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 .
DETAILED ACTION
The action is in response to the Applicant’s communication filed on 11/26/2024.
Claims 1-14 are pending, where claim 1 is independent.
Information Disclosure Statement
The information disclosure statement (IDS) submitted on 11/26/2024 has been filed on the filing date of the application. The submission is in-compliance with the provisions of 37 CFR 1.97. Accordingly, the information disclosure statement is being considered by the examiner.
Specification objections (Title)
The title of the invention is not descriptive. A new title is required that is clearly indicative of the invention to which the claims are directed.
The following title is suggested: POWER SHARING OF SURPLUS PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION SYSTEM
Specification Objection
The disclosure is objected to because of the following informalities:
a) The full form of the terms (acronyms) “CEMS” is/are not disclosed in the specification in para [0005] and onwards. Full form is required for at least one time (better in the beginning or first use). Appropriate correction is required.
b) The element in paragraph [0005] “S100-S116” are not in the figures, rather referred in the Patent Literature 1. Examiner recommends to present the Fig.3 of the Patent Literature 1 in the drawing of the application as “PRIOR ART”. Appropriate correction is requested.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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 of this title, 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.
The factual inquiries set forth in Graham v. John Deere Co., 383 U.S. 1, 148 USPQ 459 (1966), that are applied for establishing a background for determining obviousness under 35 U.S.C. 103 are summarized as follows:
1. Determining the scope and contents of the prior art.
2. Ascertaining the differences between the prior art and the claims at issue.
3. Resolving the level of ordinary skill in the pertinent art.
4. Considering objective evidence present in the application indicating obviousness or nonobviousness.
In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the statutory basis for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status.
Claims 1-14 are rejected under AIA 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Ozawa, et a. USPGPub No. 20230060964 A1 in view of Tokunaga, et al. USPGPub No. 20160189298 A1.
As to claim 1, Ozawa discloses A power sharing system that transmits electric power generated by a photovoltaic power generation system installed in a power transmission base to a power receiving base via a power transmission network (Ozawa [0002-16] “management of power generated using a photovoltaic power generator - power balancing resources for a power network such as microgrid include a generator, a variable renewable energy source, an energy storage system, charging equipment, and a vehicle equipped with an energy storage device -power generated by the photovoltaic power generator needs to be accurately predicted for accurate power balancing” [abstract] [0027-93] see Fig. 1-7, power balancing resources of microgrid include a generator and variable renewable energy source obviously provides power sharing system transmits power generated by photovoltaic power generation), including:
a computing unit that calculates a charging amount to be charged to electrified equipment in the power transmission base and a shared power to be transmitted from the power transmission base to the power receiving base; (Ozawa [0027-93] “power management system 100 includes CEMS 1, CEMS server 2, a power receiving and transforming facility 3, a power grid 4, and a power transmission and distribution operator server 5 - generator 14, a variable renewable energy source 15, an energy storage system (ESS) 16, electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) 17, and a vehicle 18 - power receiving and transforming facility 3 - interconnection point of the microgrid MG” [0002-16] “microgrid include a generator, a variable renewable energy source, an energy storage system, charging equipment, and a vehicle equipped with an energy storage device - power generated by the photovoltaic power generator needs to be accurately predicted for accurate power balancing” [abstract] “server - acquire a predicted value of solar radiation at a prediction time at a point where the photovoltaic power generator installed; calculate a predicted value of power generated by the photovoltaic power generator at the prediction time by using the predicted value of solar radiation” see Fig. 1-7, server (as calculation unit), charging equipment, vehicle equipped with an energy storage device, server acquire predicted value of solar radiation of photovoltaic power generator, power receiving and transforming facility of MG for sharing surplus generation of generated power balancing resources obviously provides calculates a charging amount to be charged to electrified equipment in the power transmission base and a shared power to be transmitted from the power transmission base to the power receiving base) and
