DETAILED ACTION Notice to Applicant The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA. 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. Claims 1-15 are pending. Priority Receipt is acknowledged of certified copies of papers required by 37 CFR 1.55. Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 1 1 2 5. 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 appl icant regards as his invention. Claim 12 is 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. Claim 12 recites the limitation "the second conductive channel" in lines 2-3. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim. Claim 12 recites the limitation "the first conductive channel" in lines 4-5 . There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim. 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. Claim s 1, 2, 7, 11, and 13 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102 (a)(1) as being anticipated by Kawashima et al. US 2018/0336987 . As per claims 1, 2, 7, 11, and 13 , Kawashima et al. discloses in Fig s . 1 and 2a a common mode filter ( e.g. common mode noise filter 1001 ) comprising: as per claim 1, a first winding ( e.g. coil 11 ) having a first portion ( e.g. coil conductor 11 b ) and a second portion ( e.g. coil conductor 11 a ) ; and a second winding ( e.g. coil 12 ) having a first portion ( e.g. coil conductor 12 b ) and a second portion ( e.g. coil conductor 12 a ) , wherein the first portion of the first winding and the first portion of the second winding are formed, by rotating around a first same axis, at a first coil layer ( Figs. 1 and 2a; The coil conductors 11 b and 12 b are formed by rotating around coil axis C11 at a bottom layer of body 14 comprising conductors 11 b -1 3 b . ) , the second portion of the first winding and the second portion of the second winding are formed, by rotating around a second same axis, at a second coil layer stacked with the first coil layer ( Figs. 1 and 2a; The coil conductors 11 a and 12 a are formed by rotating around coil axis C11 at a top layer of body 14 comprising conductors 11 a -13 a . ) , and at the first coil layer and the second coil layer, one turn of the second winding is provided between each two adjacent turns of the first winding ( As shown, coil conductor 12 b is provided between two adjacent turns of the coil conductor 11 b . Coil conductor 12 a is provided between two adjacent turns of the coil conductor 11 a . ) , at the first coil layer, the first winding and the second winding are disposed in a manner of surrounding from an outer turn to an inner turn, and the second winding is located at the outer turn relative to the first winding ( Figs. 1 and 2a; The coil co nductor 12b of coil 12 is located at an outer turn relative to coil conductor 11b of coil 11 that is disposed at an inner turn in the bottom layer of body 14, where the coils 11 and 12 are disposed in a manner of surrounding one another from the outer turn to the inner turn in a horizontal plane . ) , at the second coil layer, the first winding and the second winding are disposed in a manner of surrounding from the inner turn to the outer turn, and the second winding is located at the inner turn relative to the first winding ( Figs. 1 and 2a; The coil conductor 12a of coil 12 is located at the inner turn relative to coil conductor 11a of coil 11 that is disposed at the outer turn in the top layer of body 14, where the coils 11 and 12 are disposed in a manner of surrounding one another from the inner turn to the outer turn in the horizontal plane . ) , and a surrounding direction of the first winding and the second winding at the second coil layer is the same as a surrounding direction of the first winding and the second winding at the first coil layer ( Figs 1 and 2a; In both the top and bottom layers of body 14, a surrounding direction of the coils 11 and 12 is the same in a left to right horizontal direction. ) ; as per claim 2, wherein the first winding and the second winding are staggered in an orthogonal direction of a stacking direction of the first coil layer and the second coil layer ( Fig. 1; Coils 11 and 12 are staggered in a horizontal orthogonal direction to a vertical stacking direction of the top and bottom layers of body 14. ) ; as per claim 7, a first winding ( e.g. coil 11 ) having a first portion ( e.g. coil conductor 11b ) and a second portion ( e.g. coil conductor 11a ) ; and a second winding ( e.g. coil 12 ) having a first portion ( e.g. coil conductor 12b ) and a second portion ( e.g. coil conductor 12a ) , wherein the first portion of the first winding and the first portion of the second winding are formed, by rotating around a first same axis, at a first two-wire coil layer ( Figs. 1 and 2a; The coil conductors 11b and 12b are formed by rotating around coil axis C11 at a bottom layer of body 14 comprising conductors 11b and 12 b. ) , the second portion of the first winding and the second portion of the second winding are formed, by rotating around a second same axis, at a second two-wire coil layer ( Figs. 1 and 2a; The coil conductors 11a and 12a are formed by rotating around coil axis C11 at a top layer of body 14 comprising conductors 11a and 12 a. ) , and at any one of the first and second two-wire coil layer s , one turn of the second winding is provided between each two adjacent turns of the first winding ( As shown, coil conductor 12b is provided between two adjacent turns of the coil conductor 11b. Coil conductor 12a is provided between two adjacent turns of the coil conductor 11a. ) ; and a third winding ( e.g. coil 13 ) having a first portion ( e.g. coil conductor 13b ) and a second portion ( e.g. coil conductor 13a ) , wherein the first portion of the third winding is formed at a first single-wire coil layer ( e.g. coil 13 directly below the “first two-wire coil” ) , and the second portion of the third winding is formed at a second single-wire coil layer ( e.g. coil 