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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 .
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 101
35 U.S.C. 101 reads as follows:
Whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent therefor, subject to the conditions and requirements of this title.
Claims 19-22 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101 because the claimed invention is directed to a judicial exception (i.e., a law of nature, a natural phenomenon, or an abstract idea) without significantly more. Claims 19 is directed to “a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor ….”. The claims do not include additional elements that are sufficient to amount to significantly more than the judiciary exception because the generally cited computer elements do not add a meaningful limitation to the abstract idea because they would be routine in any computer implementation.
Please also note that much of the language following certain terms, such as “for remedying”, “for preventing”, “for implementing”, “to determine”, or “to perform”, would be interpreted as intended use. Additionally, the term “computer-readable medium” is normally preferred to be listed as a “non-transitory processor” or “non-transitory computer-readable medium”, so that it would clearly be identified as a tangible device or tangible computer or tangible processor.
The Specification filed on 06/07/2023, paragraphs [0150 to 0156] did not disclose the “non-transitory processor” or “non-transitory computer-readable medium”. It should be corrected.
Claim Objections
Claims 3, 4, 6, 11, 19 and 23 are objected to because of the following informalities:
Claim 3, 4 and 6, the abbreviation of EVSE should be spelled out.
Claim 11, line 11, the abbreviation “”SUCC_positioning” should be spelled out.
Claim 19, line 15, the abbreviation “”SUCC_positioning” should be spelled out.
Claim 23, line 3, the abbreviation “”SUCC_positioning” should be spelled out.
Appropriate corrections are required.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
Claims 3-6, 11, 13 and 21 are 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.
Claim 3 recites the limitation "the first EVSE" in line 4. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 3 recites the limitation "the second EVSE" in line 4. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 3 recites the limitation "the first antenna" in line 6. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 3, line 4, recites the phrase “a same” is indefinite.
Claim 4 recites the limitation "the first EVSE" in line 2. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 4 recites the limitation "the second EVSE" in line 1. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 5, line 3, recites the phrase “a same” is indefinite.
Claim 6 recites the limitation "the largest LF signal value, in line 1. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 6 recites the limitation "the second EVSE" in line 2. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 13, line 4, recites the phrase “a same” is indefinite.
Claim 13, line 6, recites the phrase “a same” is indefinite.
Claim 13, line 7, recites the phrase “an EVSE” is indefinite and unclear.
Claim 21, line 7, recites the phrase “a same” is indefinite.
Claim 21, lines 8-9, recites the phrase “a same” is indefinite.
Claim 21, line 11, the phrase ”SUCC_positioning” is indefinite and unclear.
Conclusion
The amended filed on 08/13/2026 overcomes under 35 U.S.C. §112 rejections previously. However, the new amended filed on 08/13/2026 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. §101 and under 35 U.S.C. §112 as above.
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
Seong et al discloses the position alignment method comprises recognizing the state of the plurality of GAs through wireless communication with an SECC for controlling the plurality of GAs, receiving information about one or more valid GAs among the plurality of GAs from the SECC, selecting a target GA on the basis of the information about the one or more valid GAs, and establishing a wireless communication link; making a request to the SECC for performing a position alignment approval and authentication process, performing position alignment with the target GA using an LF signal if the authentication is successful, transmitting a dataset to the SECC using the LF signal after the position alignment with the target GA, and pairing with the target GA based on the dataset. [US 12,447,848]
Seong et al discloses the wireless power transfer pairing method and apparatus for concurrently performing a pairing procedure in a V2G WPT fine positioning procedure. The wireless power transfer pairing method comprises a step of, when an LF signal indicating that a secondary device of an electric vehicle is positioned within an alignment tolerance area on a primary device of an electric vehicle power supply device is detected, parking the electric vehicle, transmitting, to a supply equipment communication controller (SECC), a fine positioning request message in which a result code parameter is configured as a success, and transmitting, immediately after receiving from the SECC, a fine positioning response message in which a response code parameter is configured as OK, a pairing request message in which an identifier code parameter is configured as a pairing identification code and an EV processing parameter is configured as termination, to the SECC. [US 2024/0083267]
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Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2685
09/02/2026
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