DETAILED ACTION
Applicants’ response filed 7/25/2025 has been considered.
The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
Claims 1-20 are pending.
Prior rejections under 35 USC 112 are withdrawn in view of amendments.
Prior double patenting rejection is withdrawn in view of terminal disclaimer.
Prior art rejections are maintained in view of remarks made here. See prior office action(s) for details.
Claims 6-7, 13-14 and 19-20 remain objected to as allowable subject matter
IDS has been considered. PTO-1449 is attached.
Application is pending.
Response to Arguments
Applicants’ arguments filed 7/25/2025 have been fully considered but they are not persuasive.
For example, claim 1 recites:
A system comprising:
a non-volatile memory device; and a processing device, operatively coupled to the non-volatile memory device, to perform operations comprising:
receiving, from a host system, a write command comprising host data;
determining an operating temperature value of the non-volatile memory device;
preparing write data comprising the host data and the operating temperature value; and
programming, to the non-volatile memory device, the write data.
The claim essentially states to write host data to the memory with specified temperature. There isn’t anything substantial in the independent claim(s).
Applicants contend, the prior art (Guy) does not teach or suggest, “…preparing write data comprising host data and the operating temperature…programming, to the non-volatile memory device, the write data.”
The Examiner respectfully disagrees.
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The prior art (Guy) teaches (i.e., Figure 1, above and paragraph 0026) the temperature indicator 112 determines the write temperature of the memory devices 110-1—110-N.
Specifically Guy teaches: The system 100 can include a temperature indicator 112. The temperature indicator 112 may be utilized to determine a temperature of a memory devices 110-1, . . . , 110-N at a particular time. For example, the temperature indicator 112 can determine a write temperature of a memory device, e.g., memory device 110-1, when a memory cell of the memory device is programmed, e.g., written. The temperature indicator 112 can determine a read temperature of a memory device, e.g., memory device 110-1, when a memory cell of the memory device is read. A number of embodiments of the present disclosure provide that determined write temperatures can be communicated to the controller 108 and/or a memory device, e.g., memory device 111. For instance, the controller 108 can access the temperature indicator 112.
Furthermore, Guy teaches (i.e., Figure 2 and paragraph 0027) the data structure to include write temperature data.
Therefore the prior art teaches preparing write data comprising host data and the operating temperature…programming, to the non-volatile memory device, the write data.
It is the Examiner’s conclusion that the claims of the present application, as presented, are not patentably distinct over the prior arts. Prior art rejections are maintained. See prior office action(s). Applicants are encouraged to formulate claim language that clearly defines the novelty of the application.
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