DETAILED ACTION
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 .
Status of the Claims
Claims 1-20 are currently pending.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the statutory basis (i.e., changing from AIA to pre-AIA ) for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status.
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) 1, 9, and 15 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by US Patent Application Publication No. 2013/0119931 (Klesyk).
Regarding claim 1, Klesyk discloses a signal processor configured to receive a first control pilot signal sent by power sourcing equipment; and send a high-level signal of target duration to a wake-up circuit based on the first control pilot signal, wherein the wake-up circuit is configured to wake up a battery management system after duration in which the high-level signal is received reaches the target duration (a control pilot detection circuit (see description paragraphs 33-48, and figures 1 to 6) for use in providing a control pilot wake-up signal to a controller of a vehicle charging system; a control
pilot detection circuit 38 includes a connection circuit 80, a wake-up circuit 82, and a latch circuit 84; the connection circuit 80 can be configured to receive a control pilot signal from an EVSE system 22 and to output the received control signal CP _WAKEUP to the wake-up circuit 82; the wake-up circuit 82 can be configured to output a latch signal CP _LATCH to the latch circuit 84; the latch circuit 84 can be configured to output the control pilot wake-up signal CP _WAKE; a first portion 90 of the wake-up circuit 82 can be configured to define a beginning of the pulse outputted to the latch circuit 84, and a second portion 92 of the wake-up circuit 82 can be configured to define an ending of the pulse; with reference to figures 4-6, at time TO, the control pilot signal (equivalent to the first control pilot signal) is in a steady, non-time varying state; once the control pilot signal begins to alternate between a high and low state at a frequency, then at a time T 1, a current is passed to the first portion 90 and the second portion 92 of the wake-up circuit; once the voltage at the CP _LATCH reaches a level sufficient to surpass a turn-on voltage of the latch circuit 84, the latch circuit 84 begins generating a pulse of the control pilot signal CP _WAKE; as the control pilot signal continues in a time-varying state, the second portion 92 of the wake-up circuit 82 begins to increase in voltage until reaching a level sufficient to surpass a turn-on voltage of the MOSFET (Q24), and then the MOSFET causes a portion of the first portion 90 of the wake-up circuit 82 to be shorted; at the time T2, the MOSFET is turned on to short the portion of the first portion 90 of the wakeup circuit 82 (the pulse between Tl-T2 is equivalent to the high-level signal of a target duration)).
Regarding claim 9, Klesyk discloses receiving a first control pilot signal, and generating a high-level signal of target duration based on the first control pilot signal; and sending the high-level signal of the target duration to a battery management system, to wake up the battery management system (a control pilot detection circuit (see description paragraphs 33-48, and figures 1 to 6) for use in providing a control pilot wake-up signal to a controller of a vehicle charging system; a control
pilot detection circuit 38 includes a connection circuit 80, a wake-up circuit 82, and a latch circuit 84; the connection circuit 80 can be configured to receive a control pilot signal from an EVSE system 22 and to output the received control signal CP _WAKEUP to the wake-up circuit 82; the wake-up circuit 82 can be configured to output a latch signal CP _LATCH to the latch circuit 84; the latch circuit 84 can be configured to output the control pilot wake-up signal CP _WAKE; a first portion 90 of the wake-up circuit 82 can be configured to define a beginning of the pulse outputted to the latch circuit 84, and a second portion 92 of the wake-up circuit 82 can be configured to define an ending of the pulse; with reference to figures 4-6, at time TO, the control pilot signal (equivalent to the first control pilot signal) is in a steady, non-time varying state; once the control pilot signal begins to alternate between a high and low state at a frequency, then at a time T 1, a current is passed to the first portion 90 and the second portion 92 of the wake-up circuit; once the voltage at the CP _LATCH reaches a level sufficient to surpass a turn-on voltage of the latch circuit 84, the latch circuit 84 begins generating a pulse of the control pilot signal CP _WAKE; as the control pilot signal continues in a time-varying state, the second portion 92 of the wake-up circuit 82 begins to increase in voltage until reaching a level sufficient to surpass a turn-on voltage of the MOSFET (Q24), and then the MOSFET causes a portion of the first portion 90 of the wake-up circuit 82 to be shorted; at the time T2, the MOSFET is turned on to short the portion of the first portion 90 of the wakeup circuit 82 (the pulse between Tl-T2 is equivalent to the high-level signal of a target duration)).
