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
Claims 4-6 and 10-12 withdrawn from further consideration pursuant to 37 CFR 1.142(b) as being drawn to a nonelected species, there being no allowable generic or linking claim. Election was made without traverse in the reply filed on 10/30/2025.
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) 1-3 and 7-9 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Youn. (US 2025/0007330)
Re Claims 1-3 and 7-9; Youn discloses power receiving apparatus and method (450) comprising:
a power receiving unit (200) configured to wirelessly receiving power from a power transmitting apparatus (400) via a power receiving coil (secondary coil shown but not labelled); and
a transmission unit (220) configured to transmit, to the power transmitting apparatus, information (CE data) related on a positional relationship between a power transmitting coil in the power transmitting apparatus and the power receiving coil. (Par 0338 Fig. 12, 14)
wherein the information is used for a foreign object detection. (S1210, 1420 Fig. 12 and 14)
wherein the information is used for determination of a state between the power receiving apparatus and the power transmitting apparatus. (Par 0338 Fig. 12, 14)
Claim(s) 1-3 and 7-9 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Mehas et al. (US 202016/0218520)
Re Claims 1-3 and 7-9; Mehas discloses power receiving apparatus and method (450) comprising:
a power receiving unit (222) configured to wirelessly receiving power from a power transmitting apparatus (212) via a power receiving coil (224); and
a transmission unit (not shown ) configured to transmit, to the power transmitting apparatus, information related on a positional relationship between a power transmitting coil in the power transmitting apparatus and the power receiving coil. (Par, 0035,36, 51, 52, 57-9)
wherein the information is used for a foreign object detection.
wherein the information is used for determination of a state between the power receiving apparatus and the power transmitting apparatus. (Par 35, 36, 51, 52, 57-9)
Conclusion
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/DANIEL KESSIE/
01/30/2026Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2836