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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 § 101
Claims 1-3 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101 because the claimed invention is directed to the judicial exception of abstract ideas without significantly more. The claim(s) recite(s) abstract ideas as indicated by in-line comments below. This judicial exception is not integrated into a practical application for reasons also indicated by in-line comments below. The claim(s) does/do not include additional elements that are sufficient to amount to significantly more than the judicial exception for reasons also indicated by in-line comments below.
1. An improved method for a mathematical model for estimating a polarization parameter of oil paper insulation of a transformer, comprising:
based on a dielectric response theory, applying a direct current voltage of up to 2000 V to a test object through a Tettex recovery voltmeter (RVM) during a specified charging time, wherein the RVM requires multiple measurement cycles, each of which is divided into a charging phase, a discharging phase, a measurement phase, and a relaxation phase (does not integrate into a practical application because generally linking the use of the judicial exception to a particular technological environment or field of use; not significantly more because generally linking the use of the judicial exception to a particular technological environment or field of use);
multiple relaxation times existing in an oil paper composite medium, and replacing a uniform oil paper insulation with an equivalent circuit with an extended Debye model upon considering dielectric response characteristics of the RVM (abstract; mathematical concepts; mathematical relationships);
improving the equivalent circuit of the extended Debye model by circulating the multiple measurement cycles, and establishing two nonlinear equations in the extended Debye model with measurement data, to identify all unknown parameters in the equivalent circuit of the extended Debye model (abstract; mathematical concepts; mathematical calculations); and
solving the two nonlinear equations by using a particle swarm algorithm, wherein each unknown parameter is solved by substituting at least 2n sets of recovered voltage characteristics into each nonlinear equation, and the particle swarm algorithm is applied for searching an optimal value, n is an integer equal to or greater than one (abstract; mathematical concepts; mathematical calculations).
2. The improved method for the mathematical model for estimating the polarization parameter of oil paper insulation of the transformer according to claim 1, wherein the specified charging time of the RVM is twice the discharging time (abstract; mathematical concepts; mathematical relationships).
3. The improved method for the mathematical model for estimating the polarization parameter of oil paper insulation of the transformer according to claim 1, wherein solutions of two nonlinear equations are transformed into an optimization problem through circuit parameters obtained by the RVM (abstract; mathematical concepts; mathematical calculations).
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. Yang et al. (2019/0041450) is cited for disclosing assessment of aging of oil paper using a return voltage curve and extended Debye model.
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/WALTER L LINDSAY JR/Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 2852
/GEOFFREY T EVANS/ Examiner, Art Unit 2852
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