a control unit that creates a charging instruction for the electrified equipment and a power-sharing plan for sharing from the power transmission base to the power receiving base (Ozawa [0027-93] “computer manages the power balancing resource - includes a control device 21, a storage device 22, - communication device 23 - includes a processor - to perform - includes a memory storing programs - various kinds of information (maps, relational expressions, parameters, etc.) to be used in the programs” [0002-16] “management of power generated using a photovoltaic power generator - power balancing resources for a power network such as microgrid include a generator, a variable renewable energy source, an energy storage system, charging equipment, and a vehicle equipped with an energy storage device - power generated by the photovoltaic power generator needs to be accurately predicted for accurate power balancing” [abstract] “server - calculate a predicted value of power generated by the photovoltaic power generator at the prediction time by using the predicted value of solar radiation” see Fig. 1-7, computer manages power balancing resource by control device using various kinds of information as maps, relational expressions, parameters, etc. used in the stored programs as instruction to perform for power balancing resources of microgrid and variable renewable energy source obviously provides charging instruction for the electrified equipment and a power-sharing plan for sharing from the power transmission base to the power receiving base),
wherein the computing unit corrects a predicted value of generated power of the photovoltaic power generation system based on a variation amount of the generated power of the photovoltaic power generation system (Ozawa [0002-16] “management of power generated using a photovoltaic power generator - power balancing resources for a power network such as microgrid include a generator, a variable renewable energy source, an energy storage system, charging equipment, and a vehicle equipped with an energy storage device -power generated by the photovoltaic power generator needs to be accurately predicted for accurate power balancing” [abstract] “server - acquire a predicted value of solar radiation at a prediction time at a point where the photovoltaic power generator installed; calculate a predicted value of power generated by the photovoltaic power generator at the prediction time by using the predicted value of solar radiation” see Fig. 1-7, server acquire predicted value of solar radiation of photovoltaic power generator, calculate predicted value of power generated and power balancing resources of microgrid and variable renewable energy source obviously provides computing unit corrects a predicted value of generated power of the photovoltaic power generation system based on a variation amount of the generated power of the photovoltaic power generation system),
wherein the computing unit calculates a surplus generated power of the photovoltaic power generation system based on the corrected predicted value and an actual value of the generated power of the photovoltaic power generation system, wherein the computing unit calculates the charging amount and the shared power based on the surplus generated power and an allowed charging amount for the electrified equipment, (Ozawa [0027-93] “power management system 100 includes CEMS 1, CEMS server 2, a power receiving and transforming facility 3, a power grid 4, and a power transmission and distribution operator server 5 - generator 14, a variable renewable energy source 15, an energy storage system (ESS) 16, electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) 17, and a vehicle 18 - power receiving and transforming facility 3 - interconnection point of the microgrid MG” [0002-16] “microgrid include a generator, a variable renewable energy source, an energy storage system, charging equipment, and a vehicle equipped with an energy storage device - power generated by the photovoltaic power generator needs to be accurately predicted for accurate power balancing” [abstract] “server - acquire a predicted value of solar radiation at a prediction time at a point where the photovoltaic power generator installed; calculate a predicted value of power generated by the photovoltaic power generator at the prediction time by using the predicted value of solar radiation” see Fig. 1-7, server (as calculation unit), charging equipment, vehicle equipped with an energy storage device, server acquire predicted value of solar radiation of photovoltaic power generator, power receiving and transforming facility of MG for sharing surplus generation of generated power balancing resources obviously provides calculates surplus generated power of the photovoltaic power generation system based on the corrected predicted value and an actual value of the generated power of the photovoltaic power generation system, wherein the computing unit calculates the charging amount and the shared power based on the surplus generated power and an allowed charging amount for the electrified equipment) and
However, Tokunaga discloses a control unit, wherein the control unit creates the charging instruction and the power-sharing plan based on the charging amount calculated by the computing unit and the power-sharing plan calculated by the computing unit (Tokunaga [0001-10] “power adjustment system - to make a deal with a trading device about supplying power to a power grid from a power supply apparatus of a customer facility in accordance with a trade term - power adjustment system includes a first estimator, a second estimator, a purchasing power cost calculator, a controller, and a determiner - power purchasing cost calculator - shortfall in the first power estimated by the first estimator compared to the second power estimated by the second estimator, calculate a cost to be paid by the customer facility for receiving third power for compensating for the shortfall from the power grid - compare an amount of first money to be paid to the customer facility in accordance with the trade term” [abstract] “controller causes the power storage apparatus to the electric load when the cost to be paid to the customer facility” see Fig. 1-6, controller as control unit, power adjustment system, deal with trading device about supplying power to power grid from power supply apparatus of customer facility based on trade term obviously provides control unit creates the charging instruction and the power-sharing plan based on trading term).
