DETAILED ACTION
The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA . This action is responsive to pending claims 1-20 filed 5/6/2026.
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.
Claim(s) 1-6, 8-21 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(a) as failing to comply with the written description requirement.
Claims 1 recites the transmission of battery cell data collected from the second vehicle to a first vehicle. However, the Specifications lack support for this feature. Generally, the training does not seem to occur on the vehicle itself, but rather on a server, hence, the vehicle would not receive the battery cell data collected from another vehicle.
Going off he published PGPUB US 20230401425 A1, the relevant portions of the Specifications are 0033, 0087-88, 0091 (describing an apparatus for training the battery learning model), 0118, 0121 (describing transfer learning in a second environment), and fig.9-10, 0141-143, 0158, 0163, 0170 (describing operation of vehicle and server). However, in none of these portions can we infer that the apparatus for predicting battery lifespan may be located on the vehicle. Hence, as claim 1 seems to describe a structure where the apparatus is located on the vehicle, it constitutes new matter.
Claim 15 contains a similar deficiency, and the above cited portions are the Specifications are likewise relevant.
Claim 9 recites an apparatus comprising a processor that trains, acquires, predicts, and finally controls the charge current for charging the battery based on the lifespan value of the battery. This implies that a single processor would control all these features, while receiving battery cell data from the first and second vehicles. However, as indicated in the above cited portions, and in particular figs.9-10 and associated portions, the controlling of charge current would occur on the vehicle, while the training would occur on a separate device, e.g., a server. Hence, the recitation of a single processor or apparatus for performing these functions is new matter.
The remaining dependent claims are rejected for the deficiency in their parent.
Response to Arguments
Applicant’s arguments have been fully considered.
First, applicant argues that the amended claims do not evoke 112(f). Examiner agrees and the 112(f) interpretation is withdrawn.
Second, Applicant argues that the amended claims overcome the art of record. Examiner agrees but submits that the amended claims raise new matter issues as described above.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. Jeong (US 20230011148 A1) discloses a battery monitoring service with predicted state of health used to generate alarms.
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/LIANG LI/
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