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`15/299,681
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`10/21/2016
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`Yu Hasegawa
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`WASHB—51689US1
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`9773
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`12/21/2017 —PEARNE&GORDON LLP m
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`DO, THUAN V
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`ART UNIT
`2851
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`12/21/2017
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`ELECTRONIC
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`Application No.
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`Art Unit
`AIA (First Inventorto File)
`Office Action Summary
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`2851THUAN DO first“
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`Status
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`1)IXI Responsive to communication(s) filed on 04/24/2017.
`[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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`3) I] Interview Summary (PTO-413)
`1) E Notice of References Cited (PTO-892)
`Paper No(s)/Mai| Date.
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`2) E Information Disclosure Statement(s) (PTO/SB/08a and/or PTO/SB/Osb)
`Paper No(s)/Mai| Date 10/21/2015.
`4) D Other: —-
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`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`PTOL-326 (Rev. 11-13)
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`Office Action Summary
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`Part of Paper No./Mai| Date 20171215
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`Disposition of Claims*
`5)|XI Claim(s) L5is/are pending in the application.
`5a) Of the above claim(s)
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`6 III Claim s) _ is/are allowed.
`s L5 is/are rejected.
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`10)I:I The specification is objected to by the Examiner.
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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: 15/299,681
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`Art Unit: 2851
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`1.
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`This office action is for the application with the claims filed on 04/24/2017. Claims
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`1-5 are pending.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC 112
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`2.
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`Claims 1-5 are rejected and the following is a quotation of the second paragraph
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`of 35 U.S.C.112:
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`The term “a power transmission coil” is unclear in the claims. That means how
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`the power transmission coil can be positioned and separated from a power reception
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`coil in order to perform a charge and where can it supported in the specification?
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`Clarification or correction is required.
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`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
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`form the basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
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`(9) the invention was described in (1) an application for patent, published under section 122(b), by another filed in the
`United States before the invention by the applicant for patent or (2) a patent granted on an application for patent by
`another filed in the United States before the invention by the applicant for patent, except that an international application
`filed under the treaty defined in section 351(a) shall have the effects for purposes of this subsection of an application filed
`in the United States only if the international application designated the United States and was published under Article
`21(2) of such treaty in the English language.
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`3.
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`Claims 1, 2, 5 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(e) as being unpatentable over
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`the prior art of Cook et al., pub. no. 20120161696.
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`Claims:
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`1.
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`{Curreniiy Amended) A charging apparatus that transmits eieetricai pewer it)
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`a charging target device by eiectroh’iagnetis induction to charge a secondary battery (if
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`the charging target device, the charging apparatus comprising:
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`a power transmission ceii (paragraph 0009);
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`a peeitien detection aecticn that detecte a peeition at a power reception coii oi the
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`charging target device pieced en the charging apparatua the poeiticn detection
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`eecticn theeeeainciuding a piuraiity oi coiia dioceeee eeparateiy item the cewer
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`transmission ceii (paragraph M48 using receiver t‘ietectien and ccii); and
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`a near tieie communication antenna that enahiee near tieid communication with
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`the charging target device by eiectremagnetic induction, wherein the near field
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`communication antenna is any one of the piuraiity ct cciie oi the pceiticn detection
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`aecticn (paragraph @144).
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`{Qriginai}: The charging apparatus accereing tc ciairn 1, further comprieing:
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`a near tieid ccmmunicatich control section that is to be connected to the near
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`tieid ceminunicatien antenna and that executes near iieid communication with the
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`charging target device; and a switching eecticn that ewitchea cperatien between the
`position detection secticn and the near tieid ccmmunicatich control aectich (paragraphs
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`{New} The charging apparatus accorciing te claim t, wherein another ccil
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`among the piuraiity ct coiie, which is; ether than the one of the pioraiity ct cciie, cveriape
`the cne ot the piuraiity pi cciist and the charging apparatus further comprises. a resonant
`circuit prcvideci tc the another coii and configured to attenuate a high—frequency current
`flowing threugh the another ceii ciue te any ene et a eiectromagnetic wave and a
`magnetic iieid at a predetermined frequency used for the near field communication
`{paragraph @114).
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`Allowable Subject Matter
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`Claims 3-4 are objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim or by
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`other rejections, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of
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`the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims. The reason for allowance
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`is that the prior art of record does not teach the dependent claims with all other features
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`of the corresponding independent claims.
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`/Thuan Do/
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`Primary examiner, AU-2851
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