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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 action is in response to communications filed on 7/22/2026. Claims 1, 7 & 14 have been amended. No other claims have been amended, added, or canceled. Accordingly, claims 1- 14 are pending.
Continued Examination Under 37 CFR 1.114
A request for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, including the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e), was filed in this application after final rejection. Since this application is eligible for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, and the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e) has been timely paid, the finality of the previous Office action has been withdrawn pursuant to 37 CFR 1.114. Applicant's submission filed on 8/5/2026 has been entered.
Response to Arguments
Applicant’s arguments with respect to claims 1- 14 have been considered but are moot because the new ground of rejection does not rely on any reference applied in the prior rejection of record for any teaching or matter specifically challenged in the argument.
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:
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Claims 1- 14 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Yi Young Tak (hereinafter Yi, KR 20230062451 A).
Yi discloses:
1: A method of operating a delivery robot service provider that manages a delivery robot, the method comprising:
receiving delivery information in response to a delivery request from a user (see Yi at least fig. 1-3; receiving and transmitting product delivery information from server [200] requested by customer);
assigning a delivery robot that is to perform the delivery request (see Yi at least fig. 1-3; control unit [260] transmits delivery information and indicates delivery robot [100] ready for delivery, multiple delivery robots and transmitting robot status information to good delivery server [200]);
generating route information based on the delivery information and robot map information (see Yi at least fig. 1-3; path generation unit [220] generates path for delivery of goods/product);
transmitting the route information to the delivery robot (see Yi at least fig. 1-3; path/route generation unit [220] generates path for delivery of goods/product to delivery location/destination);
checking whether the delivery robot arrives at a pick-up location where goods are loaded according to the delivery request, based on first delivery status information transmitted from the delivery robot (see Yi at least fig. 1-3 & 6; server transceiver [210], loading box, loading of goods requested by customers and transmitting delivery information to delivery robot [100]);
in response to the delivery robot arriving at the pick-up location, transmitting loading request information to a goods loading-related device associated with loading the goods, wherein the goods loading-related device includes an unattended electronic device configured to store the goods (see Yi at least fig. 1-3 & 6; server transceiver [210] loading of goods requested by customers and transmitting delivery information to delivery robot [100]);
receiving loading completion information indicating that loading the goods has been completed from the goods loading-related device (see Yi at least fig. 1-3 & 6; delivery robot transmitter/receiver [110] completes loading, server transceiver [210] receives completion information regarding loading of goods requested by customer);
transmitting the loading completion information to the delivery robot (see Yi at least fig. 1-3 & 6; delivery robot transmitter/receiver [110] completes loading, server transceiver [210] receives completion information regarding loading of goods requested by customer; and
upon the delivery robot reaching a urban infrastructure while moving toward the pick-up location, notifying a management system of the urban infrastructure that the delivery robot is waiting for interworking with the urban infrastructure to access the urban infrastructure, wherein the urban infrastructure includes a lift and wherein the goods are physical items (see Yi at least fig. 1-3 & 6; user management unit [250], call unit [230], wall pad server [500], elevator server [600] and notification unit [240] notifying arrival of delivery robot).
2: further comprising: checking whether the delivery robot arrives at a delivery location where the goods are unloaded, based on second delivery status information transmitted from the delivery robot; in response to the delivery robot arriving at the delivery location, transmitting unloading request information to a goods unloading-related device associated with unloading the goods; receiving, from the goods unloading-related device, unloading completion information indicating that unloading the goods has been completed; and transmitting the unloading completion information to the delivery robot (see Yi at least fig. 1-3 & 6-7; user management unit [250], call unit [230], wall pad server [500], elevator server [600] and notification unit [240] notifying arrival of delivery robot and delivery completion information).
3: further comprising: transmitting delivery completion information based on the unloading completion information (see Yi at least fig. 1-3 & 6-7; user management unit [250], call unit [230], wall pad server [500], elevator server [600] and notification unit [240] notifying arrival of delivery robot and delivery completion information).
4: wherein the delivery completion information is transmitted to the user requesting delivery of the goods (see Yi at least fig. 1-3 & 6-7; user management unit [250], call unit [230], wall pad server [500], elevator server [600] and notification unit [240] notifying arrival of delivery robot and delivery completion information).
5: wherein the generating of the route information comprises: extracting the pick-up location and the delivery location from the delivery information; and generating the route information comprising the pick-up location and the delivery location based on the robot map information (see Yi at least fig. 1-3 & 6-7; route/path generation unit, user management unit [250], call unit [230], wall pad server [500], elevator server [600] and notification unit [240] notifying arrival of delivery robot and delivery completion information and product/good delivery server [200] with robot status information).
6: wherein the generating of the route information comprises: when the delivery information comprises N pick-up locations and M delivery locations, determining differently a loading and unloading order based on the route information, wherein N and M are natural numbers greater than 1(see Yi at least fig. 1-3 & 6-7; path/route generation unit, product delivery server generate route information on which the robot should move based on map information and delivery information).
