CTNF 18/714,560 CTNF 80899 DETAILED ACTION Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status 07-03-aia AIA 15-10-aia 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 § 102 07-07-aia AIA 07-07 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 – 07-08-aia AIA (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. 07-12-aia AIA (a)(2) the claimed invention was described in a patent issued under section 151, or in an application for patent published or deemed published under section 122(b), in which the patent or application, as the case may be, names another inventor and was effectively filed before the effective filing date of the claimed invention. 07-15 AIA Claim (s) 11-17, 19, and 20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102( a)(1) and (a)(2 ) as being anticipated by Kim et al. (2019/0275968) . Regarding independent claims 11 and 15, Kim teaches (Fig. 3) a method for controlling an on-board power supply system for a motor vehicle, wherein the motor vehicle comprises a high-tension voltage network (below 70) that supplies high-voltage loads (60) with high-tension voltage from a high-voltage energy store (10), a low-tension voltage network (above 70) that supplies low-voltage loads (30) with low-tension voltage, and a main converter (70) that converts the high-tension voltage in the high-tension voltage network into the low-tension voltage in the low-tension voltage network, the method comprising: during the parking phase (i.e. turning the vehicle OFF): introducing a predefined quantity of energy (based on the SOC of one of the batteries, 10 and 81) from the high-tension voltage network into the low-tension voltage network via a bypass converter (80) so as to power operation of the low-voltage loads (30) during the parking phase ([0045], [0046], [0049], [0054]-[0056]); and switching off the bypass converter assembly when the introduced quantity of energy exceeds a maximum quantity of energy permitted by a battery management system (90) to be drawn from the high-voltage energy store to power operation of the low-voltage loads during the parking phase ([0055]), wherein the maximum quantity of energy is determined by the battery management system based, at least partly, on a state-of-charge of the high-voltage energy store ([0048], [0049], [0056]). Regarding claim 12, Kim teaches the maximum permissible quantity of energy is determined by the battery management system (based on SOC of battery 81) and is communicated to the bypass converter assembly (via control signals) prior to the switch-off of the battery management system during the parking phase of the motor vehicle. Regarding claim 13, Kim teaches the maximum permissible quantity of energy is determined by the battery management system by reference to the weakest cell of the high- voltage energy store ([0049]; determines the “discharge possibility” of the HV energy store, which has reference to the weakest cell). Regarding claim 14, Kim teaches for the determination of the maximum permissible quantity of energy, the ambient temperature, the temperature of the high-voltage energy store and/or the state-of-health of cells in the high-voltage energy store are considered ([0049]; when considering “discharge possibility”, the state-of-health of cells are considered). Regarding claims 16, Kim teaches the main converter being configured as a DC/DC converter (from a battery to a battery) having a maximum capacity of at least 1 kW ([0036]). Regarding claim 17, Kim teaches the bypass converter assembly (80) being configured as a DC/DC converter having a maximum capacity not exceeding 100 W ([0036]). Regarding claim 19, Kim teaches a motor vehicle having the on-board power supply system of claim 15 (Abstract). Regarding claim 20, Kim teaches the motor vehicle comprising an electric drive machine (60) for electric driving operation, and wherein the high-voltage energy store (10) is designed to supply energy to the electric drive machine ([0039]) . Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103 07-20-aia AIA 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. 07-21-aia AIA Claim (s) 18 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Kim et al. (2019/0275968). Kim teaches the on-board power supply system as described above. Kim fails to explicitly teach the bypass converter assembly being integrated in the high-voltage energy store. It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to structurally integrate the bypass converter assembly in the high-voltage energy store, since it has been held that forming in one piece an article which has formerly been formed in two pieces and put together involves only routine skill in the art. Howard v. Detroit Stove Works , 150 U.S. 164 (1893) . Response to Arguments 07-37 AIA Applicant's arguments filed May 21, 2026 have been fully considered but they are not persuasive. The Examiner believes that the Kim reference teaches introducing a quantity of energy from the high-tension voltage network into the low-tension voltage network, and that quantity of energy is based on the state-of-charge of both the high-voltage energy store (10) and the low-voltage energy store (81). Particularly, paragraphs 0049 and 0056, which teach controlling the operation of the bypass converter (i.e. the quantity of energy introduced from the high-tension voltage network to the low-tension voltage network) based on the SOC of the high-voltage energy store . Conclusion 07-102 Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the examiner should be directed to DRU M PARRIES whose telephone number is (571)272-8542 . The examiner can normally be reached on Monday -Thursday from 9:00am to 6:00pm . The examiner can also be reached on alternate Fridays . If attempts to reach the examiner by telephone are unsuccessful, the examiner's supervisor, Rexford Barnie , can be reached on 571-272-7492 . The fax phone number for the organization where this application or proceeding is assigned is 571-273-8300. Information regarding the status of an application may be obtained from the Patent Application Information Retrieval (PAIR) system. Status information for published applications may be obtained from either Private PAIR or Public PAIR. Status information for unpublished applications is available through Private PAIR only. For more information about the PAIR system, see http://pair-direct.uspto.gov. Should you have questions on access to the Private PAIR system, contact the Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 866-217-9197 (toll-free). DMP 5/28/2026 /DANIEL KESSIE/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2836 Application/Control Number: 18/714,560 Page 2 Art Unit: 2836 Application/Control Number: 18/714,560 Page 3 Art Unit: 2836 Application/Control Number: 18/714,560 Page 4 Art Unit: 2836 Application/Control Number: 18/714,560 Page 5 Art Unit: 2836 Application/Control Number: 18/714,560 Page 6 Art Unit: 2836
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