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`16/198,909
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`11/23/2018
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`RYOSUKE SHIOZAKI
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`731056.445
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`1037
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`Seed IP Law Group LLP/Panasonic
`701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 5400
`Seattle, WA 98104
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`HU,JENNIFER F
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`ART UNIT
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`2845
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`06/03/2021
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`ELECTRONIC
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`Office Action Summary
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`Application No.
`16/198,909
`Examiner
`JENNIFER F HU
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`Applicant(s)
`SHIOZAK( etal.
`Art Unit
`AIA (FITF) Status
`2845
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`1) Responsive to communication(s)filed on 20 May 2021.
`C) A declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/werefiled on
`2a)¥) This action is FINAL.
`2b) (J This action is non-final.
`3)02 An election was madeby the applicant in responseto a restriction requirement set forth during the interview
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`4\0) Since this application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
`closed in accordance with the practice under Exparte Quayle, 1935 C.D. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`Disposition of Claims*
`1-20 is/are pending in the application.
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`Claim(s)
`5a) Of the above claim(s) ___ is/are withdrawn from consideration.
`C] Claim(s)__ is/are allowed.
`Claim(s) 1-20 is/are rejected.
`(1 Claim(s)__is/are objectedto.
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
`12)1) Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d)or (f).
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`DETAILED ACTION
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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 underthe
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`first inventor to file provisions of the AJA.
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`Response to Arguments
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`Applicant’s arguments with respect to claims 1-19 have been considered but are moot
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`because the new groundofrejection does not rely on any reference applied in the prior rejection
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`of record for any teaching or matter specifically challenged in the argument.
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`Claim Objections
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`Claim 11 is objected to because of the following informalities: “closer to the opening
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`than IC chips” should read, “closer to the opening than the IC chips”. Appropriate correction 1s
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`required.
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`Claim 10 is objected to because of the following informalities: Applicant discloses the
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`limitation, “to a side of the first circuit board part on which the transmission antenna is mounted”
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`in claim 10. This limitation appears to refer to the same element as “the componentside of the
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`first circuit board part” as defined in claim 1. Consistent terminology should be used throughout
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`the claims.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 U.S.C.
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`102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the
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`statutory basis for the rejection will not be considered a new groundofrejectionif the priorart
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`relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same undereither status.
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which formsthe basis for all obviousness
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`rejectionsset forth in this Office action:
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`A patent for a claimed invention may not be obtained, notwithstanding that the claimed inventionis 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 obviousbefore the effective
`filing date of the claimed invention to a person having ordinaryskill in the art to which the claimed
`invention pertains. Patentability shall not be negated by the mannerin which the invention was made.
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`Claims 1-11, 16 and 20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over
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`Felic et al. (US 2015/0207236 A1) in view of Abeet al. (US 2015/0229023 A1).
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`Asto claim 1, Felic teaches an antenna device, comprising:
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`a case (120A-B, 130, Fig. 1) including an opening (opening between walls 120A and
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`120Bat base of lens 110, Fig. 1);
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`a dielectric lens (110, Fig. 1A) that covers the opening, the case and thedielectric lens
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`being integrally formed and formed from the same resin material (“an improved antennaunit is
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`provided byintegrating a dielectric lens for an antennainto a lens structure formed of a dielectric
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`material that incorporates both a lens and a support structure in a unitary body. The lens structure
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`acts as a support (and in some embodiments as a housing) for an antenna substrate carrying
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`radiating elements of the antenna,” [0043]);
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`a circuit board (140, Fig. 1A) that has a first circuit board part having a componentside
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`(upperside of circuit board 140, Fig. 1A) facing the opening, the circuit board being disposed in
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`the case (120A-B, 130, Fig. 1A);
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`a transmission antenna (150, Fig. 1) configured to transmit an electromagnetic wave
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`toward the opening, the transmission antenna being disposed on the componentside ofthe first
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`circuit board part; and
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`a reception antenna (150, Fig. 1) configured to receive a reflected wavethat is the
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`electromagnetic wavereflected by a target (“processing reflected radar signal to obtain
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`information about one or moretargets,” [0043]), the reception antenna being disposed on the
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`componentside ofthe first circuit board.
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`Felic does not teach the circuit board comprises a second circuit board part extending in a
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`direction perpendicular to the first circuit board part.
