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`14/410,554
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`12/22/2014
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`Yoshio Koyanagi
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`734156.667USPC
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`1467
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`Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC
`701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 5400
`Seattle, WA 98104
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`NGUYEN, WAN HOANG
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`ART UNIT
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`PAPER NUIVIBER
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`11/06/2015
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`ELECTRONIC
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`Please find below and/or attached an Office communication concerning this application or proceeding.
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`PTOL—90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`Applicant(s)
`Application No.
` 14/410,554 KOYANAGI ET AL.
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`AIA (First Inventor to File)
`Art Unit
`Examiner
`Office Action Summary
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`TUAN H. NGUYEN its“ 2647
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`Status
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`1)IZI Responsive to communication(s) filed on 12/22/2014.
`El A declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/were filed on
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`2b)|ZI This action is non-final.
`2a)|:l This action is FINAL.
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`4)|:| Since this application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
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`closed in accordance with the practice under Exparte Quay/e, 1935 CD. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`Disposition of Claims*
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
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`12)IXI 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: 14/410,554
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`Page 2
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`Art Unit: 2647
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`The present application is being examined under the pre-AIA first to invent
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`provisions.
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Priority
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`Receipt is acknowledged of papers submitted under 35 U.S.C. 119(a)-(d), which
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`papers have been placed of record in the file.
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`Information Disclosure Statement
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`2.
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`The information disclosure statement (IDS) submitted on 12/22/2014 has been
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`considered by Examiner and made of record in the application file.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`3.
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103(a) which forms the basis for all
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`obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
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`(a) A patent may not be obtained though the invention is not identically disclosed or described as set
`forth in section 102 of this title, if the differences between the subject matter sought to be patented and
`the prior art are such that the subject matter as a whole would have been obvious at the time the
`invention was made to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which said subject matter pertains.
`Patentability shall not be negatived by the manner in which the invention was made.
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`4.
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`Claims 1-3 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over Chou
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`(US PUB. 2007/0206116) in view of Voutilainen et al. (U.S PAT. 9,048,959 hereinafter,
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`“Voutilainen”).
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`Application/Control Number: 14/410,554
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`Art Unit: 2647
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`Consider claim 1, Chou teaches a mobile terminal (fig. 1, 100) comprising: a
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`housing (fig. 1, 1); a camera including a communicating hole, through which the inside
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`and the outside of the housing communicate, and a camera module capable of imaging
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`though the communicating hole (figs. 1-3, page 1 [0023] and page 2 [0028]).
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`Chou does not explicitly show that a non-contact charging module contained in
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`the housing, the non-contact charging module including: a charging coil formed of a
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`wound conducting wire; an NFC coil arranged so as to surround the charging coil; a first
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`magnetic sheet supporting the charging coil; and a second magnetic sheet placed on
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`the first magnetic sheet and supporting the NFC coil; wherein the non-contact charging
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`module does not overlap with the camera in a plane normal to a thickness direction of
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`the housing, and the non-contact charging module is arranged within a dimension of the
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`camera along the thickness direction of the housing.
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`In the same field of endeavor, Voutilainen teaches a non-contact charging
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`module contained in the housing, the non-contact charging module including: a charging
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`coil formed of a wound conducting wire (col. 19 lines 27-45); an NFC coil arranged so
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`as to surround the charging coil (col. 18 lines 10-26); a first magnetic sheet supporting
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`the charging coil (col. 15 lines 31 -47); and a second magnetic sheet placed on the first
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`magnetic sheet and supporting the NFC coil (col. 15 lines 31 -47); wherein the non-
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`contact charging module does not overlap with the camera in a plane normal to a
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`thickness direction of the housing, and the non-contact charging module is arranged
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`within a dimension of the camera along the thickness direction of the housing (col. 18
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`line 40 through col. 19 line 8).
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`Art Unit: 2647
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`Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the
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`time the invention was made to use, a non-contact charging module contained in the
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`housing, the non-contact charging module including: a charging coil formed of a wound
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`conducting wire; an NFC coil arranged so as to surround the charging coil; a first
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`magnetic sheet supporting the charging coil; and a second magnetic sheet placed on
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`the first magnetic sheet and supporting the NFC coil; wherein the non-contact charging
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`module does not overlap with the camera in a plane normal to a thickness direction of
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`the housing, and the non-contact charging module is arranged within a dimension of the
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`camera along the thickness direction of the housing, as taught by Voutilainen, in order
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`to provide a high data throughput optical communication link.
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`Consider claim 2, Chou teaches mobile terminal (fig. 1, 100) comprising: a
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`housing (fig. 1, 1).
