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`PATENT COOPERATION TREATY
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`PCT
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`INTERNATIONAL PRELIMINARY REPORT ON PATENTABILITY
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`(Chapter II of the Patent Cooperation Treaty)
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`(PCT Article 36 and Rule 70)
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`Applicant's or agents file reference
`P23135PC00
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`FOR FURTHER ACTION
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`See Form PCT/IPEA/416
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`International application No.
`PCT/EP2013/075671
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`International filing date (daylnonth/year)
`05.12.2013
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`Priority date (day/monthA/ear)
`10.12.2012
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`International Patent Classification (IPC) or national classification and IPC
`INV. 865G1/04
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`Applicant
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`Jakob Hatteland Display AS
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`This report is the international preliminary examination report, established by this International Preliminary Examining
`Authority under Article 35 and transmitted to the applicant according to Article 36.
`This REPORT consists of a total of§ sheets, including this cover sheet.
`This report is also accompanied by ANNEXES, comprising:
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`(sent to the applicant and to the International Bureau) a total of 6 sheets, as follows:
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`sheets of the description. claims and/or drawings which have been amended and/or sheets containing
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`rectifications authorized by this Authority, unless those sheets were superseded or cancelled, and
`accompanying letters (see Rules 46.5, 66.8, 70.16, 91.2, and Section 607 of the Administrative
`Instructions).
`sheets containing rectifications, where the decision was made by this Authority not to take them into account
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`because they were not authorized by or notified to this Authority at the time when this Authority be
`draw up this report, and any accompanying letters (Rules 66.4bis, 70.2(e), 70.16 and 91.2).
`superseded sheets and any accompanying letters, where this Authority either considers that the
`superseding sheets contain an amendment that goes beyond the disclosure in the international application
`as filed, or the superseding sheets were not accompanied by a letter indicating the basis for the
`amendments in the application as filed, as indicated in item 4 of Box No.
`l and the Supplemental Box (see
`Rule 70.16(b)).
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`(sent to the International Bureau only) a total of (indicate type and number of electronic carrier(s))
`sequence listing, in electronic form only, as indicated in the Supplemental Box Relating to Sequence Listing (see
`paragraph 3bis of Annex C of the Administrative Instructions).
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`This report contains indications relating to the following items:
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`Basis ofthe report
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`Non-establishment of opinion with regard to novelty, inventive step and industrial applicability
`Lack of unity of invention
`Reasoned statement under Article 35(2) with regard to novelty, inventive step or industrial
`applicability; citations and explanations supporting such statement
`Certain documents cited
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`:i Box No. VII Certain defects in the international application
`:i Box No. VIII Certain observations on the international application
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`Date of submission of the demand
`Date of completion of this report
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`08.10.2014
`23.02.2015
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`Name and mailing address of the international
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`preliminary examining authority:
`— European Patent Office PB. 5818 Patentlaan 2
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`9 Tel. +31 70 340 - 2040
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`Martin, Benoit
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`Form PCT/IPEA/ 409 (cover sheet) (July 2014)
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`INTERNATIONAL PRELIMINARY REPORT
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`International application No.
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`Box No. l Basis of the report
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`1. With regard to the language, this report is based on
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`the international application in the language in which it was filed
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`a translation of the international application into , which is the language
`of a translation furnished for the purposes of:
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`international search (under Rules 12.3(a) and 23.1(b))
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`:I publication of the international application (under Rule 12.4(a))
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`international preliminary examination (under Rules 55.2(a) and/or 55.3(a) and (b))
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`2. With regard to the elements* of the international application, this report is based on (replacement sheets which
`have been furnished to the receiving Office in response to an invitation under Article 14 are referred to in this
`report as ”originally filed" and are not annexed to this report):
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`Description, Pages
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`as originally filed
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`Claims, Numbers
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`filed in electronic form on
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`Drawings, Sheets
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`as originally filed
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`26—01—2015
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`a sequence listing — see Supplemental Box Relating to Sequence Listing.
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`3.
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`III The amendments have resulted in the cancellation of:
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`:l the description, pages
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`the claims, Nos.
`:l the drawings, sheetSIfigs
`:l the sequence listing (specify):
`:l any table(s) related to sequence listing (specify):
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`4.
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`This report has been established as if (some of) the amendments annexed to this report and listed below
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`had not been made, since either they are considered to go beyond the disclosure as filed, or they were not
`accompanied by a letter indicating the basis for the amendments in the application as filed, as indicated in the
`Supplemental Box (Rules 70.2(c) and (c-bis)):
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`:l the description, pages
`:l the claims, Nos.
