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 .
Examiner Notes
Examiner cites particular columns and line numbers in the references as applied to the claims below for the convenience of the applicant. Although the specified citations are representative of the teachings in the art and are applied to the specific limitations within the individual claim, other passages and figures may apply as well. It is respectfully requested that, in preparing responses, the applicant fully consider the references in entirety as potentially teaching all or part of the claimed invention, as well as the context of the passage as taught by the prior art or disclosed by the examiner.
Continued Examination Under 37 CFR 1.114
A request for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, including the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e), was filed in this application after allowance or after an Office action under Ex Parte Quayle, 25 USPQ 74, 453 O.G. 213 (Comm'r Pat. 1935). Since this application is eligible for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, and the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e) has been timely paid, prosecution in this application has been reopened pursuant to 37 CFR 1.114. Applicant's submission filed on 05/27/2026 has been entered.
Specification
The specification is objected to as failing to provide proper antecedent basis for the claimed subject matter. See 37 CFR 1.75(d)(1) and MPEP § 608.01(o). Correction of the following is required: the claimed limitation such as “a third capacitor coupled between the output and the first pulse input; and a fourth capacitor coupled between the output and the second pulse input” (emphasis added), as recited in the base claim 1, is neither described in the specification nor shown in the figures (Figs. 9A, 10, 11A & 13A as elected Species A on 07/15/2004) of the present application. Clarification is required.
The specification is objected to as failing to provide proper antecedent basis for the claimed subject matter. See 37 CFR 1.75(d)(1) and MPEP § 608.01(o). Correction of the following is required: the claimed limitation such as “a third capacitor coupled between the converter output and the first input; and a fourth capacitor coupled between the converter output and the second input” (emphasis added), as recited in the base claim 32, is neither described in the specification nor shown in the figures (Figs. 9A, 10, 11A & 13A as elected Species A on 07/15/2004) of the present application. Clarification is required.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
The following is a quotation of the first paragraph of 35 U.S.C. 112(a):
(a) IN GENERAL.—The specification shall contain a written description of the invention, and of the manner and process of making and using it, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make and use the same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor or joint inventor of carrying out the invention.
The following is a quotation of the first paragraph of pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112:
The specification shall contain a written description of the invention, and of the manner and process of making and using it, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make and use the same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor of carrying out his invention.
Claims 1-8, 21-24 and 35 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(a) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), first paragraph, as failing to comply with the written description requirement. The claim(s) contains subject matter which was not described in the specification in such a way as to reasonably convey to one skilled in the relevant art that the inventor or a joint inventor, or for applications subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, the inventor(s), at the time the application was filed, had possession of the claimed invention. The newly amended limitation such as “a third capacitor coupled between the output and the first pulse input; and a fourth capacitor coupled between the output and the second pulse input” (emphasis added), as recited in the base Claim 1; is not properly described in the application as to possession of the claimed invention at the time of filing. Therefore, that limitation is seen as a new matter which is not supported by the original disclosure. Applicant is required to cancel the new matter in the reply to this Office Action.
Furthermore, claims 2-8, 21-14 and 35 are rejected due to their dependencies on the base claim 1.
Claims 32-34 and 36 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(a) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), first paragraph, as failing to comply with the written description requirement. The claim(s) contains subject matter which was not described in the specification in such a way as to reasonably convey to one skilled in the relevant art that the inventor or a joint inventor, or for applications subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, the inventor(s), at the time the application was filed, had possession of the claimed invention. The newly amended limitation such as “a third capacitor coupled between the converter output and the first input; and a fourth capacitor coupled between the converter output and the second input” (emphasis added), as recited in the base claim 32, is not properly described in the application as to possession of the claimed invention at the time of filing. Therefore, that limitation is seen as a new matter which is not supported by the original disclosure. Applicant is required to cancel the new matter in the reply to this Office Action.
Furthermore, claims 33, 34 and 36 are rejected due to their dependencies on the base claim 32.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 25-30 are allowed.
Conclusion
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/HAI L NGUYEN/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2836 June 14, 2026
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