7: A delivery robot service providing device configured to manage a delivery robot configured for delivering goods, the delivery robot service providing device comprising:
a processor (see Yi at least fig. 1-3; delivery robot [100], product server [200], control unit [160] and driving unit [140]); and a memory storing instructions, wherein, when executed by the processor, the instructions cause the delivery robot to perform a plurality of operations, wherein the plurality of operations (see Yi at least fig. 1-3; delivery robot [100], product server [200] control unit [160] and driving unit [140]) comprises:
receiving delivery information in response to a delivery request from a user (see Yi at least fig. 1-3; receiving and transmitting product delivery information from server [200] requested by customer);
assigning a delivery robot that is to perform the delivery request (see Yi at least fig. 1-3; control unit [260] transmits delivery information and indicates delivery robot [100] ready for delivery, multiple delivery robots and transmitting robot status information to good delivery server [200]);
generating route information based on the delivery information and robot map information (see Yi at least fig. 1-3; path generation unit [220] generates path for delivery of goods/product);
transmitting the route information to the delivery robot (see Yi at least fig. 1-3; path/route generation unit [220] generates path for delivery of goods/product to delivery location/destination);
checking whether the delivery robot arrives at a pick-up location where goods are loaded according to the delivery request, based on first delivery status information transmitted from the delivery robot (see Yi at least fig. 1-3 & 6; server transceiver [210], loading box, loading of goods requested by customers and transmitting delivery information to delivery robot [100]);
in response to the delivery robot arriving at the pick-up location, transmitting loading request information to a goods loading-related device associated with loading the goods, wherein the goods loading-related device includes an unattended electronic device configured to store the goods (see Yi at least fig. 1-3 & 6; server transceiver [210] loading of goods requested by customers and transmitting delivery information to delivery robot [100]);
receiving loading completion information indicating that loading the goods has been completed from the goods loading-related device (see Yi at least fig. 1-3 & 6; delivery robot transmitter/receiver [110] completes loading, server transceiver [210] receives completion information regarding loading of goods requested by customer);
transmitting the loading completion information to the delivery robot (see Yi at least fig. 1-3 & 6; delivery robot transmitter/receiver [110] completes loading, server transceiver [210] receives completion information regarding loading of goods requested by customer); and
upon the delivery robot reaching a urban infrastructure while moving toward the pick-up location, notifying the management system of the urban infrastructure that the delivery robot is waiting for interworking with the urban infrastructure to access the urban infrastructure, wherein the urban infrastructure includes a lift, and wherein the goods are physical items (see Yi at least fig. 1-3 & 6; user management unit [250], call unit [230], wall pad server [500], elevator server [600] and notification unit [240] notifying arrival of delivery robot).
8: wherein the plurality of operations further comprises: checking whether the delivery robot arrives at a delivery location where the goods are unloaded, based on second delivery status information transmitted from the delivery robot; in response to the delivery robot arriving at the delivery location, transmitting unloading request information to a goods unloading-related device associated with unloading the goods; receiving, from the goods unloading-related device, unloading completion information indicating that unloading the goods has been completed; and transmitting the unloading completion information to the delivery robot (see Yi at least fig. 1-3 & 6-7; user management unit [250], call unit [230], wall pad server [500], elevator server [600] and notification unit [240] notifying arrival of delivery robot and delivery completion information).
9: wherein the plurality of operations further comprises: transmitting delivery completion information based on the unloading completion information (see Yi at least fig. 1-3 & 6-7; user management unit [250], call unit [230], wall pad server [500], elevator server [600] and notification unit [240] notifying arrival of delivery robot and delivery completion information).
10: wherein the delivery completion information is transmitted to the user requesting delivery of the goods (see Yi at least fig. 1-3 & 6-7; user management unit [250], call unit [230], wall pad server [500], elevator server [600] and notification unit [240] notifying arrival of delivery robot and delivery completion information).
11: wherein the generating of the route information comprises: extracting the pick-up location and the delivery location from the delivery information; and generating the route information comprising the pick-up location and the delivery location based on the robot map information (see Yi at least fig. 1-3 & 6-7; route/path generation unit, user management unit [250], call unit [230], wall pad server [500], elevator server [600] and notification unit [240] notifying arrival of delivery robot and delivery completion information and product/good delivery server [200] with robot status information).
12: wherein the generating of the route information comprises: when the delivery information comprises N pick-up locations and M delivery locations, determining differently a loading and unloading order based on the route information, wherein N and M are natural numbers greater than 1 (see Yi at least fig. 1-3 & 6-7; path/route generation unit, product delivery server generate route information on which the robot should move based on map information and delivery information).
13: further comprising: receiving a response to the notification from the urban infrastructure; and transmitting the response to the delivery robot (see Yi at least fig. 1-3 & 6-7; user management unit [250], call unit [230], wall pad server [500], elevator server [600] and notification unit [240] notifying arrival of delivery robot).
14: wherein the plurality of operations further comprises: receiving a response to the notification from the management system of the urban infrastructure; and transmitting the response to the delivery robot (see Yi at least fig. 1-3 & 6-7; user management unit [250], call unit [230], wall pad server [500], elevator server [600] and notification unit [240] notifying arrival of delivery robot).
Conclusion
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MACEEH . ANWARI
Primary Examiner
Art Unit 3663
/MACEEH ANWARI/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3663
