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 .
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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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.
Claim(s) 1 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Fukada (WO2016175083A1).
Regarding claim 1, Fukada discloses a coiling system (10) for coiling elongated materials (17) on a removable reel (11; page 7, line 5, bobbin 17 is detachably attached to the wire winding device 10) comprising: said removable reel (11) having a first flange (21A; see Fukada annotated Figure 1 below), a second flange (21B), a barrel (B) between said first flange (21A) and said second flange (21B); a traverse feed system (TFS; page 7, line 21, the guide pulley and wire rod may translate left and right instead of the bobbin) having a first end (1E) with a first laser sensor (20A) for detecting said first flange (21A), a second end (2E) with a second laser sensor (20B) for detecting said second flange (21B); wherein said traverse feed system (TFS) is adapted for coiling elongated material (17) on said barrel (B) between said first flange (21A) and said second flange (21B); wherein said traverse feed system (TFS) has a computer control (22, 23) in communication with said first laser sensor (20A) and adapted to reverse said traverse feed system (TFS) when said first laser sensor (20A) detects said first flange (21A); and wherein said traverse feed system (TFS) said computer control (22, 23) is in communication with said second laser sensor (20B) and adapted to reverse said traverse feed system (TFS) when said second laser sensor (20B) detects said second flange (21B; page 7, line 26 – page 8, line 15).
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Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. Additional references listed on form PTO-892 are cited for their relevance to the disclosed invention and demonstration of the state of the art.
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/H.S./Examiner, Art Unit 3654
/Victoria P Augustine/ Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 3654
