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)(2) the claimed invention was described in a patent issued under section 151, or in an application for patent published or deemed published under section 122(b), in which the patent or application, as the case may be, names another inventor and was effectively filed before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claim(s) 1 and 11 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Takami et al (US 2024/0217519). Takami et al teaches:
A vehicle comprising:
a drive motor (12, 20) generating power required for driving a vehicle;
a first limited slip differential (rear limited slip differential, see par. 9, 77) limiting a differential action by a first differential apparatus mounted on a first driveshaft;
a second limited slip differential (front limited slip differential, see par. 9, 77) limiting the differential action by a second differential apparatus mounted on a second driveshaft; and
a controller operatively connected to the drive motor, the first limited slip
differential and the second first limited slip differential and configured for controlling a control sensitivity of the drive motor, and control amounts of the first limited slip differential and the second limited slip differential according to a driving mode of the
vehicle.
See Takami et al, the abstract, and paragraphs 9, 26 and 77-79, note the driving mode is when operating over rough terrain and accelerating.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 2-10 and 12-17 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.
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/ERICK R SOLIS/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3747