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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 .
Election/Restrictions
Applicant's election with traverse of Species 7, Figure 11 in the reply filed on 11/24/2025 is acknowledged. The traversal is on the ground(s) that claims 1, 5 and 8-12 readable on Species 7, Figure 7. This is not found persuasive because claims 8-12 depend on non-elected claims 2-4 and 6-7. Claims 1 and 5 will be examined herewith.
The requirement is still deemed proper and is therefore made FINAL.
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)(2) the claimed invention was described in a patent issued under section 151, or in an application for patent published or deemed published under section 122(b), in which the patent or application, as the case may be, names another inventor and was effectively filed before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claim(s) 1 and 5 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Otsubo et al. [US 2016/0372246 A1].
Regarding claim 1, Otsubo et al. discloses a coil component [1, or 10, Figures 1, 16-17 and 37] comprising:
- a magnetic body [2];
- a coil embedded in the magnetic body [figure 1];
- an external electrode [5] on at least a bottom surface of the magnetic body and electrically connected to the coil; and
- an extended conductor [3] in which one end [3] is connected to the coil inside the magnetic body and another end [3] is connected to the external electrode on the bottom surface of the magnetic body, the external electrode including a first external electrode [5, figures 16-17] and a second external electrode [5, figures 16-17], the extended conductor including a first extended conductor having one end connected to a start end of the coil and another end connected to the first external electrode, and a second extended conductor having one end connected to a terminal end of the coil and another end connected to the second external electrode [figures 1 and 16-17], the coil being present only on a plane including the start end and the terminal end, the coil and the first extended conductor not overlapping each other except for a portion where the coil and the first extended conductor are connected [figure 1], when a surface on which the coil is present is viewed from a direction extending from the one end to the other end of the first extended conductor, and the coil and the second extended conductor not overlapping each other except for a portion where the coil and the second extended conductor are connected, when the surface on which the coil is present is viewed from a direction extending from the one end to the other end of the second extended conductor [figures 1 and 16-17].
Regarding claim 5, Otsubo et al. discloses the coil includes a plurality of coils which are inside the magnetic body [figure 37].
Conclusion
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