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 .
Drawings
The drawings are objected to as failing to comply with 37 CFR 1.84(p)(5) because they include the following reference characters not mentioned in the description: “A”, “V=A*ẟ0”, “ẟ =ẟ0 /2”, “ẟ0”, “ẟ0 /2”, and the moments “τ” (which are illegible). Corrected drawing sheets in compliance with 37 CFR 1.121(d), or amendment to the specification to add the reference character(s) in the description in compliance with 37 CFR 1.121(b) are required in reply to the Office action to avoid abandonment of the application. Any amended replacement drawing sheet should include all of the figures appearing on the immediate prior version of the sheet, even if only one figure is being amended. Each drawing sheet submitted after the filing date of an application must be labeled in the top margin as either “Replacement Sheet” or “New Sheet” pursuant to 37 CFR 1.121(d). If the changes are not accepted by the examiner, the applicant will be notified and informed of any required corrective action in the next Office action. The objection to the drawings will not be held in abeyance.
Specification
The specification is objected to because of the following informalities:
The specification does not include the following reference characters shown in figure 2: “A”, “V=A*ẟ0”, “ẟ =ẟ0 /2”, “ẟ0”, “ẟ0 /2”, and the moments “τ” (which are illegible).
Appropriate correction is required.
Claim Objections
Claims 1-8 are objected to because of the following informalities:
In claim 1, “an object” should be changed to --a measured object-- in line 1 (in order to follow the language used throughout the body of the claim); “a measured object” should be changed to --the measured object-- in line 5; and “,” should be deleted from lines 7 and 12.
In claim 3, “an object” should be changed to --a measured object-- in line 1; “and the medium” should be changed to --the medium-- in line 4; “and the surface” should be changed to --and a surface-- in line 5; and --,-- should be added after “device” in line 6.
In claim 4, “an object” should be changed to --a measured object-- in line 1; and --an-- should be added before “ADC” in line 2.
In claim 5, “an object” should be changed to --a measured object-- in line 1 (in order to follow the language used throughout the body of the claim); and “a measured object” should be changed to --the measured object-- in line 6.
In claim 7, “an object” should be changed to --a measured object-- in lines 1-2; “and the medium” should be changed to --the medium-- in line 5; “and the surface” should be changed to --and a surface-- in line 6; and --,-- should be added after “device” in line 6.
In claim 8, “an object” should be changed to --a measured object-- in lines 1-2; and --an-- should be added before “ADC” in line 2.
In claims 2 and 6, “an object” should be changed to --a measured object-- in line 2.
Appropriate correction is required.
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 1-10 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 if the recitation of the temperature sensing device being “in conductive contact with the surface of the measured object,” as recited in line 6, occurs at the current moment or the moment previous to the current moment; it is not clear what claimed member’s “static correction factor” is being obtained, as recited in line 11; and it is not clear if the “static correction factor,” as recited in line 11, is obtained at the current moment or the moment previous to the current moment.
In claim 3, there is lack of antecedent basis in the claim for “the medium between the measured object and the temperature sensing device” in lines 3-4; and the phrase “further comprising” recited in line 2 makes it unclear if the step of determining the surface temperature of the measured object recited in the last five lines is performed in addition to the step of determining the surface temperature of the measured object recited in the last four lines of base claim 1, or if it further describes the step of determining the surface temperature of the measured object recited in the last four lines of base claim 1.
In claim 5, it is not clear if the recitation of the temperature sensing device being “in conductive contact with the surface of the measured object,” as recited in line 6, occurs at the current moment or the moment previous to the current moment; it is not clear what claimed member’s “static correction factor” is being obtained, as recited in lines 14-15; and it is not clear if the “static correction factor,” as recited in lines 14-15, is obtained at the current moment or the moment previous to the current moment.
In claim 7, there is lack of antecedent basis in the claim for “the medium between the measured object and the temperature sensing device” in lines 4-5; and the phrase “further comprising” recited in line 2 makes it unclear if the object surface temperature acquisition module recited in the last six lines is in addition to the object surface temperature acquisition module recited in the last five lines of base claim 5, or if it further describes the object surface temperature acquisition module recited in the last five lines of base claim 5.
Claims 2, 4, 6, and 8-10 are rejected for being dependent on a rejected base claim.
Claims 11-16 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 claims 11-13, it is not clear if the method recited in respective claims 2-4, as recited in respective line 2, is repeating the method recited in base claim 1 because claim 9, from which claims 11-13 each depend on, is based on the method recited in base claim 1 and thereby already includes the limitations of claims 2-4.
In claims 14-16, it is not clear if the method recited in respective claims 2-4, as recited in respective line 2, is repeating the method recited in base claim 1 because claim 10, from which claims 14-16 each depend on, is based on the method recited in base claim 1 and thereby already includes the limitations of claims 2-4.
For examination purposes, claims 11-16 have not been further treated on the merits.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1-10 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, and the objections 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 for measuring a surface temperature of an object, the method comprising obtaining a temperature measured by a temperature sensing device at a current moment and at a moment previous to the current moment after the temperature sensing device contacts with a surface of a measured object for a set duration, obtaining a static correction factor; and determining a surface temperature of the measured object at the current moment based on one or more of the temperature measured by the temperature sensing device at the current moment, the temperature compensation factor at the current moment, the correction factor of the temperature compensation factor, and the static correction factor (claim 1).
An apparatus for measuring a surface temperature of an object, the apparatus comprising a temperature measurement acquisition module configured to obtain a temperature measured by a temperature sensing device at a current moment and at a moment previous to the current moment after the temperature sensing device contacts with a surface of a measured object for a set duration; a second correction factor acquisition module configured to obtain a static correction factor; and an object surface temperature acquisition module configured to determine a surface temperature of the measured object at the current moment based on one or more of the temperature measured by the temperature sensing device at the current moment, the temperature compensation factor at the current moment, the correction factor of the temperature compensation factor, and the static correction factor (claim 5).
Conclusion
The references made of record and not relied upon by the examiner are considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure by disclosing the measuring of a surface temperature, but do not disclose the allowable subject matter stated above.
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/MIRELLYS JAGAN/
Primary Examiner
Art Unit 2855
1/10/26