DETAILED ACTION
The following is a Final Office Action in response to the Amendment/Remarks received on 6 May 2026. Claims 1, 4, 5, 7-9, and 11 have been amended. Claims 2, 3, 6, and 10 have been cancelled. Claims 5 and 7-9 were previously withdrawn. Claims 1, 4, 5, 7-9, and 11 remain are pending in this application. Claims 1, 4 and 11 have been examined on their merits.
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 .
Election/Restrictions
Claims 5 and 7-9 are withdrawn from further consideration pursuant to 37 CFR 1.142(b), as being drawn to nonelected species, there being no allowable generic or linking claim. Applicant timely traversed the restriction (election) requirement in the reply filed on 6 May 2026.
With respect to the Applicant’s argument, “Claims 1-4, 6, 10, and 11 are believed to read on the elected species and are elected for examination. The withdrawal of claims 5, 7, 8, and 9 is duly noted.” (see Remarks, pg. 7, paragraph 2) The Examiner respectfully disagrees.
The Examiner maintains the non-elected claims are directed to the patentably distinct species as set forth in the Election/Restriction Requirement of the Non-Final Office Action mailed on 13 February 2026. Further, the Examiner notes the amendments of claim 5 and 7-9 appear to contain new matter per their dependency on claim 1. (i.e. The specification does not appear to support the combinations of control in claims 5 and 7-9).
Hence, the requirement is still deemed proper and is therefore made Final.
Response to Arguments
Applicant’s arguments, see Remarks, filed 6 May 2026, with respect to objected claim 4 have been fully considered and are persuasive in light of the claim amendment filed on 6 May 2026. The objection of claim 4 has been withdrawn.
Applicant’s arguments, see Remarks, pg. 7, filed 6 May 2026, with respect to objections of claims 3, 6, and 10 have been considered and are persuasive in light of the cancellation of claim 3, 6, and 10.
Applicant’s arguments, see Remarks, pg. 7, filed 6 May 2026, with respect to rejected claim 10 under 35 U.S.C. 112(a) have been considered and are persuasive in light of the cancellation of claim 10.
The Applicant has not presented arguments with respect to rejected claim 10 under 35 U.S.C. 112(b). The rejection of claim 10 under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) as set forth in the Non-Final Office Action mailed on 13 February 2026 is moot in light of its cancellation in the amendments filed on 6 May 2026.
Applicant’s arguments, see Remarks, pg. 8, filed 6 May 2026, with respect to rejected claims 1, 4, and 11 under 35 U.S.C. 103 have been fully considered and are persuasive in light of the claim amendments filed on 6 May 2026. The rejections of claims 1, 4, and 11 have been withdrawn.
Applicant’s arguments, see Remarks, pg. 8, filed 6 May 2026, with respect to objections of claims 2 and 3 have been considered and are persuasive in light of the cancellation of claims 2 and 3 .
Claims 1 and 11 stand objected to as set forth below.
Claim Interpretation
In light of the claim amendments filed on 6 May 2026, the limitations of claim 11 are positively recited.
Claim Objections
Claims 1 and 11 are objected to because of the following informalities:
Claim 1 includes grammatical, punctuation, formatting, and structural issues (see bolded text below) of:
An energy storage container temperature control method, comprising:
obtaining a current temperature parameter in the energy storage container;
obtaining a preset threshold parameter of the energy storage container, wherein the preset threshold parameter comprises a preset temperature maximum value and a preset temperature minimum value; and
controlling an air conditioner, an internal circulation fan and an external circulation fan of the energy storage container according to the current temperature parameter and the preset threshold parameter to control a temperature value in the energy storage container within a preset temperature range, the current temperature parameter in the energy storage container comprises
a current temperature maximum value in the energy storage container, a current temperature minimum value in the energy storage container, a current temperature average value in the energy storage container, and
a current temperature rise rate in the energy storage container; and
the preset threshold parameter also comprises a temperature rise rate threshold,
the controlling of the air conditioner, the internal circulation fan and the external circulation fan of the energy storage container according to the current temperature parameter and the preset threshold parameter, comprises:
in response to exceeding a preset time range, a difference between the current temperature maximum value and the current temperature average value being not less than a first temperature value, and the current temperature maximum value being greater than the preset temperature maximum value and the current temperature rise rate being less than the temperature rise rate threshold, controlling one fan in forward rotation and
another fan in reverse rotation in the internal circulation fan and controlling the air conditioner to turn on cooling; and
in response to the current temperature maximum value being not greater than a third temperature value, controlling the air conditioner to stop cooling work, and in response to a difference between the current temperature maximum value and the current temperature average value being not greater than a second temperature value, controlling the internal circulation fan to stop working.
