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 .
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.
(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.
Claims 1-5 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Gunzel (US 20210173063 A1).
Regarding claim 1, Gunzel discloses An object detection device that is mounted on a moving body and detects an object that exists around the moving body, the object detection device comprising[Abstract; 0017-0018 has distance checking and claims 6, 7 have object detection]:
a transceiver that transmits a transmission wave and receives a reception wave generated by the transmission wave being reflected by the object[0086 has transmit and receive ultrasonic signal meaning echo];
and a deviation detector that detects a deviation of the transceiver from a normal position that is a predetermined mounting position of the transceiver on a basis of echo information indicating a temporal change in intensity of the reception wave and reference echo information stored in a storage device in advance.[0043-0044 has misalignment detection meaning deviation detection and 0053 has sensor specific parameter of temporal change in intensity in amplitude, decay time, power etc]
Regarding claim 2, Gunzel discloses wherein the deviation detector detects the deviation when an impact on the moving body is detected. [0051-0052 has evaluation when a crash has taken place]
Regarding claim 3, Gunzel discloses wherein the deviation detector detects the deviation when the moving body shifts from a stopped state to a driving state. [0051 has acceleration]
Regarding claim 4, Gunzel discloses wherein reference echo information is the echo information acquired when the transceiver is at the normal position. [Fig 3A shows normal position; See also 0041-0043]
Regarding claim 5, Gunzel discloses wherein the reference echo information includes road surface information based on the reception wave from a road surface. [Fig 3A shows echo off underlying surface namely road; See also 0041-0044]
Conclusion
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/VIKAS ATMAKURI/Examiner, Art Unit 3645
/ISAM A ALSOMIRI/Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 3645