Ozawa and Tokunaga are analogous arts from the same field of endeavor and contain overlapping structural and functional similarities and both contain sharing and balancing power between grid and renewable power generation.
Therefore, at the time the invention was made, it would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skill in the art to modify the above functionalities charging instruction and the power-sharing plan, as taught by Ozawa, and incorporating deal with trading device for supplying power to power grid from customer facility based on trade term, as taught by Tokunaga.
As to claim 2, the combination of Ozawa and Tokunaga disclose all the limitations of the base claims as outlined above.
The combination further discloses The power sharing system according to claim 1, wherein the computing unit calculates the predicted value from an amount of solar radiation described in weather prediction data, wherein the computing unit calculates the variation amount from a cloud amount described in weather prediction data, and wherein the computing unit corrects the predicted value based on the predicted value calculated from the amount of solar radiation and the variation amount calculated from the cloud amount (Ozawa [abstract] “server - acquire a predicted value of solar radiation at a prediction time at a point where the photovoltaic power generator installed; calculate a predicted value of power generated by the photovoltaic power generator at the prediction time by using the predicted value of solar radiation” [0027-93] “variable renewable energy source 15 power generation equipment whose power generation output varies depending on weather conditions - photovoltaic power generator 15A” [0002-16] “power generated by the photovoltaic power generator needs to be accurately predicted for accurate power balancing” see Fig. 1-7, server (as calculation unit), acquire predicted value of solar radiation of photovoltaic power generator and generation output varies depending on weather conditions, power receiving and transforming facility of MG for sharing surplus generation of generated power balancing resources obviously provides calculates the predicted value from an amount of solar radiation described in weather prediction data, wherein the computing unit calculates the variation amount from a cloud amount described in weather prediction data, and wherein the computing unit corrects the predicted value based on the predicted value calculated from the amount of solar radiation and the variation amount calculated from the cloud amount).
As to claim 3, the combination of Ozawa and Tokunaga disclose all the limitations of the base claims as outlined above.
The combination further discloses The power sharing system according to claim 1, wherein the computing unit calculates the predicted value from an amount of solar radiation described in weather prediction data, wherein the computing unit calculates the variation amount using at least any of an actual generated power of the photovoltaic power generation system or a measured value obtained by measuring the actual generated power at an output point of the photovoltaic power generation system, and wherein the computing unit corrects the predicted value based on the variation amount calculated from the predicted value calculated from the amount of solar radiation and the actual generated power or the measured value (Ozawa [abstract] “server - acquire a predicted value of solar radiation at a prediction time at a point where the photovoltaic power generator installed; calculate a predicted value of power generated by the photovoltaic power generator at the prediction time by using the predicted value of solar radiation” [0027-93] “variable renewable energy source 15 power generation equipment whose power generation output varies depending on weather conditions - photovoltaic power generator 15A” [0002-16] “power generated by the photovoltaic power generator needs to be accurately predicted for accurate power balancing” see Fig. 1-7, server (as calculation unit), acquire predicted value of solar radiation of photovoltaic power generator and generation output varies depending on weather conditions, power receiving and transforming facility of MG for sharing surplus generation of generated power balancing resources obviously provides the limitations).
