DETAILED ACTION
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 .
Election/Restrictions
Applicant’s election of Group I (device claims) for examination. Claims 1-5 and 7-9 read on elected Group I in the reply filed on 11/07/2025 is acknowledged. Because applicant did not distinctly and specifically point out the supposed errors in the restriction requirement, the election has been treated as an election without traverse (MPEP § 818.01(a)).
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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.
Claims 1 | 3 | 7-9 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by JP S 36-1124Y [JP1124].
Regarding claim 1, JP1124 teaches A coil comprising: a wound conducting wire [1 is multiple twisted wires that can be considered a coil]; and a terminal structure [fig. 3] formed on an end of the conducting wire [1, figs. 1-2], wherein the conducting wire is formed by bundling and twisting a plurality of strands [figs. 1-2 show that the wire 1 is formed by bundling and twisting a plurality of strands 9], and the strands [9] are arranged longitudinally along a central axis of the coil [along element 1, fig. 1].
Regarding claim 3, JP1124 teaches The coil according to claim 1, wherein the strands are arranged in three rows [see the rows 9] or less along the central axis of the coil [along element 1, fig. 1].
Regarding claims 7-9, JP1124 teaches A contactless power supply device comprising: the coil according to claim 1. A contactless power receiving device comprising: the coil according to claim 1. A contactless power receiving and supply system comprising: the contactless power supply device according to claim 7 and the contactless power receiving device according to claim 8 [intended use, see 2111.02 Effect of Preamble [R-07.2022] - II. PREAMBLE STATEMENTS RECITING PURPOSE OR INTENDED USE].
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
A patent for a claimed invention may not be obtained, notwithstanding that the claimed invention is not identically disclosed as set forth in section 102, if the differences between the claimed invention and the prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole would have been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the claimed invention pertains. Patentability shall not be negated by the manner in which the invention was made.
Claims 2 | 4 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over JP S 36-1124Y [JP1124].
Regarding claims 2 | 4, JP1124 discloses the claimed invention but silent about that the diameters of the strands are at least 0.20 mm and at most 0.45 mm, and an insulating coating [inherent property] of the strands has a melting point exceeding a melting point of solder.
It would have been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art at the time the invention was filed to consider the disclosed diameters, and consider that the melting point of the strands exceeding the melting point of the solder for proper performance, and since it has been held that discovering an optimum value of a result effective variable involves only routine skill in the art. In re Boesch, 617 F.2d 272, 205 USPQ 215 (CCPA 1980).
Allowable Subject Matter
Claim 5 is objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
The following is a statement of reasons for the indication of allowable subject matter:
The prior arts of record when considered as a whole, alone or in combination neither anticipates nor renders obvious the combination of - the terminal structure includes a sleeve having an internal space through which the end passes, a blade protruding inward from an inner surface of the sleeve, and a partition plate dividing the internal space into a first region and a second region, and the strands are arranged in the first region and the second region.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. See (PTO-892).
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/Mohamad A Musleh/
Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2837