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`Abeteachesa circuit board (81, 82, Fig. 7B) that hasafirst circuit board part (82, Fig.
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`7B) having a componentside (71, Fig. 7A) and also has a second circuit board part (82, Fig. 7B)
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`extending in a direction perpendicular to the componentside.
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art to modify the circuit board
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`of Felic to have a first circuit board part and a second circuit board part extending in a direction
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`perpendicular to the componentside ofthe first circuit board part, as taught by Abe. One of
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`ordinary skill in the art would have been motivated to make the modification in order to reduce
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`the height of the antenna device so that the device may be moreeasily fit into the vehicle (see
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`paragraph [0074]) and to provide sufficient support for electronic circuitry associated with the
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`radar device.
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`Asto claim 2, Felic teaches the dielectric lens is configured to narrow a beam ofthe
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`electromagnetic wave transmitted from the transmitting antenna, direct the narrowed beam to an
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`outside of the antenna device, and focus the electromagnetic wave from the outside of the
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`antenna device onto the reception antenna (as shownin Fig. 5).
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`Asto claim 3, Felic does teaches the dielectric lens configured to convert the
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`electromagnetic wave transmitted from the transmission antenna to a plane wave (parallel lines
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`of transmission wavefrontas indicated in Fig. 5).
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`Asto claim 4, Felic (110, Fig. 1A) teaches the dielectric lens is formed from a convex
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`lens having a convex shape on a front surface
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`Asto claim 5, Felic teaches the transmission antenna and the reception antenna (150,
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`Fig. 1A) are each formed from a conductor pattern formed on the componentside ofthe circuit
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`board (“each of the antenna arrays 150A, 150B hasfive radiating antenna elements 321 that
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`provide a primary radiation source for the antenna unit 100. In one example, the radiating
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`antenna element 321 are printed on a Taconic (PTFE) substrate,” [0051]).
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`Asto claim 6, Felic teaches the transmission antenna and the reception antenna are each
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`a patch antenna (150, Fig. 1A, “series-fed patch array,” [0045]).
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`Asto claim 7, Felic teaches a signal processor (170, Fig. 1B) configured to infer a
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`direction toward the target according to the reflected wave (“a CMOSchip for generating radar
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`signals and/or processing reflected radar signals to obtain information about one or more
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`targets,” [0053]).
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`Asto claim 8, Felic teaches the signal processor (170, Fig. 1B) is mounted on a rear side
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`of the first circuit board part (140, Fig. 1B), the signal processor being electrically connected to
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`at least one of the transmission antenna andthe reception antenna (“a CMOSchip for generating
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`radar signals and/or processing reflected radar signals to obtain information about one or more
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`targets,” [0053]).
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`Asto claim 9, Felic teaches the signal processor (170, Fig. 1B) is mounted integrally
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`with the transmission antennaor the reception antenna (“affixed to the PCB 140 byball
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`soldering,” [0053]).
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`Asto claim 10, Felic does not teach reflector configured to reflect a back lobe of the
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`electromagnetic wave transmitted from the transmission antenna, the reflector being placed on a
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`side of the first circuit board part, the side being opposite to a side of the first circuit board part
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`on which the transmission antenna is mounted.
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`Abeteachesa reflector (77, Fig. 7A-7B) that reflects a back lobe of the electromagnetic
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`wavesent from the transmission antenna, the reflector being placed on a side ofthe first circuit
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`board part (RF substrate, Fig. 7B), the side being opposite to a side, of the first circuit board part,
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`on which the transmission antenna (72t, Fig. 7A) is mounted.
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art to modify the antennas of
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`Felic by providing a reflector that reflects a back lobe of the electromagnetic wave from the
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`transmission antenna on the opposite side ofthe first circuit board part, as taught by Abe. One of
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`ordinary skill in the art would have been motivated to make the modification in order to
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`concentrate and direct the electromagnetic wavein the frontward direction.
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`Asto claim 11, Felic does not explicitly teach integrated circuit (IC) chips disposed on
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`the second circuit board part, wherein the first circuit board part is placed at a position closer to
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`the opening than IC chips or placed on the secondcircuit board part at a position closer to the
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`opening than the IC chips.
