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 .
Drawings
The drawings are objected to under 37 CFR 1.83(a). The drawings must show every feature of the invention specified in the claims. Therefore, the “vapor chamber…downstream of the exhaust of the airflow” must be shown or the feature(s) canceled from the claim(s). No new matter should be entered.
Corrected drawing sheets in compliance with 37 CFR 1.121(d) 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. The figure or figure number of an amended drawing should not be labeled as “amended.” If a drawing figure is to be canceled, the appropriate figure must be removed from the replacement sheet, and where necessary, the remaining figures must be renumbered and appropriate changes made to the brief description of the several views of the drawings for consistency. Additional replacement sheets may be necessary to show the renumbering of the remaining figures. 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.
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 4, 7, and 12, 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. Regarding Claim 4; “wherein the heat-rejecting media comprises, within the portion, at least a part of a vapor chamber” is unclear; whereas it cannot be ascertained how atleast a part of the vapor chamber is ‘within’ the portion since the base claim in lines 8-10 defines “the portion… downstream of airflow of exhausts of the first air mover and the second air mover” and the drawings otherwise depict vapor chamber-202 disposed at a different location relative to the airflow of the exhaust via each Q OUT. Regarding Claim 7; “the vapor chamber and the fin stack are downstream of the exhausts of the airflow of the first air mover and the second air mover” is unclear; whereas it cannot be ascertained how the vapor chamber is downstream of the exhausts of airflow of the first air mover and the second air mover” since the drawings otherwise depict vapor chamber-202 disposed at a different location relative to the airflow of the exhaust via each Q OUT. Regarding Claim 12; “the vapor chamber and the fin stack are downstream of the exhausts of the airflow of the first air mover and the second air mover” is unclear; whereas it cannot be ascertained how atleast a part of the vapor chamber is ‘within’ the portion since the base claim in lines 8-10 defines “the portion… downstream of airflow of exhausts of the first air mover and the second air mover” and the drawings otherwise depict vapor chamber-202 disposed at a different location relative to the airflow of the exhaust via each Q OUT.
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.
Claim(s) 1, 6, 9, is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a1) as being anticipated by (Kitamura 2023/0069684).
Regarding Claim 1; Kitamura discloses an information handling system (as constituted by an electronic apparatus—10-Fig. 1 including a laptop, tablet or smartphone—as set forth by para. 0015) comprising: a housing (chassis-14); an information handling resource housed within the housing (as constituted by CPU-30-Fig. 2); a first air mover (43); a second air mover (42); and heat-rejecting media thermally coupled to the information handling resource and having a portion of the heat-rejecting media downstream of airflow of exhausts of the first air mover and the second air mover (as depicted by Fig. 3—whereas 38a is a portion of 38 disposed at exhausts of the first and second movers-43 and 42), wherein the portion comprises: a first region downstream of an exhaust of the first air mover (as depicted by Fig. 3—whereas the portion 38a at a first region downstream the exhaust of the first fan-43 at 41) and having a first depth in a direction substantially parallel to a direction of airflow from the exhaust of the first air mover (whereas 38a is spaced from the first fan 43 at a distance defining a first depth); and a second region downstream of an exhaust of the second air mover (as depicted by Fig. 3—whereas the portion 38a at a second region downstream an exhaust of the second fan-42 at 40) and having a second depth in the direction substantially parallel to the direction of airflow from the exhaust of the first air mover, wherein the second depth is substantially smaller than the first depth (whereas 38a is spaced from the second fan 42 at a distance defining a second depth defined by a second distance that parallel to and smaller than the first distance and the first depth thereof —as depicted by Fig. 3).
Regarding Claim 6; Kitamura discloses a heat-rejecting media configured to thermally couple to an information handling resource (whereas 22 atleast includes a heat pipe 38 thermally coupled to the CPU-30—as depicted by Fig. 3) and configured to have a portion of the heat-rejecting media downstream of airflow of exhausts of a first air mover and a second air mover, wherein the portion comprises: a first region configured to be downstream of an exhaust of the first air mover (as depicted by Fig. 3—whereas 38a is a portion of 38 disposed at exhausts of the first and second movers-43 and 42) and having a first depth in a direction substantially parallel to a direction of airflow from the exhaust of the first air mover (whereas 38a is spaced from the first fan 43 at a distance defining a first depth which is parallel to the exhaust from fan 43 toward 41); and a second region configured to be downstream of an exhaust of the second air mover and having a second depth in the direction substantially parallel to the direction of airflow from the exhaust of the first air mover (as depicted by Fig. 3—whereas the portion 38a at a second region downstream to the exhaust of the second fan-42 which is parallel to the direction of the exhaust toward 40 and parallel to the first exhaust—as depicted by Fig. 3), wherein the second depth is substantially smaller than the first depth (whereas 38a is spaced from the second fan 42 at a distance defining a second depth defined by a second distance that is smaller than a first depth defined by a distance between 43 and 38a —as depicted by Fig. 3).