`:I the drawings, sheetsfiigs
`:I the sequence listing (specify):
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`5. El
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`This report has been established:
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`:I taking into account the rectification of an obvious mistake authorized by or notified to this Authority
`under Rule 91 (Rules 66.1(d—bis) and 70.2(e)).
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`:I without taking into account the rectification of an obvious mistake authorized by or notified to this
`Authority under Rule 91 (Rules 66.4bis and 70.2(e)).
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`Form PCT/lPEA/409 (July 2014)
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`6. El With regard to top—up searches (Rules 66.1 ter and 70.2(f)):
`El A top-up search was carried out by this Authority on 11.02.2015 (all discovered documents are
`listed in the Supplemental Box Relating to Top—up Search).
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`[I Additional relevant documents have been discovered during the top-up search.
`[I No top-up search was carried out by this Authority.
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`7.
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`Supplementary international search report(s) from Authority(ies)
`account in establishing this report (Rule 45bis.8(b) and (0)).
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`has/have been received and taken into
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`Box No. V Reasoned statement under Article 35(2) with regard to novelty, inventive step or industrial
`applicability; citations and explanations supporting such statement
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`1. Statement
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`Novelty (N)
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`Yes: Claims
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`1-15
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`No:
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`Claims
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`Inventive step (IS)
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`Yes: Claims
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`1—1 5
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`No:
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`Claims
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`Industrial applicability (IA)
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`Yes: Claims
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`1-15
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`No:
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`Claims
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`2. Citations and explanations (Rule 70.7):
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`see separate sheet
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`Form PCT/IPEA/409 (July 2014)
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`INTERNATIONAL PRELIMINARY
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`International application No.
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`Re Item V
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`Reasoned statement with regard to novelty, inventive step or industrial
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`applicability; citations and explanations supporting such statement
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`1
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`D1
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`D2
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`D3
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`Reference is made to the following documents:
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`us 2003/229416 A1 (TAI AKITO [JP] ET AL) 11 December 2003
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`(2003-12-11)
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`JP H1O 203647 A (SHINKO ELECTRIC co LTD) 4 August 1998
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`(1998-08-04)
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`wo 2005/077789 A1 (ICAM s R L [IT]; BIANCO GRAZIANO [IT];
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`BIANCO ROBERTO [IT]) 25 August 2005 (2005-08-25)
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`Novel and inventive - claim 1
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`2
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`D2 is regarded as being the prior art closest to the subject-matter of claim 1,
`and discloses:
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`Remotely operated vehicle for picking up storage bins from a storage system,
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`comprising a vehicle body (1) comprising a first section (2) for storing vehicle
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`driving means (9) and a second section (28) for receiving any storage bin
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`stored in a storage column within the storage system, the second section (28)
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`comprising a centrally arranged cavity (28) within the vehicle body (1 ), the
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`cavity (28) having at least one bin receiving opening facing towards the
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`storage columns during use, a vehicle lifting device (20) at least indirectly
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`connected to the vehicle body (1) for lifting the storage bin into the second
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`section (28) and a first set of vehicle rolling means (8) connected to the
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`vehicle body allowing movement of the vehicle along a first direction within the
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`storage system during use.
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`2.1
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`The subject-matter of claim 1 therefore differs from this known D2 in that the
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`vehicle further comprises:
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`- a second set of vehicle rolling means connected to the vehicle body allowing
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`movement of the vehicle along a second direction in the storage system
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`during use, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction,
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`wherein at least one of the sets of vehicle rolling means is mounted onto the
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`inner wall of the cavity.
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`2.2
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`Claim 1 is therefore new.
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`Form PCT/Separate Sheet/409 (Sheet 1) (EPOEApril 2005)
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`2_3
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`The problem to be solved by the present invention may be regarded as
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`providing a vehicle with compact dimensions.
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`2.4
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`The solution to this problem proposed in claim 1 of the present application is
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`considered as involving an inventive step. On the basis of D2, as the wheels
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`are steerable, the need of a second set of wheels is needless. Furthermore, in
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`case the skilled person would opt for the solution of having unsteerable
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`wheels directed in 2 perpendicular directions, as in D3, no hint is given to
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`mount the wheels onto the inner wall of the central cavity, which is also used
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`for receiving a bin. Also D1, which doesn't disclose wheels in the central cavity
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`does not provide a basis for the solution of the problem.
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`Dependent claims
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`3
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`Claims 2-11 are dependent on claim 1 and claim 12 (with claims 13-15)
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`comprises the vehicle according to claim 1 and as such also meet the
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`requirements of novelty and inventive step.
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`Form PCT/Separate Sheet/409 (Sheet 2) (EPOaApril 2005)
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