Suggested claim language:
An energy storage container temperature control method, comprising:
obtaining a current temperature parameter in the energy storage container, wherein the current temperature parameter in the energy storage container comprises a current temperature maximum value in the energy storage container, a current temperature minimum value in the energy storage container, a current temperature average value in the energy storage container, and a current temperature rise rate in the energy storage container;
obtaining a preset threshold parameter of the energy storage container, wherein the preset threshold parameter comprises a preset temperature maximum value, a preset temperature minimum value, and a temperature rise rate threshold; and
controlling an air conditioner, an internal circulation fan and an external circulation fan of the energy storage container according to the current temperature parameter and the preset threshold parameter to control a temperature value in the energy storage container within a preset temperature range,
wherein the controlling of the air conditioner, the internal circulation fan and the external circulation fan of the energy storage container according to the current temperature parameter and the preset threshold parameter comprises:
in response to exceeding a preset time range, a difference between the current temperature maximum value and the current temperature average value being not less than a first temperature value, and the current temperature maximum value being greater than the preset temperature maximum value and the current temperature rise rate being less than the temperature rise rate threshold, controlling one fan in forward rotation and another fan in reverse rotation in the internal circulation fan and controlling the air conditioner to turn on cooling; and
in response to the current temperature maximum value being not greater than a third temperature value, controlling the air conditioner to stop cooling work, and in response to a difference between the current temperature maximum value and the current temperature average value being not greater than a second temperature value, controlling the internal circulation fan to stop working.
Claim 11 includes formatting, grammatical, and punctuation issues (see bolded text below) of:
An electronic device, comprising: a memory, a processor and a computer program stored on the memory and being run on the processor,
when the processor executes the computer program, the energy storage container temperature control method as claimed in claim 1-can be is implemented.
Suggested claim language:
An electronic device, comprising:
a memory;
a processor; and
a computer program stored on the memory and executed by the processor,
wherein during the execution of the computer program by the processor, the energy storage container temperature control method as claimed in claim 1 is implemented.
Appropriate correction is required.
Indication of Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1 and 11 would be allowable if rewritten to overcome the objections as set forth above in the Office action.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claim 4 is allowed.
Reasons for the Indication of Allowable Subject Matter
The indication of allowable subject matter is maintained for the rationale set forth in the Non-Final Office Action mailed on 13 February 2026.
Examiner’s Note:
In the interest of compact prosecution, the Examiner respectfully notes withdrawn claims 5 and 7-9 remain pending in the instant application. The withdrawn claims are directed to non-elected species pursuant to a restriction/election requirement and need to be cancelled prior to allowance.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
The following references are cited to further show the state of the art with respect to temperature control systems and methods and energy storage systems.
U.S. Patent Publication No. 2006/0110657 A1 discloses an overall battery assembly which includes a battery having a housing and an arrangement of components mounted with and carried by the battery housing.
U.S. Patent Publication No. 2010/0165572 A1 discloses a system for restricting mixing of air in a data center includes a plurality of racks, each of the racks having a front face, and a back face.
U.S. Patent Publication No. 2013/0017419 A1 discloses an apparatus and method for cooling control of a secondary battery pack used as a driving source of electric vehicles (EV), hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) or the like, which apply a differential cooling method depending on temperature conditions of the secondary battery pack and can minimize a risk to a fault of a cooling system.
U.S. Patent Publication No. 2017/0301967 A1 discloses controlling a flow of cooling air in a battery system for cooling the battery system.
U.S. Patent Publication No. 2023/0299389 A1 discloses a battery temperature control system includes a cabinet, an air conditioner, a central control module and a plurality of battery modules.
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).
A shortened statutory period for reply to this final action is set to expire THREE MONTHS from the mailing date of this action. In the event a first reply is filed within TWO MONTHS of the mailing date of this final action and the advisory action is not mailed until after the end of the THREE-MONTH shortened statutory period, then the shortened statutory period will expire on the date the advisory action is mailed, and any nonprovisional extension fee (37 CFR 1.17(a)) pursuant to 37 CFR 1.136(a) will be calculated from the mailing date of the advisory action. In no event, however, will the statutory period for reply expire later than SIX MONTHS from the mailing date of this final action.
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