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 .
Election/Restrictions
Applicant’s election without traverse of Species A in the reply filed on 01-Jul-2026 is acknowledged.
Claims 5-20 are withdrawn.
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 1-4 are 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.
Regarding independent claim 1, the phrase “the sensor assembly rotates with the rotation shaft in response to a change in an angle between the rotation shaft and the rotor” is indefinite because it is unclear what is structurally required. For example, the specification consistently refers to a change in an angle between the rotation shaft and the sensor assembly, but not the rotor (see e.g. US 2025/0214555, ¶¶ 0008-0011, 0088, 0099, 0104, 0105, 0121, 0122, 0140, 0149, 0150, 0174). As such, it is unclear what structure is required to permit the sensor assembly to rotate with the rotation shaft in response to a change in an angle between the rotation shaft and the rotor.
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 1 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Ansoo Yoon (KR 2022 0005911) (machine translation attached).
Regarding independent claim 1, Ansoo Yoon discloses a hydraulic supply (see machine translation, ¶ 0001; FIGS. 1-6) comprising: a motor (100) coupled to a modulator block (10) (see FIG. 1) and having a stator (110) and a rotor (120); a rotation shaft (210) coupled to the rotor to rotate with the rotor (see ¶ 0021); and a sensor assembly (500) coupled to the rotation shaft to measure rotation frequency of the rotation shaft (see ¶ 0038), wherein the sensor assembly rotates with the rotation shaft in response to a change in an angle between the rotation shaft and the rotor (see e.g. FIG. 1, the sensor assembly would continue to rotate with the rotation shaft in the event of a change in an angle between the rotation shaft and the rotor due to excessive loads, for example).
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 2-4 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
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/NICHOLAS J LANE/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3616
September 16, 2026
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