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 .
Response to Arguments
Applicant’s arguments with respect to claim(s) 1 and12-14 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.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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 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.
Claim(s) 1-3 and 5-15 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Makhal U.S. Patent No. 11,685,605 in view of Issac U.S. Patent No. 11,014,123.
Claim 1, Makhal teaches a method comprising: determining first motion profile data via 306 for a first transport system 3041 based on a machine learning method via 102, wherein the first motion profile data via 306 comprises information on a first segment of transport 3041; and determining second motion profile data via 306 based on a movement of a second transport system 304m, wherein the second motion profile data via 306 comprises information on a second segment of transport 304m C13 L40-65 Fig. 4, but does not teach as Issac teaches a first and second segment of the transports as a function of the parameter C18 L1-25. It would have been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art to combine the transport disclosed in Makhal with the additional control configuration of mathematical calculation of a parameter (dimensional data) taught in Issac with a reasonable expectation of success because
Claim 2, Makhal teaches the second motion profile data via 306 is determined so that the transport system 3041 moves in line with the secondtransport system 304m C13 L40-65 Fig. 4.
Claim 3, Makhal teaches the second motion profile data via 306 is determined so that a handover of an item carried by the second transport system 304m is provided to the first transport system 3041.
Claim 5, Makhal teaches the first motion profile data via 306 and/or the second motion profile data via 306 is defined using an array of positions of 304 C13 L40-65.
Claim 6, Makhal teaches the first motion profile data via 306 is determined based on minimizing a time C3 L45-67.
Claim 7, Makhal teaches the first motion profile data via 306 is determined based on minimizing an energy consumption C3 L45-67.
Claim 8, Makhal teaches the first motion profile data via 306 is determined based on minimizing slosh of a liquid provided in a container to be transported by the first transport system C3 L45-67.
Claim 9, Makhal teaches the first motion profile data via 306 provides at least one of an acceleration, a deceleration, or a return to a pre-determined position C4 L1-25.
Claim 10, Makhal teaches the further transport system 304m is configured to move a tool 308 to manipulate an item 310 carried by the transport system 3041.
Claim 11, Makhal teaches the tool 308 comprises at least one of a printer, a knife, or a tool to add a further item to the item C3 L40-67.
Claim 12, Makhal teaches a non-transitory computer-readable medium 102 comprising instructions which, when executed by a computing system 110, make the computing system 110 carry out a method comprising: determining first motion profile data via 306 firs a first transport system 3041 based on a machine learning method of 102, wherein the first motion profile data via 306 comprises information on a first segment of transport 3041; and determining second motion profile data via 306 based on a movement of a second transport system 304m, wherein the second motion profile data via 306 comprises information on a second segment of transport 304m C13 L40-65 Fig. 4, but does not teach as Issac teaches a first and second segment of the transports as a function of the parameter C18 L1-25. It would have been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art to combine the transport disclosed in Makhal with the additional control configuration of mathematical calculation of a parameter (dimensional data) taught in Issac with a reasonable expectation of success because .
Claim 13, Makhal teaches data processing apparatus 100 configured to carry out a method for determining motion profile data via 306 for a transport system 3041, the method comprising: determining first motion profile data via 306 based on a machine learning method via 102, wherein the first motion profile data via 306 comprises information on a first segment of transport 3041; and determining second motion profile data via 306 based on a movement of a further transport system 304m, wherein the second motion profile data via 306 comprises information on a second segment of transport 304m C13 L40-65 Fig. 4, but does not teach as Issac teaches a first and second segment of the transports as a function of the parameter C18 L1-25. It would have been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art to combine the transport disclosed in Makhal with the additional control configuration of mathematical calculation of a parameter (dimensional data) taught in Issac with a reasonable expectation of success because .
Claim 14, Makhal teaches a movement system 3041, comprising a control unit 100 configured to determine a motion profile data via 306based in a method comprising: determining first motion profile data via 306 for a first transport system 3041 based on a machine learning method via 102, wherein the first motion profile data via 306 comprises information on a first segment of transport 3041; and determining second motion profile data via 306 based on a movement of a second transport system 304m, wherein the second motion profile data via 306 comprises information on a second segment of transport 304m C13 L40-65 Fig. 4, but does not teach as Issac teaches a first and second segment of the transports as a function of the parameter C18 L1-25. It would have been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art to combine the transport disclosed in Makhal with the additional control configuration of mathematical calculation of a parameter (dimensional data) taught in Issac with a reasonable expectation of success because
Claim 15, Makhal teaches the transport system 3041 is configured as a multicarrier system 304m.
Claim(s) 4 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Makhal U.S. Patent No. 11,685,605 in view of Issac U.S. Patent No. 11,014,123 in view of MORIELLO, Lorenzo et al., "Control of Liquid Handling Robotic Systems: A Feed-Forward Approach to Suppress Sloshing", 2017 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), May 29, 2017, pages 4286-4291.
Claim 4, Makhal does not teach as Moriello teaches the first motion profile data and/or the second motion profile data is defined using a spline Abstract. It would have been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art to combine the transport disclosed in Makhal with the additional control configuration for transporting liquids slosh-free taught in Moriello with a reasonable expectation of success because
Conclusion
Applicant's amendment necessitated the new ground(s) of rejection presented in this Office action. Accordingly, THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. See MPEP § 706.07(a). Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37 CFR 1.136(a).
A shortened statutory period for reply to this final action is set to expire THREE MONTHS from the mailing date of this action. In the event a first reply is filed within TWO MONTHS of the mailing date of this final action and the advisory action is not mailed until after the end of the THREE-MONTH shortened statutory period, then the shortened statutory period will expire on the date the advisory action is mailed, and any nonprovisional extension fee (37 CFR 1.17(a)) pursuant to 37 CFR 1.136(a) will be calculated from the mailing date of the advisory action. In no event, however, will the statutory period for reply expire later than SIX MONTHS from the mailing date of this final action.
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/KAVEL SINGH/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3651
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