DETAILED ACTION
The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
Elections/Restrictions
Applicant’s election of Group I (Claims 1-4) without traverse in the reply filed on 05/12/2026 is acknowledged
Claim Objections
Claim 2 and 4 are objected to because of the following informalities:
(a) Claim 2 and 4. line 4, typing error: “an inner diameter area” should be “the inner diameter area”.
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 1-4 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Lee (US 20090322458 A1).
Regarding Claim 1:
Lee teaches that a coil component comprising:
a magnetic element body (300a, Fig. 3A; para 0039); and
a coil part (102, Fig. 3A) embedded in the magnetic element body,
wherein the magnetic element body includes a first region (M11, Drawing: 1) covering the coil part from one side in a coil axis direction, a second region (M20, Drawing: 1) covering the coil part from other side in the coil axis direction, and a third region (M13, Drawing: 1)positioned in an inner (D1) diameter area (construed from Drawing: 1) of the coil part so as to connect the first and second regions, and
wherein a height (H1, Drawing: 1) of the coil part in the coil axis direction decreases toward the inner diameter area.
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Drawing: 1, an annotated version of Fig. 3A
Regarding Claim 2:
As applied to claim 1, Lee teaches that wherein the second region of the magnetic element body increases in thickness in the coil axis direction toward the inner diameter area.
Regarding Claim 3:
As applied to claim 1, Lee teaches that further comprising a conductor post (P1-P2; , Drawing: 1 para 0037) para embedded in the first region of the magnetic element body, wherein one end of the conductor post is connected to the coil part, and
wherein other end of the conductor post is exposed (construed from Drawing: 1)
Regarding Claim 4:
As applied to claim 2, Lee teaches that wherein the first region of the magnetic element body increases in thickness in the coil axis direction toward the inner diameter area
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. A list of pertinent prior art is attached in form 892.
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