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`Abe teachesintegrated circuit (IC) chips (“main substrate 81 including circuits other than
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`the transceiver,” [0074]) disposed on the secondcircuit board part (81, Fig. 7B), wherein thefirst
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`circuit board part (71, Fig. 7B) is placed at a position closer to the opening (i.e. towards the
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`transmission end) than IC chips or placed on the second circuit board part at a position closer to
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`the opening than the IC chips.
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art to modify the device of
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`Felic by providing integrated circuit chips on the second circuit board part, wherein thefirst
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`circuit board part is placed at a position closer to the opening than the IC chips, as taught by Abe.
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`Oneofordinary skill in the art would have been motivated to make the modification in order to
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`reduce the height of the antenna deviceso that the device may be moreeasily fit into the vehicle
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`(see paragraph [0074]) and to provide sufficient support for electronic circuitry associated with
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`the radar device. Furthermore, it would be obvious to place the IC chips further from the opening
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`so as not to interfere with the electromagnetic wavestraveling to and from the transmission and
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`reception antennas.
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`Asto claim 16, Felic does not explicitly teach a length of the case in an up-down
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`direction is shorter than a length of the case in a front-back direction, the up-downdirection
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`being a direction normal to the componentside of the secondcircuit board part.
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`Abeteachesa length of the device in an up-downdirection is shorter than a length of the
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`case in a front-back direction, the up-downdirection being a direction normal to the component
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`side of the second circuit board part (81, Fig. 7B). Although Abe does not explicitly show the
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`case aroundthe device substrates, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art
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`that the case would enclose both the RF substrate 82 and the main substrate 81.
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art to modify the case of Felic such
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`that a length of the case in an up-downdirection is shorter than a length of the case in a front-
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`back direction, the up-down direction being a direction normal to the componentside of the
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`second circuit board part. One of ordinary skill in the art would have been motivated to make the
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`modification in order to reduce the height of the device, by providing the secondcircuit board, so
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`that the device maybefit into a smaller space in the vehicle.
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`Asto claim 20, Felic teachesa first integrated circuit (170, Fig. 1B) on a surface of the
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`first circuit board part (lower surface of 140, Fig. 1B), the surface and the componentside of the
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`first circuit board part (upper surface of 140, Fig. 1A) facing opposite directions.
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`Felic does not explicitly teach a second integrated circuit on a surface of the second
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`circuit board part, the surface of the second circuit board part meets the surface of the first circuit
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`board part.
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`Abeteaches a second integrated circuit on a surface of the second circuit board part (“the
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`main substrate 81 including circuits other than the transceiver,” [0074]), the surface of the
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`second circuit board part (81, Fig. 7B) meets the surface ofthe first circuit board part (82, Fig.
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`7B) (..e. the first circuit board part and the second circuit board part are attached together).
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art to modify the device of
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`Felic by providing a second integrated circuit on a surface of the second circuit board part,
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`wherein the surface of the second circuit board part meets the surface of the first circuit board
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`part, as taught by Abe. Oneof ordinary skill in the art would have been motivated to makethe
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`modification in order to reduce the height of the device by providing additional circuits on the
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`second circuit board part, so that the device mayfit in a smaller space.
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`Claims 12-15 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable overFelic et
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`al. (US 2015/0207236 A1) in view of Abe et al. (US 2015/0229023 A1), further in view of
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`Suzukiet al. (US 2004/0227663 A1).
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`Asto claim 12, Felic in view of Abe does not teach a bracket configured to secure the
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`case to a cover member covering an outside region in front of the case, and to define a direction
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`in which the antenna device transmits the electromagnetic waveto the outside of the antenna
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`device.
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`Suzuki teaches a bracket (18, Fig. 7A) configured to secure the case (1, Fig. 7A) to a
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`cover member(14, Fig. 7A) covering an outside region in front of the case, and to define a
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`direction in which the antenna device transmits the electromagnetic wave outside of the antenna
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`device (“the bumper 14 has a recessed portion 18 in its inner wall in which a millimeter wave
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`radar 1 is mounted from inside the bumper 14,” [0044]).
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art to modify the antenna
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`device of Felic in view of Abe by providing a bracketthat fixes the housing on the cover
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`member,as taught by Suzuki. One of ordinary skill in the art would have been motivated to
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`make the modification in order to secure the antenna device inside the vehicle.
