DETAILED ACTION
This action is in reply to the amendments and arguments filed November 21st, 2025. Claims 1, 3, 4, and 6 are currently pending.
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 § 112
The following is a quotation of the first paragraph of 35 U.S.C. 112(a):
(a) IN GENERAL.—The specification shall contain a written description of the invention, and of the manner and process of making and using it, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make and use the same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor or joint inventor of carrying out the invention.
Claims 1, 3, 4, and 6 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(a) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), first paragraph, as failing to comply with the written description requirement. The claim(s) contains subject matter which was not described in the specification in such a way as to reasonably convey to one skilled in the relevant art that the inventor or a joint inventor, or for applications subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, the inventor(s), at the time the application was filed, had possession of the claimed invention.
Claims 1 and 4 recite the limitation of wherein, in a case where the inverter is controlled by pulse width modulation control, the [processor/computer] avoids calculating the expectation value of the current supplied to the rotating electrical machine and generating the current expectation value data indicating the expectation value which are not described in the specification.
Claims 3 and 6 are rejected under 112(a) for depending upon claim 1 which was rejected under 112(a).
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112(b):
(b) CONCLUSION.—The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor regards as the invention.
Claims 1, 3, 4, and 6 rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor (or for applications subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, the applicant), regards as the invention.
Claims 1 and 4 are rejected under 112(b) due to the recited limitation of wherein, in a case where the inverter is controlled by pulse width modulation control, the [processor/computer] avoids calculating the expectation value of the current supplied to the rotating electrical machine and generating the current expectation value data indicating the expectation value as it is unclear if the processor/computer avoids generating the current expectation value data during pulse width modulation control or if the processor/computer generates the current expectation value data during pulse width modulation control. For the sake of the prior art consideration below the examiner interprets that the processor/computer avoids generating the current expectation value data during pulse width modulation control.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1, 3, 4, and 6 would be allowable if rewritten or amended to overcome the rejection(s) under 35 U.S.C. 112(a) and 35 U.S.C. 112(b) set forth in this Office action.
As allowable subject matter has been indicated, applicant's reply must either comply with all formal requirements or specifically traverse each requirement not complied with. See 37 CFR 1.111(b) and MPEP § 707.07(a).
As allowable subject matter has been indicated, applicant's reply must either comply with all formal requirements or specifically traverse each requirement not complied with. See 37 CFR 1.111(b) and MPEP § 707.07(a).
The following is a statement of reasons for the indication of allowable subject matter: claims 1 and 4 recite the limitation of wherein, in a case where the inverter is controlled by pulse width modulation control, the [processor/computer] avoids calculating the expectation value of the current supplied to the rotating electrical machine and generating the current expectation value data indicating the expectation value which is deemed novel and unobvious over the prior art of record as the closest prior art of record, Omata et al. (US Pub. No. 20150123581 A1), herein after Omata, teaches calculating and generating the expectation value of the current supplied to the rotating electrical machine during pulse width modulation control.
Response to Arguments
Applicant's arguments filed November 21st, 2025 have been fully considered but they are not persuasive.
Applicant’s arguments, see Remarks, filed November 21st, 2025, with respect to the rejection(s) of claim(s) 1, 3, and 4 under 103 have been fully considered and are persuasive. Therefore, the rejection has been withdrawn. However, upon further consideration, a new ground(s) of rejection is made under 112(a) and 112(b).
Applicant contends (see page 6 lines 17-19, filed November 21st, 2025) that support for the amendments made to independent claims 1 and 4 of wherein, in a case where the inverter is controlled by pulse width modulation control, the [processor/computer] avoids calculating the expectation value of the current supplied to the rotating electrical machine and generating the current expectation value data indicating the expectation value is found in paragraph 0052 of the specification. The examiner respectfully disagrees. The examiner notes that paragraph 0052 of the specification makes no mention of the claimed feature; in fact, paragraph 0052 lacks any recitation of calculating/generating an expectation value of the current and the paragraph lacks any recitation to pulse width modulation control. The examiner further notes that the phrase “avoids” is not recited in applicant’s specification and the examiner could not find any paragraph where the phrases “pulse width modulation” and “expectation value” were recited together.
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).
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/A.K.M./Examiner, Art Unit 3663
/ANGELA Y ORTIZ/Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 3663