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`17/046,550
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`10/09/2020
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`Hiroyuki UNO
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`733156.567USPC
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`1133
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`Seed IP Law Group LLP/Panasonic
`701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 5400
`Seattle, WA 98104
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`LINDGREN BALTZELL, ANDREAJ
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`ART UNIT
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`2845
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`01/05/2022
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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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`Office Action Summary
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`Application No.
`17/046,550
`Examiner
`ANDREAJ LINDGREN
`BALTZELL
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`Applicant(s)
`UNO etal.
`Art Unit
`2845
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`AIA (FITF) Status
`Yes
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`DATE OF THIS COMMUNICATION.
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`date of this communication.
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`- Failure to reply within the set or extended period for reply will, by statute, cause the application to become ABANDONED (35 U.S.C. § 133}.
`Any reply received by the Office later than three months after the mailing date of this communication, evenif timely filed, may reduce any earned patent term
`adjustment. See 37 CFR 1.704(b).
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`Status
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`1) Responsive to communication(s) filed on 10/09/2020.
`CL} A declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/werefiled on
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`2a)L) This action is FINAL. 2b)lv)This action is non-final.
`3)( An election was madeby the applicant in responseto a restriction requirement set forth during the interview
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`; the restriction requirement and election have been incorporated into this action.
`4\Q) 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*
`1-7 is/are pending in the application.
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`Claim(s)
`5a) Of the above claim(s)
`is/are withdrawn from consideration.
`1) Claim(s) _is/are allowed.
`Claim(s)1and6-7 is/are rejected.
`s) 1
`Claim(s) 2-5 is/are objected to.
`C) Claim(s
`are subjectto restriction and/or election requirement
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`* If any claims have been determined allowable, you maybeeligible to benefit from the Patent Prosecution Highway program at a
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`Application Papers
`10)C) The specification is objected to by the Examiner.
`11)f¥) The drawing(s) filed on 10/09/2020 is/are: a)[¥) accepted or b)() objected to by the Examiner.
`Applicant may not request that any objection to the drawing(s) be held in abeyance. See 37 CFR 1.85(a).
`Replacement drawing sheet(s) including the correction is required if the drawing(s) is objected to. See 37 CFR 1.121 (d).
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
`12) Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d)or (f).
`Certified copies:
`—_c)L) None ofthe:
`b)L)] Some**
`a)) All
`1.4) Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
`2.1.) Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No.
`3.2. Copies of the certified copies of the priority documents have been received in this National Stage
`application from the International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)).
`* See the attached detailed Office action for a list of the certified copies not received.
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`Attachment(s)
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`1)
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`Notice of References Cited (PTO-892)
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`Information Disclosure Statement(s) (PTO/SB/08a and/or PTO/SB/08b)
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`Paper No(s)/Mail Date 10/09/2020.
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`3) [9 Interview Summary (PTO-413)
`Paper No(s)/Mail Date
`(7) Other:
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`4)
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`PTOL-326 (Rev. 11-13)
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`Office Action Summary
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`Part of Paper No./Mail Date 20211215
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`Application/Control Number: 17/046,550
`Art Unit: 2845
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`NotceofPre-AIA or AIA Status
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`The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, 1s being examined underthe first
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`inventor to file provisions of the AIA.
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`Priority
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`Receipt is acknowledgedofcertified copies of papers required by 37 CFR 1.55.
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`Information Disclosure Statement
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`The information disclosure statement (IDS) submitted on 10/09/2020 is in compliance with
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`the provisions of 37 CFR 1.97. Accordingly, the information disclosure statementis being
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`considered by the examiner.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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`The following 1s a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that form the
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`basis for the rejections underthis section madein this Office action:
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`A person shall be entitled to a patent unless —
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`(a)(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use, on sale, or
`otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
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`Claim(s) 1, and 6-7 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Haishi
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`(JPH03270304) 12/02/1991, hereafter referred to as Haishi.
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`1.
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`Regarding claim 1, Haishi discloses:
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`An antenna apparatus, comprising:
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`at least onefirst radiation element provided on one surface of a substrate and having a
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`resonance frequency in a first frequency band (See Haishi [Page 2, line 20 — Page3, line 5] —
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`radiating element2);
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`at least one second radiation element provided on the one surface of the substrate (See
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`Haishi [Page 2, line 20 — Page 3, line 5] — radiating element3);
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`a connection line connecting between the first radiation element and the second radiation
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`element on the one surface of the substrate (See Haishi [Page 2, line 20 — Page3, line 5] — shorting
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`stubs 5; first dielectric body 6, second dielectric body 7 comprise substrate depicted in Fig. 1A);
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`a conductor (ground plane 9) provided at a position facing thefirst radiation element in an
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`interior of the substrate and including a slot (excitation slots 8); and
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`a power supply line supplying powerto the first radiation element via the slot (microstrip
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`line 1b for power supply to slots), wherein the connection line is connected to a center portion of
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`the first radiation element (See Haishi [Fig. 1A] — shorting stubs 5), in a direction along a
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`polarization direction of radiated radio waves generated by resonance, and a line length formed by
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`the first radiation element, the connection line, and the second radiation element1s set to a length so
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`as to have a resonance frequency in a second frequency band lowerthan thefirst frequency band
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`(See Haishi [Page 2, line 20 — Page3, line 5] — high-range radiating element 3; low-rang radiating
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`element2).
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`2.
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`Regarding claim 6, Haisht discloses:
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`wherein: an insulation layer 1s provided between the first radiation element and the
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`conductor, and between the conductor and the powersupply line (See Haishi [Page 2, line 20 — Page
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`3, line 5] — first dielectric body 6, second dielectric body 7 comprise substrate depicted in Fig. 1A; a
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`screw stopper penetrating a dielectric portion).
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`3.
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`Regarding claim 7, Haish1 discloses:
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`wherein: the conductor has a larger size than thefirst radiation element (See Fig. 1A
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`depicting ground plane 9 a larger than first radiation element 2).
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`Allowable Subject Matter
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`Claims 2-5 are objected to as being dependent upona rejected base claim, but would be
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`allowable if rewritten in independent form includingall of the limitations of the base claim and any
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`intervening claims.
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`Conclusion
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`Application/Control Number: 17/046,550
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`/ANDREA LINDGREN BALTZELL/
`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2845
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