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`Asto claim 13, Felic teaches the bracket is configured to secure the case to the cover
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`membersothat the direction in which the antenna device transmits the electromagnetic wave to
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`the outside of the antenna deviceis parallel to ground (“parallel to the roadway surface,” [0029]).
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`Asto claim 14, Felic in view of Abe doesnot explicitly teach the bracket is made of an
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`electromagnetic wave absorbing material or a material including an electromagnetic wave
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`absorbing material.
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`Suzuki teaches the bracket is made of an electromagnetic wave absorbing material or a
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`material including an electromagnetic wave absorbing material (15, Fig. 7A, “the inner wall of
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`the bumper 14 is fitted with a radio wave attenuation layer or radio wave absorbing layer,”
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`[0045]).
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art to modify the antenna
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`device of Felic in view of Abe by including an electromagnetic wave absorberto the bracket, as
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`taught by Suzuki. Oneof ordinary skill in the art would have been motivated to make the
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`modification in order to absorb sidelobes radiating from the antenna, therefore reducing
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`unwantedtransmission of sidelobes, as taught by Suzuki (see paragraph [0032]).
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`Asto claim 15, Felic in view of Abe doesnot explicitly teach the case includes a metal
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`material.
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`Suzuki teaches the case includes a metal material (“installing a metal plate... on a plane
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`of and around the transmission/reception antenna in an antenna unit,” [0003]).
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art to modify the case of Felic
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`in view of Abesuchthat the case includes a metal material, as taught by Suzuki. Oneof ordinary
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`skill in the art would have been motivated to provide the metal material in the casing in order to
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`reduce sidelobes, as taught by Suzuki. A further benefit of including metal material in the case is
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`to provide electromagnetic shielding for the circuitry in the antenna device.
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`Claim 17 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Felic et al. (US
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`2015/0207236 Al) in view of Abe et al. (US 2015/0229023 A1), further in view of Elden (WO
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`96/29755 —previously cited).
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`Asto claim 17, Felic in view of Abe does not explicitly teach the case has a connecting
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`part that thermally bondsthecaseto the circuit board or to a circuit component mounted on the
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`circuit board.
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`Elden teaches the case has a connecting part that thermally bondsthe case to the circuit
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`board or a circuit component mounted onthe circuit board (“the antenna is adhesively or
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`thermally bonded or otherwise secured and mounted to a generally planar or flat light-
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`transmissive antenna boardorcircuit board,” page 9, lines 33-36).
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art to modify the antenna
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`device of Felic in view of Abe by providing a connection unit that thermally bonds with the
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`circuit board, as taught by Elden. Oneofordinary skill in the art would have been motivated to
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`make the modification because thermally bonding components together is a low cost and
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`effective method of attaching two or more components together.
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`Claim 18 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Felic et al. (US
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`2015/0207236 A1) in view of Abeet al. (US 2015/0229023 A1), further in view of Beez et al.
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`(US 2005/0116854 A1).
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`Asto claim 18, Felic teaches a wall region (120A, 120B, Fig. 1A) of the case extendsto
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`a position in front of positions at which the transmission antenna and the reception antenna (150,
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`Fig. 1A) are placed, but does not explicitly teach the wall region not allowing the
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`electromagnetic wave to transmit through the wall region.
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`Beez teaches the wall region (14, Fig. 1) not allowing the electromagnetic wave(28, Fig.
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`1) to transmit through the wall region (as indicated in Figs. 1 and 3 indicated the electromagnetic
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`wavespassing through the lens16, but not through the walls of case 14).
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art to modify the device of
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`Felic in view of Beez such that the wall region of the case does not allow the electromagnetic
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`waveto transmit through the wall region, as taught by Beez. One of ordinary skill in the art
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`would have been motivated to make the modification in order to increase the gain and directivity
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`of the antenna device.
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`Conclusion
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`Applicant's amendment necessitated the new ground(s) of rejection presented in this
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`Office action. Accordingly, THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. See MPEP§ 706.07(a).
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`Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37 CFR 1.136(a).
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`however,will the statutory period for reply expire later than SIX MONTHSfrom the date ofthis
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`final action.
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`Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the
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`examiner should be directed to JENNIFER F HU whosetelephone numberis (571)272-5486.
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`Application/Control Number: 16/198,909
`Art Unit: 2845
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`/DAMEONE LEVI/
`Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 2845
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`/JENNIFER F HU/
`Examiner, Art Unit 2845
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