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`14/909,394
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`02/01/2016
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`MASAYOSHI KOIZUMI
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`08/28/2018
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`ELECTRONIC
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`Applicant(s)
`Application No.
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`Office Action Summary
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`Status
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`1)IXI Responsive to communication(s) filed on 02/01/2016.
`[I A declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/were filed on
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`2b)lX| This action is non-final.
`2a)I:| This action is FINAL.
`3)I:I An election was made by the applicant in response to a restriction requirement set forth during the interview on
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`4)|:I Since this application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
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`Disposition of Claims*
`5)|XI Claim(s) Bis/are pending in the application.
`5a) Of the above claim(s) 2L8 is/are withdrawn from consideration.
`6 III Claim s) _ is/are allowed.
`13-6 and 9 is/are rejected.
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`is/are objected to.
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`Application Papers
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
`12)IZI Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(a)-(d) or (f).
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`Application/Control Number: 14/909,394
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`Art Unit: 2836
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`Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
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`The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined
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`under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA.
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`Priority
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`Acknowledgment is made of applicant’s claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C.
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`119 (a)-(d).
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`Information Disclosure Statement
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`The information disclosure statement (IDS) submitted on 2/1/2016, 11/17/2016,
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`and 12/15/2017. The submission is in compliance with the provisions of 37 CFR 1.97.
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`Accordingly, the information disclosure statement is being considered by the examiner.
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`Election/Restrictions
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`Applicant’s election without traverse of Species ll (Claims 1, 3-6 and 9) in the reply filed
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`on 5/30/2018 is acknowledged.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`1.
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all
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`obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
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`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.
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`The factual inquiries set forth in Graham v. John Deere Co., 383 U.S. 1, 148
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`USPQ 459 (1966), that are applied for establishing a background for determining
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`obviousness under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) are summarized as follows:
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`1. Determining the scope and contents of the prior art.
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`2. Ascertaining the differences between the prior art and the claims at issue.
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`3. Resolving the level of ordinary skill in the pertinent art.
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`4. Considering objective evidence present in the application indicating
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`obviousness or nonobviousness.
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`2.
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`Claims 1, 2 and 4 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable
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`over lchikawa (2013/0313893), in view of lchikawa et al (2012/0326499)
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`Regarding claim 1, lchikawa discloses a wireless power receiving device [200,
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`fig. 1] for receiving power wirelessly [par 0032], comprising: a resonant circuit [210]
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`including a power receiving coil [230]; and a phase adjustment circuit [250] that is
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`provided at a rear stage of the resonant circuit [see fig. 1]. lchikawa does not explicitly
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`disclose adjusts a phase difference between a power feeding coil current and a power
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`receiving coil current at a specific frequency so as to cancel horizontal magnetic flux.
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`However, lchikawa et al discloses adjusts a phase difference between a power
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`feeding coil current and a power receiving coil current at a specific frequency so as to
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`cancel horizontal magnetic flux. [par 0085 (In the even mode, by contrast, the direction
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`of the magnetic flux F1 that penetrates the coil 240 and the direction of the magnetic
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`flux F2 that penetrates the coil 110 are mutually opposite and cancels out the magnetic
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`flux, and hence current flows in opposite directions in coils 110, 240. As a result, current
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`flows in opposite directions in the transmission port and the reception port, see figs. 88,
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`); and par 0102; 0106-0117]. It would have been obvious to one having ordinary skill in
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`the art at the time the invention was made to incorporate the teaching of lchikawa into
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`the system of Ichikawa et al in order to transfer power more efficient when the coupling
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`coefficient between transmitter and receiver is not efficient.
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`Regarding claim 3, further Ichikawa discloses wherein the phase adjustment
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`circuit [250A, fig. 11] is an inductor [126] connected in series with the power receiving
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`coil [230, see fig. 1 (power coil 230 coupled series with matching device 250)].
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`Regarding claim 4, Ichikawa discloses wherein the phase adjustment circuit
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`includes a relay for switching operation of the phase adjustment circuit [see fig. 11, par
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`Regarding claim 5, Ichikawa further discloses wherein the relay is switched to
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`operate the phase adjustment circuit when the specific frequency is used as a drive
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`frequency [par 0100-0101].
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`Regarding claim 6, the combination of Ichikawa and Ichikawa et al discloses
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`wherein the relay is switched [par 0109: Ichikawa], based on a phase difference
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`between the power feeding coil current and the power receiving coil current, to operate
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`the phase adjustment circuit [par 0116: Ichikawa et al].
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`Claim 9 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over the
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`combination of Ichikawa and Ichikawa et al as applied to claim 1 above, and further in
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`view of Mashinsky (2010/023163).
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`Regarding claim 9, the combination of Ichikawa and Ichikawa et al discloses all
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`limitations above but does not explicitly disclose wherein the power feeding coil and the
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`power receiving coil can be a solenoid coil or a spiral coil,
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`It would have been obvious to
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`one having ordinary skill in the art at the time the invention was made to provide a
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`solenoid coil or a spiral coil into the power feeding coil and the power receiving coil of
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`the combination of lchikawa and lchikawa et al, since It has been held to be within the
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`general skill of a worker in the art to select a known material on the basis of its suitability
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`for the intended use as a matter of obvious design choice. In re Leshin, 125 USPQ 416.
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`However, Mashinsky teaches the power feeding coil and the power receiving coil
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`can be a solenoid coil or a spiral coil [figs. 3, 4, par 0041-0042], It would have been
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`obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art at the time the invention was made to
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`provide a solenoid coil or a spiral coil into the power feeding coil and the power
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`receiving coil of the combination of lchikawa and lchikawa et al in order to improve
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`receiving the wirelessly transmitted power more efficient and reliable.
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`Conclusion
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`The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to
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`applicant's disclosure. Please see PTO-892.
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`The Examiner has pointed out particular references contained in the prior art of
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`record within the body of this action for the convenience of the Applicant. Although the
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`specified citations are representative of the teachings in the art and are applied to the
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`specific limitations within the individual claim, other passages and figures may apply.
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`Applicant,
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`in preparing the response, should consider fully the entire reference as
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`potentially teaching all or part of the claimed invention, as well as the context of the
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`passage as taught by the prior art or disclosed by the Examiner.
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`the case of amending the claimed invention, Applicant
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`respectfully
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`requested to indicate the portion(s) of the specification which dictate(s) the structure
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`relied on for proper interpretation and also to verify and ascertain the metes and bounds
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`of the claimed invention
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`Therefore,
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`in order to expedite the prosecution of this application, the examiner
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`recommends the applicant to amend the claims by including structural components that
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`are different from the prior art applied in order to distinguish the claim invention from the
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`prior art of record.
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`Note to Applicant Regarding Claim Interpretation: the words "configured to," "for,"
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`and " adapted to" in an apparatus claim, as recited in his case, is often indicative of
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`intended use/functional language and does not require that reference explicitly teach
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`the intended use of the element. A recitation of intended use must result in a structural
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`difference between the claimed invention and the prior art
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`in order to patentably
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`distinguish the claimed invention from the prior art.
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`If the prior art structure is capable of
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`performing the intended use, hence it meets the claim.
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