DETAILED ACTION
The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
Claim Objections
Claims 1, 2, 9, and 10 are objected to because of the following informalities:
In claim 1, --the-- should be added before “detection” in line 10; and --the sample-- should be added after “heating” in line 12.
In claim 2, “:” should be deleted from line 2; --the-- should be added before “detection” in line 6; and --the sample-- should be added after “heating” in line 8.
In claims 9 and 10, “:” should be deleted from line 2.
Appropriate correction is required.
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 1-10 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.
In claim 1, it is not clear if the heating of the sample, as recited in line 9, is being performed by the periphery heater recited in line 4 or a heater other than the periphery heater.
In claim 2, it is not clear if the heater recited in line 3 is what is used to heat the sample, as recited in line 9 of base claim 1; and it is not clear if the series of control recited in lines 5-12 is performed in addition to the series of control recited in base claim 1 or if it describing the series of control recited in base claim 1.
Claims 3-10 are rejected for being dependent on a rejected base claim.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1-10 would be allowable if rewritten or amended to overcome the rejections under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), 2nd paragraph, and the objections set forth in this Office action.
The following is a statement of reasons for the indication of allowable subject matter:
The prior art of record does not disclose or suggest the following in combination with the remaining limitations of the claims:
A heating safety evaluator, wherein the series of control includes heating the sample, and
thereafter, upon detection of the self-heat generation by the sensor, bringing the sample into a pseudo-adiabatic state by heating with the periphery heater while making an attempt to cause the self-heat generation to cease by cooling the sample with the cooler, the pseudo-adiabatic state is a state in which a heat balance between the sample cooled with the cooler and the periphery of the sample is zero, and a temperature of the sample at which the self-heat generation does not cease during repetition of the series of control is evaluated as a critical temperature at which thermal runaway of the sample occurs even with cooling by the cooler (claim 1).
Conclusion
The references made of record and not relied upon by the examiner (CN119217979A to Yang et al [closest art] discloses testing for thermal runaway, KR102518856B1 to Choi disclosing testing for thermal runaway, U.S. Patent 12,113,182 to Kim et al disclosing thermal control of a battery, and GB2188163A to Chinery et al disclosing Peltier elements for thermal testing) are considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure, but do not disclose the allowable subject matter stated above.
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/MIRELLYS JAGAN/
Primary Examiner
Art Unit 2855
8/22/26
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