13 directly below the “second two-wire coil” ) , wherein between the first single-wire coil layer and the first and second two-wire coil layers adjacent to the first single-wire core layer, in an orthogonal direction of a stacking direction, the third winding, the first winding, and the second winding are staggered ( Fig. 1; Coils 11, 12, and 13 are staggered in a horizontal orthogonal direction to a vertical stacking direction of the layers of body 14. ) , and the third winding, the first winding, and the second winding form a plurality of triangular coupling structures ( Fig. 3; The coils 11-13 form a plurality of triangular coupling structures independent of one another. ) independent of each other, and any turn of the first winding or any turn of the second winding belongs to an independent triangular coupling structure ( Fig. 3; As shown, at an Nth turn or (N-1) th turn, there are independent triangular coupling structures formed between coils 11-13. ) ; as per claim 11, one of two adjacent two-wire coil layers is the first two-wire coil layer, and the other is the second two-wire coil layer, at the first coil layer, the first winding and the second winding are disposed in a manner of surrounding from an outer turn to an inner turn, and the second winding is located at the outer turn relative to the first winding ( Figs. 1 and 2a; The coil conductor 12b of coil 12 is located at an outer turn relative to coil conductor 11b of coil 11 that is disposed at an inner turn in the bottom layer of body 14, where the coils 11 and 12 are disposed in a manner of surrounding one another from the outer turn to the inner turn. ) , and at the second coil layer, the first winding and the second winding are disposed in a manner of surrounding from the inner turn to the outer turn, and the second winding is located at the inner turn relative to the first winding ( Figs. 1 and 2a; The coil conductor 12a of coil 12 is located at the inner turn relative to coil conductor 11a of coil 11 that is disposed at the outer turn in the top layer of body 14, where the coils 11 and 12 are disposed in a manner of surrounding one another from the inner turn to the outer turn. ) , a surrounding direction of the first winding and the second winding at the second coil layer is the same as a surrounding direction of the first winding and the second winding at the first coil layer ( Figs 1 and 2a; In both the top and bottom layers of body 14, a surrounding direction of the coils 11 and 12 is the same in a left to right horizontal direction. ) ; and as per claim 13, wherein two single-wire coil layers include the first single-wire coil layer and the second single-wire coil layer ( Coil conductors 13a and 13b are in two single-wire coil layers. ) , and two two-wire coil layers include the first two-wire coil layer and the second two-wire coil layer ( Coil conductors 11a/12a and 11b/12b are in two two-wire coil layers. ) . C laim Rejections - 35 USC § 10 3 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. This application currently names joint inventors. In considering patentability of the claims the examiner presumes that the subject matter of the various claims was commonly owned as of the effective filing date of the claimed invention(s) absent any evidence to the contrary. Applicant is advised of the obligation under 37 CFR 1.56 to point out the inventor and effective filing dates of each claim that was not commonly owned as of the effective filing date of the later invention in order for the examiner to consider the applicability of 35 U.S.C. 102(b)(2)(C) for any potential 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) prior art against the later invention. Claim 15 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Nozawa et al. US 2023/0101925 in view of Kawashima et al. US 2018/0336987 . As per claim 15, Nozawa et al. discloses in Figs. 1-2 a terminal device (e.g. communication device 1 which is connected to terminals outside the circuit 11 by wiring as stated in Paragraph 24) , comprising: a printed circuit board ( e.g. printed circuit board 10 ) ; and a common mode filter ( e.g. common mode filter 13 ) , wherein the common mode filter is electrically connected to the printed circuit board. However, Nozawa et al. does not disclose the common mode filter comprising all of the limitations recited in claim 15. Kawashima et al. discloses a common mode filter comprising all of the limitations recited in claim 15 (See above description pertaining to claim 1 which includes the same limitations recited in claim 15 and thus have not been repeated for the sake of brevity.). Before the effective filing date, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art to have replaced the generic common mode filter of Nozawa et al. with the specific common mode filter of Kawashima et al. as being an obvious art substitution of equivalence. As an obvious consequence of the modification, the combination would have necessarily included the common mode filter comprising all of the limitations recited in claim 15. Allowable Subject Matter Claim s 3 -6 , 8-10 , and 14 are 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. Claim 12 would be allowable if rewritten to overcome the rejection(s) under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA), 2nd paragraph, set forth in this Office action and to include all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims. Conclusion Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the examiner should be directed to FILLIN "Examiner name" \* MERGEFORMAT RAKESH PATEL whose telephone number is FILLIN "Phone number" \* MERGEFORMAT (571)272-0961 . The examiner can normally be reached FILLIN "Work Schedule?" \* MERGEFORMAT 9AM-5PM EST M-F . Examiner interviews are available via telephone, in-person, and video conferencing using a USPTO supplied web-based collaboration tool. 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