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 .
DETAILED ACTION
This is response to Application 18/755,146 filed on 06/26/24 in which claims 1-25 are presented for examination.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 13-20 and 22-25 allowed.
Claims 2, 3, and 7-12 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 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.
Claims 1, 4-6, and 21 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Tieman (US 2015/0174765 A1).
1. Regarding claims 1 and 21, Tieman teaches an in-vehicle communication device (Fig. 1 and 10 vehicle having actuation package) for use with a target vehicle comprising:
a communication device which includes a plurality of
communication modules each for a respective one of a plurality of
discrete communication lines (Fig. 1 and 10); and
a power supply controller (Fig. 1 Paragraph [0045] controller and power supply) which, when the target vehicle is stopped, works to analyze states of communication in the communication lines to select at least one of the communication lines which is available as an activation line used for remote activation of the in-vehicle communication device made by a communication management server (Fig. 1 and 10), the power supply controller also working to place a target communication module that is one of the communication modules which corresponds to the activation line in a standby mode in which the target communication module is kept powered on and enabled only to receive a request signal from the communication management server, the power supply controller also placing the remaining communication modules other than the target communication module in a rest mode in which the remaining communication modules are kept powered off (Paragraph [0045] actuation command; remote control; convert commands into specific servo motor commands that provision actuating power).
2. Regarding claim 4, Tieman teaches, wherein the power supply controller works to notify the communication management server of the activation line in advance (Fig. 1 and 10, Paragraph [0045] actuation command; remote control; convert commands into specific servo motor commands that provision actuating power).
3. Regarding claim 5, Tieman teaches wherein the power supply controller is responsive to an activation request received from the communication management server through the activation line to supply electrical power to all the
communication modules to bring all the communication modules to
an activation mode in which data communication is available (Fig. 1 and 10, abstract, Paragraph [0045] actuation command; remote control; features or functions activated remotely).
4. Regarding claim 6, Tieman teaches,
wherein the power supply controller is responsive to a
communication-line change request, as received from the
communication management server using the activation line, to
change the activation line to a second activation line that is one of
the communication lines and places one of the communication
modules which corresponds to the second activation line in the
standby mode, while placing the remaining communication modules
in the reset mode (Fig. 1 and 10, abstract, Paragraph [0045] actuation command; remote control; features or functions activated remotely).
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant’s disclosure:
Kang (US 2021/0171027 A1)
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/DIANE L LO/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2466
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