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Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the statutory basis (i.e., changing from AIA to pre-AIA ) for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status.
The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that form the basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
A person shall be entitled to a patent unless –
(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.
Claim(s) 1-4 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Hee et al. [U.S. Publication No. 2017/0038600 A1].
Regarding claim 1, Hee discloses a wiring member (e.g., FPCB 55, Paragraph 0019, Fig. 2) comprising:
at least two mounting faces (e.g., surface areas of the FPCB 55 where coils 52 are fixed, Paragraph 0055, Fig. 1) on which a magnetic detection sensor (e.g., 54, Paragraph 0026, Fig. 2), a magnetic member (e.g., 50, Paragraph 0025, Fig. 3), and a coil (e.g., 52) are fixed,
wherein a center of the magnetic detection sensor 54, a center of the magnetic member 50, and a center of the coil 52 are coaxially aligned and fixed to each of the mounting face (e.g., sensor 54 is placed in the middle of coil 52, see Fig. 1-4).
Regarding claim 3, Hee discloses further comprises lands (e.g., FPCB 55 is a printed circuit provided with printed electrical connection pads or lands) electrically connected with one end of the coil 52 and another end of the coil 52 respectively (e.g., coil 52 and FPCB 55 are electrically connected, see Paragraph 0025).
Regarding claim 4, Hee discloses wherein the wiring member (e.g., FPCB 55) has a bendable connecting portion (e.g., FPCB 55 is a flexible printed circuit) that connects the two mounting faces (e.g., connecting at least the two coil 52 together).
Claim 2 is rejected for reciting methods/steps derived from the structure of claim 1 which is rejected above.
Response to Arguments
Applicant’s arguments with respect to claim(s) 1-4 have been considered but are moot because the new ground of rejection does not rely on any reference applied in the prior rejection of record for any teaching or matter specifically challenged in the argument.
The amendment of claim 4, has introduced the inclusion of the “wiring member” as part of the claim scope. The amendment has initiated a new search. The claim scope of claim 1 does not need the structure of the preamble, which recites the wiring member, for the Examiner to search for the claim scope recited as;
…at least two mounting faces on each of which a magnetic detection sensor, a magnetic member, and a coil are fixed, wherein a center of the magnetic detection sensor, a center of the magnetic member, and a center of the coil are coaxially aligned and fixed to each of the mounting faces…”.
The magnetic structure as recited above, does not require the structure of the wiring member of the claim 1 preamble. The magnetic structure can be used as a part of another structure other than a wiring member.
Therefore, the amendment necessitated a new ground of rejection.
Prior art Hee discloses a wiring member (e.g., FPCB 55, Paragraph 0019, Fig. 2) comprising at least two mounting faces (e.g., surface areas of the FPCB 55 where coils 52 are fixed, Paragraph 0055, Fig. 1) on which a magnetic detection sensor (e.g., 54, Paragraph 0026, Fig. 2), a magnetic member (e.g., 50, Paragraph 0025, Fig. 3), and a coil (e.g., 52) are fixed. A center of the magnetic detection sensor 54, a center of the magnetic member 50, and a center of the coil 52 are coaxially aligned and fixed to each of the mounting face (e.g., sensor 54 is placed in the middle of coil 52, see Fig. 1-4).
Conclusion
Applicant's amendment necessitated the new ground(s) of rejection presented in this Office action. Accordingly, THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. See MPEP § 706.07(a). Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37 CFR 1.136(a).
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