DETAILED ACTION
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 .
Claims 1-10 are pending.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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.
Claims 1-4 and 6-9 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Zerui, et al. (English machine translation of CN 114744691A, herein Zerui).1 2 Regarding claims 1 and 6, Zerui teaches a wireless charging method and device,3 executed by a wireless charging device, comprising: obtaining a battery health level of a target device (paragraph 232); determining whether the battery health level is lower than a preset health level (paragraph 232); charging the target device with first power when the battery health level is not lower than the preset health level (paragraph 362); and charging the target device with second power smaller than the first power when the battery health level is lower than the preset health level (paragraph 362). Regarding claims 2 and 7, Zerui teaches obtaining system information of the target device before obtaining the battery health level of the target device (paragraph 232); wherein the battery health level of the target device is obtained through a preset reading process corresponding to the system information (paragraph 232). Regarding claims 3 and 8, Zerui teaches the battery health level is obtained through a near-field communication technology (paragraph 237). Regarding claims 4 and 9, Zerui teaches the second power complies with a baseline power profile (paragraph 398).
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
A patent for a claimed invention may not be obtained, notwithstanding that the claimed invention is not identically disclosed as set forth in section 102, if the differences between the claimed invention and the prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole would have been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the claimed invention pertains. Patentability shall not be negated by the manner in which the invention was made.
Claims 5 and 10 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Zerui in view of Ong, et al. (US 2022/0036330, herein Ong).4 Regarding claims 5 and 10, Zerui teaches the method and device of claims 1 and 6, as discussed above. Zerui does not explicitly teach the preset health level is 20%. Ong teaches the preset health level is 20% (paragraph 0087). It would have been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art at the time of invention to combine the teachings of Zerui and Ong, because such a combination aids in increasing the reliability of the method and device.
Conclusion
Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the examiner should be directed to MATTHEW MIKELS whose telephone number is (571)270-5470. The examiner can normally be reached Monday to Thursday 7:30 AM ET - 5:00 PM ET, Friday 7:30 AM ET - 9:30 AM ET, the Examiner is on central time.5
Examiner interviews are available via telephone, in-person, and video conferencing using a USPTO supplied web-based collaboration tool. To schedule an interview, applicant is encouraged to use the USPTO Automated Interview Request (AIR) at http://www.uspto.gov/interviewpractice.
If attempts to reach the examiner by telephone are unsuccessful, the examiner’s supervisor, Thomas K Pham can be reached at 571-272-3689. The fax phone number for the organization where this application or proceeding is assigned is 571-273-8300.
Information regarding the status of published or unpublished applications may be obtained from Patent Center. Unpublished application information in Patent Center is available to registered users. To file and manage patent submissions in Patent Center, visit: https://patentcenter.uspto.gov. Visit https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/patent-center for more information about Patent Center and https://www.uspto.gov/patents/docx for information about filing in DOCX format. For additional questions, contact the Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 866-217-9197 (toll-free). If you would like assistance from a USPTO Customer Service Representative, call 800-786-9199 (IN USA OR CANADA) or 571-272-1000.
/MATTHEW MIKELS/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2876
1 A copy of both the translation and the original document are attached to this Office Action. Please note that the paragraph numbers do not appear in the original, but they were added by the Examiner to the machine translation for ease of citation.
2 In addition to the cited portions, please see also the associated figures.
3 The charging module can be found in paragraph 229, and the signal acquisition module can be found in paragraph 228.
4 In addition to the cited paragraphs, please see also the associated figures.
5 The Examiner can also be reached at matthew.mikels@uspto.gov.
Prosecution Insights