Regarding claim 15, Klesyk discloses an electric vehicle, comprising: a charging control apparatus comprising: signal processor configured to receive a first control pilot signal sent by power sourcing equipment, and send a high-level signal of target duration to a wake-up circuit based on the first control pilot signal, wherein the wake-up circuit configured to wake up a battery management system after duration in which the high-level signal is received reaches the target duration (a control pilot detection circuit (see description paragraphs 33-48, and figures 1 to 6) for use in providing a control pilot wake-up signal to a controller of a vehicle charging system; a control
pilot detection circuit 38 includes a connection circuit 80, a wake-up circuit 82, and a latch circuit 84; the connection circuit 80 can be configured to receive a control pilot signal from an EVSE system 22 and to output the received control signal CP _WAKEUP to the wake-up circuit 82; the wake-up circuit 82 can be configured to output a latch signal CP _LATCH to the latch circuit 84; the latch circuit 84 can be configured to output the control pilot wake-up signal CP _WAKE; a first portion 90 of the wake-up circuit 82 can be configured to define a beginning of the pulse outputted to the latch circuit 84, and a second portion 92 of the wake-up circuit 82 can be configured to define an ending of the pulse; with reference to figures 4-6, at time TO, the control pilot signal (equivalent to the first control pilot signal) is in a steady, non-time varying state; once the control pilot signal begins to alternate between a high and low state at a frequency, then at a time T 1, a current is passed to the first portion 90 and the second portion 92 of the wake-up circuit; once the voltage at the CP _LATCH reaches a level sufficient to surpass a turn-on voltage of the latch circuit 84, the latch circuit 84 begins generating a pulse of the control pilot signal CP _WAKE; as the control pilot signal continues in a time-varying state, the second portion 92 of the wake-up circuit 82 begins to increase in voltage until reaching a level sufficient to surpass a turn-on voltage of the MOSFET (Q24), and then the MOSFET causes a portion of the first portion 90 of the wake-up circuit 82 to be shorted; at the time T2, the MOSFET is turned on to short the portion of the first portion 90 of the wakeup circuit 82 (the pulse between Tl-T2 is equivalent to the high-level signal of a target duration)).
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 2-8, 10-14, and 16-20 are objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
Response to Arguments
Applicant's arguments filed 08/05/2026 have been fully considered but they are not persuasive.
First, due to Applicant’s amendments to the claims, the previously made 112(f) claim interpretation has been withdrawn. The claims are now being interpreted using broadest reasonable interpretation in light of the specification.
Next, Applicant argues that with regards to the previous 102 rejections of claims 1, 9, and 15, Klesyk fails to disclose “receiving a first control pilot signal and generating a high-level signal of target duration based on the first control pilot signal”.
This argument is unpersuasive. In Klesyk, with reference to figures 4-6, at time TO, the control pilot signal (equivalent to the first control pilot signal) is in a steady, non-time varying state; once the control pilot signal begins to alternate between a high and low state at a frequency, then at a time T 1, a current is passed to the first portion 90 and the second portion 92 of the wake-up circuit; once the voltage at the CP _LATCH reaches a level sufficient to surpass a turn-on voltage of the latch circuit 84, the latch circuit 84 begins generating a pulse of the control pilot signal CP _WAKE; as the control pilot signal continues in a time-varying state, the second portion 92 of the wake-up circuit 82 begins to increase in voltage until reaching a level sufficient to surpass a turn-on voltage of the MOSFET (Q24), and then the MOSFET causes a portion of the first portion 90 of the wake-up circuit 82 to be shorted; at the time T2, the MOSFET is turned on to short the portion of the first portion 90 of the wakeup circuit 82 (the pulse between Tl-T2 is equivalent to the high-level signal of a target duration) based upon the control pilot signal; see Fig. 4).
Conclusion
THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37 CFR 1.136(a).
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/KERRI L MCNALLY/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2686
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