As to claim 4, the combination of Ozawa and Tokunaga disclose all the limitations of the base claims as outlined above.
The combination further discloses The power sharing system according to claim 1, wherein the computing unit obtains voltage range data that describes a correspondence relation between an output voltage of a battery included in the electrified equipment and the allowed charging amount, and wherein the computing unit identifies the allowed charging amount by referencing the voltage range data using an actual measurement value of the output voltage (Ozawa [abstract] “server - acquire a predicted value of solar radiation at a prediction time at a point where the photovoltaic power generator installed; calculate a predicted value of power generated by the photovoltaic power generator at the prediction time by using the predicted value of solar radiation” [0027-93] “variable renewable energy source 15 power generation equipment whose power generation output varies depending on weather conditions - photovoltaic power generator 15A” [0002-16] “power generated by the photovoltaic power generator needs to be accurately predicted for accurate power balancing” see Fig. 1-7, server (as calculation unit), acquire predicted value of solar radiation of photovoltaic power generator and generation output varies (includes voltage variation) depending on weather conditions, power receiving and transforming facility of MG for sharing surplus generation of generated power balancing resources obviously provides the limitations).
As to claim 5, the combination of Ozawa and Tokunaga disclose all the limitations of the base claims as outlined above.
The combination further discloses The power sharing system according to claim 1, wherein the computing unit calculates the charging amount in the power transmission base by adding up the allowed charging amounts of one or more of the electrified equipment to be charged in the power transmission base (Ozawa [abstract] “server - acquire a predicted value of solar radiation at a prediction time at a point where the photovoltaic power generator installed; calculate a predicted value of power generated by the photovoltaic power generator at the prediction time by using the predicted value of solar radiation” [0027-93] “variable renewable energy source 15 power generation equipment whose power generation output varies depending on weather conditions - photovoltaic power generator 15A” [0002-16] “power generated by the photovoltaic power generator needs to be accurately predicted for accurate power balancing” see Fig. 1-7, server (as calculation unit), acquire predicted value of solar radiation of photovoltaic power generator and generation output varies depending on weather conditions, power receiving and transforming facility of MG for sharing surplus generation (additional amount) of generated power balancing resources obviously provides calculates the charging amount in the power transmission base by adding up the allowed charging amounts of one or more of the electrified equipment to be charged in the power transmission base).
As to claim 6, the combination of Ozawa and Tokunaga disclose all the limitations of the base claims as outlined above.
The combination further discloses The power sharing system according to claim 1, wherein the computing unit adjusts the predicted value downward so that an actual generated power of the photovoltaic power generation system may be higher than the predicted value based on the predicted value of the photovoltaic power generation system and the variation amount of the generated power of the photovoltaic power generation system (Ozawa [abstract] “server - acquire a predicted value of solar radiation at a prediction time at a point where the photovoltaic power generator installed; calculate a predicted value of power generated by the photovoltaic power generator at the prediction time by using the predicted value of solar radiation” [0027-93] “variable renewable energy source 15 power generation equipment whose power generation output varies depending on weather conditions - photovoltaic power generator 15A” [0002-16] “power generated by the photovoltaic power generator needs to be accurately predicted for accurate power balancing” see Fig. 1-7, server (as calculation unit), acquire predicted value of solar radiation of photovoltaic power generator and generation output varies (includes voltage variation) depending on weather conditions, power receiving and transforming facility of MG for sharing surplus generation of generated power balancing resources (as adjustment) obviously provides adjusts the predicted value downward so that an actual generated power of the photovoltaic power generation system may be higher than the predicted value based on the predicted value of the photovoltaic power generation system and the variation amount of the generated power of the photovoltaic power generation system).
