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 .
This communication is in response to RCE received on 03/30/2026.
Claims 1 – 20 are presented for examination.
Response to Arguments
Applicant’s arguments with respect to claim(s) 1 - 19 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.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112(b):
(b) CONCLUSION.—The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor regards as the invention.
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph:
The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the applicant regards as his invention.
Claims 1 - 20 a rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor (or for applications subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, the applicant), regards as the invention.
As to claims 1 and 9, it is unclear from the claim language whether the movable object to which a magnetic rod is attached is also rotating with the magnetic rod about an axis? It is unclear what is an amount of error and how is being determined? It is unclear how the amount of error is being determined to be included in output signals by rotation of the magnetic rod about the axis?
Claims 2 – 8 and 17 - 18 are rejected by virtue of their dependency on claim 1.
Claims 10 – 16 and 19 - 20 are rejected by virtue of their dependency on claim 9.
Prior Art of Record
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant’s disclosure.
Lee (7,352,174) is cited for its disclosure of a non-contact rotary movement sensor provided with independent switch.
Spicer et al. (20060089784) is cited for its disclosure of an angular position sensor-based engine controller system.
Sakakibara et al. (5,055,781) is cited for its disclosure of a rotational angle detecting sensor having a plurality of magnetoresistive elements located in a uniform magnetic field.
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/REENA AURORA/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2858
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