CTNF 18/480,093 CTNF 77399 DETAILED ACTION Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status 07-03-aia AIA 15-10-aia 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 § 103 07-20-aia AIA 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. 07-21-aia AIA Claim 1 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Iwamoto et al. (PGPub 2025/0047177 A1) in view of Takatani et al. (US PAT. 112,104,096) . Iwamoto et al. teach a process of making a motor core, the method comprising: a protrusion providing step of providing a hollow crimp protrusion (11) in each of a plurality of electromagnetic steel sheets (100) as shown in Fig. 1 (paragraph [0021]); and a crimping step in which the electromagnetic steel sheets are laminated to apply a load along a laminating direction, and in which the crimp protrusion of each of the adjacent electromagnetic steel sheets is crimp-fastened as shown in Fig. 1; wherein a hollow portion inside the crimp protrusion includes a side surface perpendicular to a surface of each of the electromagnetic steel sheets, a bottom surface parallel to the surface of each of the electromagnetic steel sheets, and an inclined surface connecting the side surface and the bottom surface as shown in Fig. 2, and a depth A along the side surface of the hollow portion, a depth B to the bottom surface, and a sheet thickness T of each of the electromagnetic steel sheets (see paragraph [0034]) satisfy the following (Equation 1) to (Equation 3), 1.2T ≤ B ≤ 1.4T (Equation 1, expression 2) 0.0T < A < 1.4T (Equation 2, Fig. 2) A < B (Equation 3, Fig. 2). However, Iwamoto et al. silent a filling step of filling an adhesive between the adjacent electromagnetic steel sheets. Takatani et al. teach a process of making a motor core including a process of providing an adhesion (41) between a plurality of electrical steel sheets (40) as shown in Fig. 2 (col. 5, line 59 to col. 6, line 4). Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art, at the time of the effective filing date of the claimed invention was made, to a person having ordinary skill in the art to modify a process of fabricating a motor core of Iwamoto et al. by providing an adhesion between a plurality of electrical steel sheets as taught by Cordinal in order to optimize an bonding strength between the plurality of electrical steel sheets. The Prior Art 07-96 AIA The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. Kato et al. (JP 2014176891 A) and Matsumoto et al. (PGPub 2013/0127283 A1)) are cited to further show the state of the art with respect to a process of making a motor core . Conclusion Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the examiner should be directed to PAUL D KIM whose telephone number is (571)272-4565. The examiner can normally be reached Monday-Friday: 6:00 AM-2:00 PM. Examiner interviews are available via telephone, in-person, and video conferencing using a USPTO supplied web-based collaboration tool. To schedule an interview, applicant is encouraged to use the USPTO Automated Interview Request (AIR) at http://www.uspto.gov/interviewpractice. If attempts to reach the examiner by telephone are unsuccessful, the examiner’s supervisor, Thomas Hong can be reached at 571-272-0993. The fax phone number for the organization where this application or proceeding is assigned is 571-273-8300. Information regarding the status of published or unpublished applications may be obtained from Patent Center. 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