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
This office action is a response to an application filed on 12/10/2024 in which claims 21-40 are pending and ready for examination.
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) 40 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Marcicki et al (hereinafter Marcicki) (US 2018/0053965 A1).
As to claim 40, Marcicki discloses a vehicle power system for providing motive power to a vehicle (see Fig 1), the vehicle power system comprising:
an engine (Fig 1, 108) for providing motive power to the vehicle, the engine comprising a combustion engine, an electric motor, or a combination of a combustion engine and an electric motor;
a plurality of batteries (Fig 2, 202) for providing electrical power to the engine, the plurality of batteries connected together to form a battery group having first and second terminals (Fig 2, positive and negative terminals);
a controller (Fig 2, 208) connected to the first and second terminals of the battery group, the controller configured to receive a battery parameter associated with the battery group through at least one of the first or second terminals and to adjust performance of at least one of the plurality of batteries based on the battery parameter (see Figs 2-5, 210, 212, 206, parags [0032-0034]); and
a power distribution device (Fig 1, 116) coupled between the plurality of batteries and the engine and configured to distribute electrical power from the plurality of batteries to the engine.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 21-39 are allowed.
The following is an examiner’s statement of reasons for allowance:
As to claim 21, the cited prior arts alone or in combination fail to disclose:
“an adaptor plate coupling the engine to a transmission of the vehicle and comprising a sensor, the sensor configured to determine an angular location of a motor shaft of the engine for a main control system to control electronic systems of the vehicle, the motor shaft couped to the transmission of the vehicle”.
As to claim 30, the cited prior arts alone or in combination fail to disclose:
“an adaptor plate coupling the electric motor to a transmission of the electrical vehicle and comprising a sensor, the sensor configured to determine an angular location of a motor shaft of the electric motor, the motor shaft couped to the transmission of the electric vehicle”.
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Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. US 2022/0227255 A1; US 2017/0120773 A1.
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/DUC M PHAM/Examiner, Art Unit 2836 January 7, 2026
/DANIEL CAVALLARI/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2836
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