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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 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) 1-14 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Durkin et al. (US 12,180,672 B2).
With respect to claim 1, Durkin et al. discloses an electric work vehicle comprising a battery 322, motors 326 powered by said battery, travel units 244, and drive transmission 361, wherein said motors and transmission are on a rear side of the battery, as shown in figures 5 and 6.
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With respect to claim 2, one of said motors 326 is on an opposite side of the drive transmission of the other motor326, as shown in figure 5.
With respect to claim 3, the batteries are on the front side of the vehicle, as shown in figure 5.
With respect to claim 4, a power electronics component 360 is between the batteries and travel units, as shown in figure 6.
With respect to claim 5, work implements 270 extends from the rear of the frame to the front, as shown in figure 2.
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With respect to claim 6, hydraulic pumps 224A, 224B are between the battery and travel units for powering the implements, as shown in figure 2.
With respect to claim 7, the battery is between the left and right travel units, as shown in figure 5.
With respect to claims 8-11, a main frame 312 supports the batteries, power electronics, motors, and travel units, including vibration isolators 546, as shown in figures 6 and 21.
With respect to claim 12, a battery frame 522, 526 supports said battery on the main frame, as shown in figure 21.
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With respect to claim 13, a subframe 314 extends from the mainframe 312 above the batteries, as shown in figure 6.
With respect to claim 14, said motors extend between and are supported by said main frame and travel units, as shown in figure 5.
Conclusion
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JEFFREY J. RESTIFO
Primary Examiner
Art Unit 3613
/JEFFREY J RESTIFO/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3613