As to claim 7, the combination of Ozawa and Tokunaga disclose all the limitations of the base claims as outlined above.
The combination further discloses The power sharing system according to claim 1, wherein the control unit obtains constraint condition data that describes an upper limit power to be output by a charger that charges the electrified equipment, and wherein the control unit sets an upper limit value of the charging instruction according to the upper limit power described in the constraint condition data (Tokunaga [0001-10] “power adjustment system - to make a deal with a trading device about supplying power to a power grid from a power supply apparatus of a customer facility in accordance with a trade term - power adjustment system includes a first estimator, a second estimator, a purchasing power cost calculator, a controller, and a determiner - power purchasing cost calculator - shortfall in the first power estimated by the first estimator compared to the second power estimated by the second estimator, calculate a cost to be paid by the customer facility for receiving third power for compensating for the shortfall from the power grid - compare an amount of first money to be paid to the customer facility in accordance with the trade term” [abstract] “controller causes the power storage apparatus to the electric load when the cost to be paid to the customer facility” see Fig. 1-6, controller (as control unit), power adjustment system, deal with trading device about supplying power to power grid from power supply apparatus of customer facility based on trade term obviously provides control unit obtains constraint condition data that describes an upper limit power to be output by a charger that charges the electrified equipment, and wherein the control unit sets an upper limit value of the charging instruction according to the upper limit power described in the constraint condition data).
As to claim 8, the combination of Ozawa and Tokunaga disclose all the limitations of the base claims as outlined above.
The combination further discloses The power sharing system according to claim 6, wherein the computing unit obtains a presented value of the allowed charging amount presented by a measuring instrument included in the electrified equipment, and wherein the computing unit further corrects the downward corrected predicted value downward when a difference derived by subtracting the presented value from the calculated value is equal to or larger than a threshold value (Ozawa [abstract] “server - acquire a predicted value of solar radiation at a prediction time at a point where the photovoltaic power generator installed; calculate a predicted value of power generated by the photovoltaic power generator at the prediction time by using the predicted value of solar radiation” [0027-93] “variable renewable energy source 15 power generation equipment whose power generation output varies depending on weather conditions - photovoltaic power generator 15A” [0002-16] “power generated by the photovoltaic power generator needs to be accurately predicted for accurate power balancing” see Fig. 1-7, server (as calculation unit), acquire predicted value of solar radiation of photovoltaic power generator and generation output varies depending on weather conditions, power receiving and transforming facility of MG for sharing surplus generation (based variable generation and sharing adjustment) of generated power balancing resources obviously provides computing unit obtains a presented value of the allowed charging amount presented by a measuring instrument included in the electrified equipment, and wherein the computing unit further corrects the downward corrected predicted value downward when a difference derived by subtracting the presented value from the calculated value is equal to or larger than a threshold value).
As to claim 9, the combination of Ozawa and Tokunaga disclose all the limitations of the base claims as outlined above.
The combination further discloses The power sharing system according to claim 1, wherein the computing unit obtains a time change of the allowed charging amount, and wherein the computing unit recorrects the predicted value so that the allowed charging amount having changed due to the time change can be filled with the surplus generated power (Ozawa [abstract] “server - acquire a predicted value of solar radiation at a prediction time at a point where the photovoltaic power generator installed; calculate a predicted value of power generated by the photovoltaic power generator at the prediction time by using the predicted value of solar radiation” [0027-93] “variable renewable energy source 15 power generation equipment whose power generation output varies depending on weather conditions - photovoltaic power generator 15A” [0002-16] “power generated by the photovoltaic power generator needs to be accurately predicted for accurate power balancing” see Fig. 1-7, server (as calculation unit), acquire predicted value of solar radiation of photovoltaic power generator and generation output varies (includes prediction time) depending on weather conditions, power receiving and transforming facility of MG for sharing surplus generation of generated power balancing resources obviously provides the limitations).
