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 Application
2. Claim 1, 3, 8, 13-16 have been amended and claim 6-7 and 9-12 have been canceled. Claim 1-5, 8, and 13-16 are in pending status.
Response to Arguments
3. The specification objection in regard to the title have been withdrawn in light of new title
filed on 11/24/25.
The claim 6-7 and 9-12 have been canceled, hence the prior 35 U.S.C 112(a), and 35 U.S.C 112(b) rejection have been withdrawn.
35 U.S.C101 rejection for claim 8, and 13-16 have been withdrawn in light of amendment to the claim filed on 11/24/25.
4. The 35 U.S.C 112(b) rejection for claim 1 is maintained as the amended claim language is not clear and still indefinite.
Claim Objections
5. Claim 2-4 and 13-15 are objected to because of the following informalities: The claimed equations in respected claim proving difficult to read due to its scanning or resolution issues. Appropriate correction is required.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
6. 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.
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph:
The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the applicant regards as his invention.
7. Regarding claim 1, the phrase “operating the wind power, the photovoltaic power and the load, the distributed gas turbines” and “decomposing the optimum powers to obtain first reference powers of the wind power, the photovoltaic power” renders the claim indefinite because it is unclear whether the limitation(s) following the phrase are part of the claimed invention. See MPEP § 2173.05(d).
The limitations are indefinite because how one can operate wind power and photovoltaic power? Also how to obtain reference powers of the wind power and photovoltaic power?
Based on this the claim is considered to indefinite and rejected under 35 U.S.C 112(b).
8. Claim 2-5, 8, and 13-16 are also rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) to their direct/indirect dependency over the claim 1.
Examiner’s Note: Examiner believes it should be claimed as “the wind power stations, the photovoltaic power stations” in both limitation.
Conclusion
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/JIGNESHKUMAR C PATEL/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2116