DETAILED ACTION
Remarks
This final office action is in response to the amendments filled on 04/08/2026. Claims 1 and 5 are amended. Claims 4 and 8 are canceled. Claims 1-3, 5-7, 9 and 10 are pending and examined below.
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 .
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
The following is a quotation of the first paragraph of 35 U.S.C. 112(a):
(a) IN GENERAL.—The specification shall contain a written description of the invention, and of the manner and process of making and using it, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make and use the same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor or joint inventor of carrying out the invention.
The following is a quotation of the first paragraph of pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112:
The specification shall contain a written description of the invention, and of the manner and process of making and using it, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make and use the same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor of carrying out his invention.
Claim(s) 1-3, 5-7, 9 and 10 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(a) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), first paragraph, as failing to comply with the written description requirement. The claim(s) contains subject matter which was not described in the specification in such a way as to reasonably convey to one skilled in the relevant art that the inventor or a joint inventor, or for pre-AIA the inventor(s), at the time the application was filed, had possession of the claimed invention.
Regarding claim 1, which recites “a static load value” line 5 the specification lacks written description. The submitted specification does not describe static load value of the tire data is obtained for data fitting. [0022] and [0058] of PGPub of submitted specification describe load value of the whole vehicle is obtained from the static load parameter. The submitted specification describe data sets include radial stiffness modulus of the tire, the static load parameter, and the actual tire pressure value. The submitted specification does not describe that the data sets include “static load value”. See at least [0047], where “The first calculation unit is configured to obtain a static load of the tire through fitting based on a radial stiffness modulus of the tire, the static load parameter, and the actual tire pressure value.”.
Regarding claim 1 (and similarly claim 5), which recites “a static load value” and “a static load parameter”, submitted specification does not clarify the difference between static load and static load parameter. Argument submitted on 04/07/2026 describe “static load parameter” is a directly measured physical quantity whereas the “the static load value” is a force value. The submitted specification lacks the written description of static load value and static load parameter.
Also recites “first fixed function” and “second fixed function” the specification lacks written description. [0048] of PGPub of submitted specification describe first calculation formula. [0049] of PGPub of submitted specification describe second calculation formula. However, the submitted specification does not describe “first fixed function” and “second fixed function”.
Also recites “static load value of the tire” line 5 the specification lacks written description. [0058] of PGPub of submitted specification describe load value of whole vehicle.
Dependent claim(s) 2, 3, 6, 7, 9 and 10 is/are also rejected because they do not resolve their parent deficiencies.
Response to Arguments
Applicant’s arguments with respect to claim 1-3, 5-7, 9 and 10 have been considered but are moot because the arguments do not apply to the current rejection that is due to the newly added claim amendments.
Conclusion
Applicant's amendment necessitated the new ground(s) of rejection presented in this Office action. Accordingly, THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. See MPEP § 706.07(a). Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37 CFR 1.136(a).
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/SOHANA TANJU KHAYER/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3657
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