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 .
Claim Objections
Claims 2 | 5 | 9 are objected to because of the following informalities:
In claim 2, “or a framework structure of an electromagnetic coil, and the winding body is plate-shaped, and a protruding portion is provided on a plate surface” should read -- the framework structure of the electromagnetic coil, and the winding body is plate-shaped, and the protruding portion is provided on the plate surface”
In claim 5, “or a wall surface of a side of each of two first mounting sections close to the insertion cavity is provided with a snap-fit protrusion, and the two first mounting sections, by means of snap- fit protrusions, are in interference fit with two outer side walls of the tab spaced apart from each other in a thickness direction of the tab, and outer wall surfaces of two second mounting sections abut against an inner wall surfaces of the tab mounting holes.” Should read -- the wall surface of the side of each of two first mounting sections close to the insertion cavity is provided with the snap-fit protrusion, and the two first mounting sections, by means of snap- fit protrusions, are in interference fit with two outer side walls of the tab spaced apart from each other in the thickness direction of the tab, and outer wall surfaces of two second mounting sections abut against the inner wall surfaces of the tab mounting holes.--.
In claim 9, “tabs and the terminals as claimed in claim 1 … the tabs and the terminals” should read-- the tab and the terminal as claimed in claim 1 … the tab and the terminal --.
Appropriate correction is required.
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 and 9 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by MINAMI et al. WO 0216825 A1 [MINAMI].
Regarding claim 1, MINAMI teaches A terminal [29 is a high-voltage terminal, at least figures 15-16], comprising: an insertion portion [see 44 and 45], the insertion portion
Regarding claim 9, MINAMI teaches An electromagnetic coil [27 and 28], comprising: a framework structure [26]; a wire body [the coil wire], the wire bodyclaim 1, the framework structure being provided with tab mounting holes [see inside 26, where terminal 29 is mounted] for allowing the tab and the terminal to be inserted therein [fig. 16].
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 2-8 and 10-20 are 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.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. See (PTO-892).
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/Mohamad A Musleh/
Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2837
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