Docket No.: 083710-1816
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`PATENT
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`In re Application of
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`Customer Number: 53080
`Norihiro Iwamuraet al.
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`Confirmation Number: 2057
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`Application No.: 15/563,511
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`Filed: September 29, 2017
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`Group Art Unit: 2836
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`Examiner: Daniel Kessie
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`For: NONCONTACT POWER SUPPLY DEVICE AND CONTROL DEVICE THEREFOR
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`Remarks for A Pre-Appeal Brief Request for Review
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`Mail Stop AF
`Commissioner for Patents
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`Sir:
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`In response to the Office Action dated September 1, 2021 and the Advisory Action dated
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`February 11, 2022, wherein a three-month shortened statutory period for responseis set to expire
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`on December1, 2021 and a petition for a three month extension of timeis being filed
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`concurrently herewith (the two month extension of time fee has been paid), Applicants
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`respectfully request reconsideration of the above-identified application in view of the following
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`remarks.
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`A Notice of Appeal and A Pre-Appeal Brief Request for Review are beingfiled
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`concurrently herewith.
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`Application No.: 15/563,511
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`REMARKS
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`Claims 1 and 5-12 were rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Lee
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`(US 2014/0009110) in view of Nagai et al. (US 5,991,170). Without conceding any correctness
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`of the rejections, Applicanttraverses the rejectionsfor at least the following reasons.
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`Regardingclaims 1, 6 and 7, at a minimum, Lee and Nagaifail to disclose that “a power
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`transmission device [includes]: a power transmission coil outputting an alternating magnetic
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`flux upon receiving alternating electric power; and a powertransmission resonant capacitor
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`forming, with the power transmission coil, a power transmission resonantcircuit,”
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`“the power
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`transmission control unit determines whether or not resonant voltage of the power transmission
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`resonant circuit is equal to or greater than given voltage,” and “the power transmission control
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`unit determines that (i) the power reception device is not detected in a case where the resonant
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`voltage is equal to or greater than given voltage, and that (ii) the power reception device is
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`detected in a case wherethe resonant voltage is lower than the given voltage, as recited by
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`claims 1, 6 and 7. In the Final Office Action dated September 1, 2021, the Examinerasserted
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`that Nagai discloses the aforementioned features of claims 1, 6 and 7. The Examiner appears to
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`assert that Ngai uses the same resonantcircuit for power transmission and detection of a device.
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`The Examinerin particular asserted that Nagai detects existence of a device by detecting voltage
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`drop (see, col. 11, lines 35-48).
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`However, in the present claims, a resonant voltage is monitored for a given time from the
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`initial selection. If the power reception deviceis initially placed, there is no voltage drop to be
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`detected. Accordingly, even if Nagai was combined with Lee, the combination would not be
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`able to perform the operation of the present application.
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`Assuch, claims 1, 6 and 7 are patentable overthe cited references.
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`Regarding dependentclaim 12, at a minimum,noneof the cited references disclose or
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`suggestthat in the second mode, the power transmission control unit controls the alternating
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`electric power in which the electric powerless than the electric poweris transmitted by the first
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`mode to the power transmission coil, so as not to charge the rechargeable battery.
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`In the rejection of claims 11 and 12, the Examinerasserted that paragraph [0060] of Lee
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`discloses that [as] shown in Fig, 8 when a receiver is detected, poweris applied in order to
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`charge the load (the alleged first mode) and when powerreceiveris not detected it doesn’t apply
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`powerto charge the load (the alleged second mode).
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`However, under the interpretation by the Office Action of the first and second modes,
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`Lee fails to disclose “when the powertransmission control unit determines that the power
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`reception device is not detected within a given time from the initial selection,’ as recited by the
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`independentclaims.
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`In this regard, the Office Action asserted that Nagai discloses that the power transmission
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`control unit determines whether or not resonant voltage of the power transmission resonant
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`circuit is equal to or greater than given voltage, and that the power transmission control unit
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`determinesthat (i) the power reception device is not detected in a case where the resonant
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`voltage is equal to or greater than given voltage, and that (ii) the power reception device is
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`detected in a case wherethe resonant voltage is lower than the given voltage, as recited by
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`claims 1,6 and 7. Specifically it is asserted that Nagai detects existence of a device by detecting
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`voltage drop at col. 11, lines 35-48.
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`However, in the present claims, a resonant voltage is monitored for a given time from the
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`initial selection. If the power reception deviceis initially placed, there is no voltage drop to be
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`detected. Accordingly, even if Nagai was combined with Lee, the combination would not be
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`able to perform the operation of the present application.
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`Moreover, in Lee, it appears to be necessary to separately provide a powertransmission
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`circuit 211, 251 and a communication circuit 213, 253, there is no motivation or suggestion to
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`modify Lee by Nagaito arrive at the claimed configuration, because such as modification would
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`change and impair the operations of Lee’s device.
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`Assuch, claim 12 is patentable over the cited references.
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`Application No.: 15/563,511
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`CONCLUSION
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`Having fully respondedto all matters raised in the Office Action, Applicant submits that
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`all claims are in condition for allowance, an indication for whichis respectfully solicited. If
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`there are any outstanding issues that might be resolved by an interview or an Examiner’s
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`amendment, the Examineris requested to call Applicant’s attorney at the telephone number
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`shownbelow.
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`To the extent necessary, a petition for an extension of time under 37 C.F.R. § 1.136 is
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`hereby made. Please charge any shortage in fees due in connection with the filing of this paper,
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`including extension of time fees, to Deposit Account 500417 and please credit any excess fees to
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`such deposit account.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`McDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP
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`/Takashi Saito/
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`Takashi Saito
`Registration No. 69,536
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`| Norihiro IWAMURA
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`Examiner
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`D. Kessie
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`Applicant requests review of the final rejection in the above-identified application. No amendments are being filed
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