As to claim 10, the combination of Ozawa and Tokunaga disclose all the limitations of the base claims as outlined above.
The combination further discloses The power sharing system according to claim 1, wherein the control unit obtains constraint condition data that describes a minimum value of a ratio of power to be allotted to the electrified equipment with respect to the power generated by the photovoltaic power generation system, and wherein the control unit generates the charging instruction so as to allot a ratio of the power generated by the photovoltaic power generation system to the power to be charged to the electrified equipment, the ratio being higher than the minimum value (Tokunaga [0001-10] “power adjustment system - to make a deal with a trading device about supplying power to a power grid from a power supply apparatus of a customer facility in accordance with a trade term - power adjustment system includes a first estimator, a second estimator, a purchasing power cost calculator, a controller, and a determiner - power purchasing cost calculator - shortfall in the first power estimated by the first estimator compared to the second power estimated by the second estimator, calculate a cost to be paid by the customer facility for receiving third power for compensating for the shortfall from the power grid - compare an amount of first money to be paid to the customer facility in accordance with the trade term - obtain information about a forecasted weather - store the information obtained by the weather information receiver and a history of power generated by the photovoltaic power generation apparatus - create change patterns of power based on the history of power - estimate power to generated by the photovoltaic power generation apparatus during the interested period” [abstract] “controller causes the power storage apparatus to the electric load when the cost to be paid to the customer facility” see Fig. 1-6, forecasted weather, stored information, history of power generated by photovoltaic apparatus, power change patterns (as constraint condition data for variable power allotment), controller (as control unit), power adjustment system, deal with trading device about supplying power to power grid from power supply apparatus of customer facility based on trade term obviously provides control unit obtains constraint condition data that describes a minimum value of a ratio of power to be allotted to the electrified equipment with respect to the power generated by the photovoltaic power generation system, and wherein the control unit generates the charging instruction so as to allot a ratio of the power generated by the photovoltaic power generation system to the power to be charged to the electrified equipment, the ratio being higher than the minimum value).
As to claim 11, the combination of Ozawa and Tokunaga disclose all the limitations of the base claims as outlined above.
The combination further discloses The power sharing system according to claim 1, wherein the control unit indicates a charging rate for the electrified equipment in the charging instruction (Tokunaga [0001-10] “power adjustment system - to make a deal with a trading device about supplying power to a power grid from a power supply apparatus of a customer facility in accordance with a trade term - power adjustment system includes a first estimator, a second estimator, a purchasing power cost calculator, a controller, and a determiner - power purchasing cost calculator - shortfall in the first power estimated by the first estimator compared to the second power estimated by the second estimator, calculate a cost to be paid by the customer facility for receiving third power for compensating for the shortfall from the power grid - compare an amount of first money to be paid to the customer facility in accordance with the trade term” [abstract] “controller causes the power storage apparatus to the electric load when the cost to be paid to the customer facility” see Fig. 1-6, controller (as control unit), power adjustment system, deal with trading device about supplying power to power grid from power supply apparatus of customer facility based on trade term obviously provides control unit indicates a charging rate for the electrified equipment in the charging instruction).
As to claim 12, the combination of Ozawa and Tokunaga disclose all the limitations of the base claims as outlined above.
The combination further discloses The power sharing system according to claim 1, wherein the control unit updates the charging instruction more frequently than updating the power-sharing plan (Tokunaga [0001-10] “power adjustment system - to make a deal with a trading device about supplying power to a power grid from a power supply apparatus of a customer facility in accordance with a trade term - power adjustment system includes a first estimator, a second estimator, a purchasing power cost calculator, a controller, and a determiner - power purchasing cost calculator - shortfall in the first power estimated by the first estimator compared to the second power estimated by the second estimator, calculate a cost to be paid by the customer facility for receiving third power for compensating for the shortfall from the power grid - compare an amount of first money to be paid to the customer facility in accordance with the trade term” [abstract] “controller causes the power storage apparatus to the electric load when the cost to be paid to the customer facility” see Fig. 1-6, controller, power adjustment system, deal with trading device about supplying power to power grid from power supply apparatus of customer facility based on trade term obviously provides control unit indicates a charging rate for the electrified equipment in the charging instruction).
