
control operation of the electronic apparatus based on the information indicating the type of the abnormality (figures 5-7; [0068, 0094-0095]; the processing circuitry detects the abnormality, the processing circuitry is configured to interrupt operation of the electronic apparatus S711 [0068].
Regarding claim 10, an anomaly detection system comprising: an information processing device to generate a learned model; and an electronic apparatus including: a sensor 240 to output sensor values; and processing circuitry configured to: retrieve time series data obtained by collecting the sensor values from the sensor over time; detect an abnormality based on the retrieved time series data and a predetermined rule determined in advance; send the time series data to the information processing device in a case that the processing circuitry detects the abnormality; input the time series data to the learned model that defines the time series data as input data and information indicating a type of the abnormality as output data; obtain the information indicating the type of the abnormality from the learned model; and control operation of the electronic apparatus based on the information indicating the type of the abnormality (figure 7; [0068, 0094-0095]).
TAKAMURA teaches storing sensor data that senses paper skew. This data is reviewed to determine if an abnormality has occurred in the electronic apparatus. When necessary, a shutdown of printing may be performed on the apparatus.
MATSUMURA (US 2022/0035290 A1) and TAKAMURA (US 2009/0278305 A1) are concerned with image forming performance management. TAKEMURA teach observing skew and reaction to its degree.
The rationale for combining the teachings of TAKEMURA with the teachings of MATSUMURA relates to the rationale of combining prior art elements according to known methods to yield predictable results.
It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the claimed invention pertains to use the teaching of TAKEMURA with the teaching of MATSUMUYRA to management skew within an image forming device.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 5-9 are allowed.
Response to Arguments
Applicant’s arguments with respect to the claim(s) have been considered but are moot because the new ground of rejection does not rely on any reference applied in the prior rejection of record for any teaching or matter specifically challenged in the argument.
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/QUANA GRAINGER/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2852
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