DETAILED ACTION
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 § 112
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.
Claims 1-20 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.
In claim 1, it is not clear how the step of measuring a temperature of the transistors from the temperature sensor during a switching period of the transistors, as recited in lines 16-18, is used in the step of updating a stored calibration parameter, as recited in lines 19-22 (there is no relationship between these two steps with respect to measuring a temperature of the transistors).
In claim 10, it is not clear how the temperature signal received by the junction temperature measurement module, as recited in lines 11-12, is used in the step of updating a stored calibration parameter, as recited in lines 17-19 (there is no relationship between the temperature signal with respect to updating a stored calibration parameter).
Claims 2-9 and 11-20 are rejected for being dependent on a rejected base claim.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1-20 would be allowable if rewritten or amended to overcome the rejections under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), 2nd paragraph, set forth in this Office action.
The following is a statement of reasons for the indication of allowable subject matter:
The prior art of record does not disclose or suggest the following in combination with the remaining limitations of the claims:
A method of calibrating an electrical power system, the method comprising the junction temperature measurement module measuring a threshold voltage of the transistor-transistors from the current signal and a temperature of the transistor transistors from the temperature sensor during a switching period of the transistor transistors; and the junction temperature measurement module updating a stored calibration parameter defining a relationship between a rate of change of the current and an estimated junction temperature of the transistor transistors based on a detection of a change in the measured threshold voltage of the transistors (claim 1).
An electrical power system comprising a junction temperature measurement module configured, during a calibration of the electrical power system, to measure, from the current signal, a threshold voltage of the transistors during a switching period of the transistors; and update a stored calibration parameter defining a relationship between a rate of change of the current and an estimated junction temperature of the transistors based on a detection of a change in the measured threshold voltage of the transistors (claim 10).
Response to Arguments
Applicant’s arguments with respect to claims have been considered, but are not persuasive for the reasons stated in the rejections above.
Conclusion
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/MIRELLYS JAGAN/
Primary Examiner
Art Unit 2855
8/26/26
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