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
Newly submitted claims 1, 7, 13-15 directed to an invention that is independent or distinct from the invention originally claimed for the following reasons: For patentably distinct species, see MPEP §§ 806.04(b), 806.04(f) and 806.04(h). For example, For patentably distinct inventions, see MPEP §§ 806.05(a) and 806.05(c) - 806.05(j).
Since applicant has received an action on the merits for the originally presented invention, this invention has been constructively elected by original presentation for prosecution on the merits. Accordingly, claim 1, 7, 13-15 withdrawn from consideration as being directed to a non-elected invention. See 37 CFR 1.142(b) and MPEP § 821.03.
To preserve a right to petition, the reply to this action must distinctly and specifically point out supposed errors in the restriction requirement. Otherwise, the election shall be treated as a final election without traverse. Traversal must be timely. Failure to timely traverse the requirement will result in the loss of right to petition under 37 CFR 1.144. If claims are subsequently added, applicant must indicate which of the subsequently added claims are readable upon the elected invention.
Should applicant traverse on the ground that the inventions are not patentably distinct, applicant should submit evidence or identify such evidence now of record showing the inventions to be obvious variants or clearly admit on the record that this is the case. In either instance, if the examiner finds one of the inventions unpatentable over the prior art, the evidence or admission may be used in a rejection under 35 U.S.C. 103 or pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) of the other invention.
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)
Response to Arguments
Applicant's arguments filed 05/28/2026 have been fully considered but they are not persuasive.
The claims presented are directed to an unelected species and distinct from the invention originally claimed.
Conclusion
Applicant's amendment necessitated the new ground(s) of rejection presented in this Office action. Accordingly, THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. See MPEP § 706.07(a). Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37 CFR 1.136(a).
A shortened statutory period for reply to this final action is set to expire THREE MONTHS from the mailing date of this action. In the event a first reply is filed within TWO MONTHS of the mailing date of this final action and the advisory action is not mailed until after the end of the THREE-MONTH shortened statutory period, then the shortened statutory period will expire on the date the advisory action is mailed, and any nonprovisional extension fee (37 CFR 1.17(a)) pursuant to 37 CFR 1.136(a) will be calculated from the mailing date of the advisory action. In no event, however, will the statutory period for reply expire later than SIX MONTHS from the mailing date of this final action.
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/DANIEL KESSIE/
07/07/2026
Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2836
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