As to claim 13, the combination of Ozawa and Tokunaga disclose all the limitations of the base claims as outlined above.
The combination further discloses A power system including: a power sharing system according to claim 1; a prediction calculation unit that calculates the predicted value and the variation amount; and a battery management unit that calculates the allowed charging amount (Ozawa [0002-16] “management of power generated using a photovoltaic power generator - power balancing resources for a power network such as microgrid include a generator, a variable renewable energy source, an energy storage system, charging equipment, and a vehicle equipped with an energy storage device -power generated by the photovoltaic power generator needs to be accurately predicted for accurate power balancing” [abstract] “server - acquire a predicted value of solar radiation at a prediction time at a point where the photovoltaic power generator installed; calculate a predicted value of power generated by the photovoltaic power generator at the prediction time by using the predicted value of solar radiation” [0027-93] see Fig. 1-7, plurality of servers (as calculation units) acquire predicted value of solar radiation of photovoltaic power generator, calculate predicted value of power generated and power balancing resources of microgrid and variable renewable energy source for power balancing resources of MG include generator and variable renewable energy source obviously provides calculates the predicted value and the variation amount; and a battery management unit calculates the allowed charging amount).
As to claim 14, the combination of Ozawa and Tokunaga disclose all the limitations of the base claims as outlined above.
The combination further discloses The power system according to claim 13, wherein the power system is constituted by the power transmission base and the power receiving base, and wherein the photovoltaic power generation system is arranged in the power transmission base (Ozawa [0027-93] “power management system 100 includes CEMS 1, CEMS server 2, a power receiving and transforming facility 3, a power grid 4, and a power transmission and distribution operator server 5 - generator 14, a variable renewable energy source 15, an energy storage system (ESS) 16, electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) 17, and a vehicle 18 - power receiving and transforming facility 3 - interconnection point of the microgrid MG” [abstract] “server - acquire a predicted value of solar radiation at a prediction time at a point where the photovoltaic power generator installed; calculate a predicted value of power generated by the photovoltaic power generator at the prediction time by using the predicted value of solar radiation” [0002-16] see Fig. 1-7, variable renewable energy source, power receiving and transforming facility interconnection point of microgrid MG obviously provides power transmission and receiving base, and - photovoltaic power generation system is the power transmission base).
Citation of Pertinent Prior Art
It is noted that any citations to specific, pages, columns, lines, or figures in the prior art references and any interpretation of the reference should not be considered to be limiting in any way. A reference is relevant for all it contains and may be relied upon for all that it would have reasonably suggested to one having ordinary skill in the art. See MPEP 2141.02 VI. PRIOR ART MUST BE CONSIDERED IN ITS ENTIRETY, i.e., as a whole and 2123.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. The prior art made of record:
Morishima, et al. USPGPub No. 2025/0038535 A1 discloses a power management system for managing power supply and demand in a power grid including a plurality of power balancing resources.
Villanueva, et al. USPGPub No. 2016/0043552 A1 discloses a method for sharing power between various components of a distributed energy system directed to microgrids and receive power and information based on current and forecasted power needs.
Hoog, et al. USPGPub No. 2017/0180006 A1 discloses a method for sharing power in DC networks using virtual impedance frequency droop control by superimposing small alternating current (AC) voltage on DC voltage.
King, et al. USPGPub No. 2022/0121260 A1 discloses a system for managing distribution of electrical power to maintain balanced status of each account of plurality of accounts.
Baba, et al. USPGPub No. 2015/0207323 A1 discloses a power flow control system to control power flow in power network using management device.
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