Regarding Clam 9; the method steps are necessitated by the already disclosed structure of Kitamura.
Claim(s) 1, 6, and 9, is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a1) as being anticipated by (Hashiba 2023/0422446).
Regarding Claim 1; Hashiba discloses an information handling system (as constituted by an electronic apparatus—10-Fig. 1 including a laptop, tablet or smartphone—as set forth by para. 0017) comprising: a housing (chassis-14); an information handling resource housed within the housing (as constituted by CPU-30-Fig. 2); a first air mover (43); a second air mover (42); and heat-rejecting media thermally coupled to the information handling resource and having a portion of the heat-rejecting media downstream of airflow of exhausts of the first air mover and the second air mover (as depicted by Fig. 2—whereas cooling module 22 includes heat pipes 38 atop a vapor chamber 36 and a portion of 38 at 38a is disposed at exhausts of the first and second movers-43 and 42), wherein the portion comprises: a first region downstream of an exhaust of the first air mover (as depicted by Fig. 2—whereas the portion 38a at a first region downstream the exhaust of the first fan-43 at 41) and having a first depth in a direction substantially parallel to a direction of airflow from the exhaust of the first air mover (whereas 38a is spaced from the first fan 43 at a distance defining a first depth); and a second region downstream of an exhaust of the second air mover (as depicted by Fig. 2—whereas the portion 38a at a second region downstream an exhaust of the second fan-42 at 40) and having a second depth in the direction substantially parallel to the direction of airflow from the exhaust of the first air mover, wherein the second depth is substantially smaller than the first depth (whereas 38a is spaced from the second fan 42 at a distance defining a second depth defined by a second distance that parallel to and smaller than the first distance and the first depth thereof—as depicted by Fig. 2).
Regarding Claim 6; Hashiba discloses a heat-rejecting media configured to thermally couple to an information handling resource (whereas 22 atleast includes a heat pipe 38 thermally coupled to the CPU-30—as depicted by Fig. 2) and configured to have a portion of the heat-rejecting media downstream of airflow of exhausts of a first air mover and a second air mover, wherein the portion comprises: a first region configured to be downstream of an exhaust of the first air mover (as depicted by Fig. 2—whereas 38a is a portion of 38 disposed at exhausts of the first and second movers-43 and 42) and having a first depth in a direction substantially parallel to a direction of airflow from the exhaust of the first air mover (whereas 38a is spaced from the first fan 43 at a distance defining a first depth which is parallel to the exhaust from fan 43 toward 41); and a second region configured to be downstream of an exhaust of the second air mover and having a second depth in the direction substantially parallel to the direction of airflow from the exhaust of the first air mover (as depicted by Fig. 2—whereas the portion 38a at a second region downstream to the exhaust of the second fan-42 which is parallel to the direction of the exhaust toward 40 and parallel to the first exhaust—as depicted by Fig. 2), wherein the second depth is substantially smaller than the first depth (whereas 38a is spaced from the second fan 42 at a distance defining a second depth defined by a second distance that is smaller than a first depth defined by a distance between 43 and 38a —as depicted by Fig. 2).
Regarding Claim 9; the method steps are necessitated by the already disclosed structure of Hashiba.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 2-3, 5, 8, 10-11 and 13, are objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
Regarding Claim 2; the information handling system of Claim 1, wherein a first dimension of the first air mover in the direction substantially parallel to the direction of airflow from the exhaust of the first air mover is smaller than a second dimension of the second air mover in the direction substantially parallel to the direction of airflow from the exhaust of the first air mover.
Regarding Claim 5; the information handling system of Claim 1, wherein the heat-rejecting media further comprises: a first heat pipe thermally coupled to the information handling resource; and a second heat pipe thermally coupled to the information handling resource; wherein: the first region includes a first part of the first heat pipe and a first part of the second heat pipe; and the second region includes a second part of the first heat pipe and excludes the second heat pipe.
Regarding Claim 8; the heat-rejecting media of Claim 6, wherein the heat-rejecting media further comprises: a first heat pipe thermally coupled to the information handling resource; and a second heat pipe thermally coupled to the information handling resource; wherein: the first region includes a first part of the first heat pipe and a first part of the second heat pipe; and the second region includes a second part of the first heat pipe and excludes the second heat pipe.
Regarding Claim 10; the method of Claim 9, further comprising arranging the heat-rejecting media such that a first dimension of the first air mover in the direction substantially parallel to the direction of airflow from the exhaust of the first air mover is smaller than a second dimension of the second air mover in the direction substantially parallel to the direction of airflow from the exhaust of the first air mover.
Regarding Claim 13; the information handling system of Claim 9, wherein the heat-rejecting media further comprises: a first heat pipe thermally coupled to the information handling resource; and a second heat pipe thermally coupled to the information handling resource; wherein: the first region includes a first part of the first heat pipe and a first part of the second heat pipe; and the second region includes a second part of the first heat pipe and excludes the second heat pipe.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
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