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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 § 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) 15 and 16 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Mishrikey et al (2017/0069441).
In re Claim 15, Mishrikey teaches a load device (102), being coupled with a voltage control device (106, paragraph 31), the load device as seen in Figure 1 comprising: a load resistor (105); a load capacitor (103); and a voltage detection circuit (124, paragraph 43), being coupled with the load resistor and the load capacitor and being configured to generate a current signal (output from 124 to 120, paragraphs 33-34) according to a voltage signal generated by a power supply device (104, paragraph 31) [the voltage sensor 124 outputs a current signal according to the voltage that is delivered to the load 124 from the power supply 104); wherein the load capacitor is configured to generate an inrush current (156) in response to the voltage signal (as seen in Figure 2, paragraph 55).
In re Claim 16, Mishrikey teaches the load capacitor is further configured to generate a pulse current (as seen in Figure 2, 159 at t2) when a voltage level of the voltage signal is continuously raised (151 as seen in Figure 2) and a current level of the current signal is greater than or equal to a predetermined current level 159 ( as seen in Figure 2); and the inrush current and the pulse current are arranged in order (as seen in Figure 2, inrush 156 at t1 and pulse at t2).
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1-14 are allowed.
In re Claims 1-14, the teaching of Mishrikey has been discussed above. Mishrikey further teaches that the voltage signal is adjusted (via activation of second path 110) in response to anticipating inrush current 156 (paragraph 55). However, Mishrikey fails to teach that the adjustment of the voltage stops in response in any way to the current pulse of 152 as at t2 as seen in Figure 2.
Conclusion
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/CHRISTOPHER J CLARK/Examiner, Art Unit 2838
/THIENVU V TRAN/ Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 2838
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