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Claims 1-5 and 9 are withdrawn from further consideration pursuant to 37 CFR 1.142(b) as being drawn to a nonelected claims, there being no allowable generic or linking claim. Election was made without traverse in the reply filed on 1/20/2026.
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.
Claim(s) 6-7 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Moh et al. US 2014/0167520.
Moh teaches:
6. A power transmission device (11, FIG2) for supplying electric power wirelessly to a power reception device (FIG9) equipped with a power reception coil (L3 and/or L4, FIG9), the power transmission device comprising:
a power transmission resonance circuit that includes a power transmission coil (L2) magnetically couplable with the power reception coil (ie FIG24), and a power transmission resonance capacitor (C2, FIG2) connected in parallel with the power transmission coil; and
a power transmission resonance switching element (switch S1, FIG2) that is connected in parallel with the power transmission resonance circuit, and is operable to switch between a resonance state and a non-resonance state (see Specification @ [0081-0083] of the power transmission resonance circuit by switching an impedance of the power transmission coil and the power transmission resonance capacitor;
a power transmission control unit (121, FIG5 and [0165]) that controls the power transmission resonance switching element, wherein
when making a switch from an energized state, in which electric power is supplied to the power reception device, to a standby state, in which no electric power is supplied to the power reception device (no power via L2 [0082]), the power transmission control unit short-circuits the power transmission resonance switching element to place the power transmission coil and the power transmission resonance capacitor in the non-resonance state (see [0081-0083] with emphases on [0082]) .
7. The power transmission device according to claim 6, wherein when making a switch from the standby state to the energized state, the power transmission control unit opens the power transmission resonance switching element to place the power transmission coil and the power transmission resonance capacitor in the resonance state (such is as is the case when the control unit 121 performs such switching, see [0081-0083]).
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
A patent for a claimed invention may not be obtained, notwithstanding that the claimed invention is not identically disclosed as set forth in section 102, if the differences between the claimed invention and the prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole would have been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the claimed invention pertains. Patentability shall not be negated by the manner in which the invention was made.
Claim(s) 8 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Moh et al. US 2014/0167520.
Moh teaches a parallel connected power transmission resonance switching element (S1, FIG2) however fails to further teach:
8. The power transmission device according to claim 6, further comprising a power transmission switching element that is controlled by the power transmission control unit to turn on and off power supply from a power source to the power transmission resonance circuit, wherein when making a switch from the energized state to the standby state, the power transmission control unit opens the power transmission switching element to cease the power supply from the power source to the power transmission resonance circuit.
Moh further teaches a series connected power transmission switching element (S2, FIG4) that is controlled by the power transmission control unit (121) to turn on and off power supply from a power source to the power transmission resonance circuit, wherein when making a switch from the energized state to the standby state, the power transmission control unit opens the power transmission switching element to cease the power supply from the power source to the power transmission resonance circuit.
It would have been obvious to further include said power transmission switching element of FIG4 embodiment into the circuit of 12a of the embodiment of FIG2 with the motivation of having desirable greater control of the power transmission and coupling of said transmitter.
Conclusion
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/DANIEL CAVALLARI/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2836
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