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`US SN 14/922,267
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`Amendments to the Claims
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`PATENTS
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`MBOT-OOS l-PO2
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`Please amend the claims according to the following claim listing, which replaces
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`all prior versions and listings of the claims in this application:
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`1.
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`(Currently amended) A three-dimensional printer comprising:
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`a fabrication tool including an extruder configured to extrude build material to
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`fabricate an object during a build process; and
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`one or more sensors mechanically coupled to the fabrication—teel—extruder,
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`wherein the one or more sensors are collectively operable to sense a contact force
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`between the fabrication—teel—extruder and a separate structure distinct from the fabrication
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`tool.
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`2.
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`3.
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`(Canceled)
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`(Currently amended) The three-dimensional printer of claim [[2]];, wherein the
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`contact force is a force along an extrusion axis of the extruder.
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`4.
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`(Currently amended) The three-dimensional printer of claim [[2]]L wherein the
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`contact force includes a deflection force exerted by the separate structure on a tip of the
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`extruder.
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`5.
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`(Original) The three-dimensional printer of claim 1, wherein the separate structure
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`includes an object being fabricated by the three-dimensional printer.
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`6.
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`(Original) The three-dimensional printer of claim 1, wherein the separate structure
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`includes a build platform of the three-dimensional printer.
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`7.
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`(Original) The three-dimensional printer of claim 1, wherein the contact force is a
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`force normal to a surface of the separate structure.
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`US SN 14/922,267
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`PATENTS
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`MBOT-OOS 1-PO2
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`8.
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`(Original) The three-dimensional printer of claim 1, wherein the one or more
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`sensors are collectively operable to sense a force between the fabrication tool and the
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`separate structure along two or more non-parallel axes.
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`9.
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`(Original) The three-dimensional printer of claim 8, wherein the one or more
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`sensors are collectively operable to sense a force between the fabrication tool and the
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`separate structure along three or more non-parallel axes.
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`10.
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`(Original) The three-dimensional printer of claim 1, wherein each of the one or
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`more sensors are selected from the group consisting of: capacitive sensors,
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`electromagnetic sensors, optical sensors, potentiometric sensors, and piezoelectric
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`SGHSOTS.
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`11.
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`(Original) The three-dimensional printer of claim 1, wherein the one or more
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`sensors include one or more strain gauges.
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`12.
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`(Original) The three-dimensional printer of claim 1 further comprising a
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`controller configured to receive a signal from the one or more sensors and to calculate the
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`contact force.
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`13.
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`(Original) The three-dimensional printer of claim 1, further comprising:
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`one or more actuators mechanically coupled to the fabrication tool, and
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`a control circuit in data communication with the one or more actuators and the one or
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`more sensors, the control circuit configured to control the one or more actuators to
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`achieve a specified contact force between the one or more sensors and the separate
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`structure.
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