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`Chou does not explicitly show that a battery pack contained in the housing; and a
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`non-contact charging module contained in the housing, the non-contact charging
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`module including: a charging coil formed of a wound conducting wire; an NFC coil
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`arranged so as to surround the charging coil; a first magnetic sheet supporting the
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`charging coil; and a second magnetic sheet placed on the first magnetic sheet and
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`supporting the NFC coil; wherein the non-contact charging module does not overlap
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`with the battery pack in a plane normal to a thickness direction of the housing, and the
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`non-contact charging module is arranged within a dimension of the battery pack along
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`the thickness direction of the housing.
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`Art Unit: 2647
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`In the same field of endeavor, Voutilainen teaches a battery pack contained in
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`the housing (col. 16 lines 16-34); and a non-contact charging module contained in the
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`housing, the non-contact charging module including: a charging coil formed of a wound
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`conducting wire (col. 19 lines 27-45); an NFC coil arranged so as to surround the
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`charging coil (col. 18 lines 10-26); a first magnetic sheet supporting the charging coil
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`(col. 15 lines 31 -47); and a second magnetic sheet placed on the first magnetic sheet
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`and supporting the NFC coil (col. 15 lines 31 -47); wherein the non-contact charging
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`module does not overlap with the battery pack in a plane normal to a thickness direction
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`of the housing, and the non-contact charging module is arranged within a dimension of
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`the battery pack along the thickness direction of the housing (col. 18 line 40 through col.
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`19 line 8).
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`Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the
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`time the invention was made to use, a battery pack contained in the housing; and a non-
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`contact charging module contained in the housing, the non-contact charging module
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`including: a charging coil formed of a wound conducting wire; an NFC coil arranged so
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`as to surround the charging coil; a first magnetic sheet supporting the charging coil; and
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`a second magnetic sheet placed on the first magnetic sheet and supporting the NFC
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`coil; wherein the non-contact charging module does not overlap with the battery pack in
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`a plane normal to a thickness direction of the housing, and the non-contact charging
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`module is arranged within a dimension of the battery pack along the thickness direction
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`of the housing, as taught by Voutilainen, in order to provide a high data throughput
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`optical communication link.
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`Art Unit: 2647
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`Consider claim 3, Chou teaches a mobile terminal (fig. 1, 100) comprising: a
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`housing (fig. 1, 1); a camera including a communicating hole, through which the inside
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`and the outside of the housing communicate, and a camera module capable of imaging
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`though the communicating hole (figs. 1-3, page 1 [0023] and page 2 [0028]).
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`Chou does not explicitly show that a battery pack contained in the housing; and a
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`non-contact charging module contained in the housing, the non-contact charging
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`module including: a charging coil formed of a wound conducting wire; an NFC coil
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`arranged so as to surround the charging coil; a first magnetic sheet supporting the
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`charging coil; and a second magnetic sheet placed on the first magnetic sheet and
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`supporting the NFC coil; wherein the non-contact charging module does not overlap
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`with the camera and the battery pack in a plane normal to a thickness direction of the
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`housing, and the non-contact charging module is arranged within a dimension of the
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`camera and a dimension of the battery pack along the thickness direction of the
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`housing.
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`In the same field of endeavor, Voutilainen teaches a battery pack contained in
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`the housing (col. 16 lines 16-34); and a non-contact charging module contained in the
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`housing, the non-contact charging module including: a charging coil formed of a wound
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`conducting wire (col. 19 lines 27-45); an NFC coil arranged so as to surround the
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`charging coil (col. 18 lines 10-26); a first magnetic sheet supporting the charging coil
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`(col. 15 lines 31 -47); and a second magnetic sheet placed on the first magnetic sheet
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`and supporting the NFC coil (col. 15 lines 31 -47); wherein the non-contact charging
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`module does not overlap with the camera and the battery pack in a plane normal to a
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`thickness direction of the housing, and the non-contact charging module is arranged
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`within a dimension of the camera and a dimension of the battery pack along the
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`thickness direction of the housing (col. 18 line 40 through col. 19 line 8).
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`Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the
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`time the invention was made to use, a battery pack contained in the housing; and a non-
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`contact charging module contained in the housing, the non-contact charging module
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`including: a charging coil formed of a wound conducting wire; an NFC coil arranged so
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`as to surround the charging coil; a first magnetic sheet supporting the charging coil; and
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`a second magnetic sheet placed on the first magnetic sheet and supporting the NFC
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`coil; wherein the non-contact charging module does not overlap with the camera and
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`the battery pack in a plane normal to a thickness direction of the housing, and the non-
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`contact charging module is arranged within a dimension of the camera and a dimension
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`of the battery pack along the thickness direction of the housing, as taught by
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`Voutilainen, in order to provide a high data throughput optical communication link.
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`Conclusion
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