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Double Patenting
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Current Application: 19/028396
US Patent: 11626748
A mobile computing device for providing cellular communication, comprising:
a display;
a battery;
a conductive pattern for wirelessly transmitting or receiving power;
a connector for transmitting or receiving power via a wire;
a communication module for communicating with another computing device;
a power management module electrically connected with the battery for managing power supplied to components of the mobile computing device including the connector and the conductive pattern;
a processor; and
a memory storing instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the mobile computing device to: supply, via control of the power management module, power from the battery to the conductive pattern to wirelessly transmit first power to a first external device, supply, via control of the power management module, power from the battery to the connector to transmit second power via the wire to a second external device for performing an on-the-go (OTG) function of the second external device, and
while the second external device is connected to the connector for the OTG connection, receive data from the second external device through the connector while transmitting the first and second power from the battery.
1.A mobile computing device for providing cellular communication, comprising:
a display;
a battery;
a conductive pattern for wirelessly transmitting or receiving power;
a connector for transmitting or receiving power via a wire;
a communication module for communicating with another computing device;
a power management module electrically connected with the battery for managing power supplied to components of the mobile computing device including the connector and the conductive pattern;
a processor; and
a memory storing instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the mobile computing device to: supply, via control of the power management module, power from the battery to the conductive pattern to wirelessly transmit first power to a first external device, supply, via control of the power management module, power from the battery to the connector to transmit second power via the wire to a second external device for performing an on-the-go (OTG) function of the second external device, display, on the display, first information and second information concurrently, based on the first power and the second power being concurrently transmitted, and
while the second external device is connected to the connector for the an OTG connection, receive data from the second external device through the connector while transmitting the first and second power from the battery,
wherein the first information indicates that the first power is being wirelessly transmitted to the first external device and the second information indicates that the second external device is connected to the mobile computing device to perform the OTG function, and wherein the power management module is further configured to: change a first voltage of a power output by the battery into a second voltage to generate the first power and the second power, the second voltage being higher than the first voltage, and supply the first power having the second voltage to the conductive pattern, and the second power having the second voltage to the connector.
Claim 1 is rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over claim 1 of U.S. Patent No. 11626748. Although the claims at issue are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because the scope of the examined claim 1 fully encompasses the scope of the patented claim 1 of US 11626748.
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, 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.
Claim(s) 1 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over US 2015/0194839 (Wojcik).
Regarding claim 1, Wojcik teaches a mobile computing device (Fig. 1-5 shows battery pack) for providing cellular communication (Fig. 1 shows battery pack 100 with cellular communication) [0037], comprising:
a display (Fig. 1 shows display elements 192) [0025, 0038];
a battery (Fig. 1-5 shows battery 150) [0025-26, 0074];
a conductive pattern (Fig. 5 shows coil 512) for wirelessly transmitting or receiving power (coil 512 wirelessly transmits power) [0066-69];
a connector (Fig. 3 shows device interface 382, 384 which are electromechanical connectors) [0035, 0044] for transmitting or receiving power via a wire (Fig. 2 shows cable 219) [0044];
a communication module (Fig. 1 shows wireless communication module 160) for communicating with another computing device (wireless communication module 160 enables wireless communication between battery pack 100 and one or more electronic devices) [0037];
a power management module (Fig. 1 shows switching circuitry 110 and control circuitry 170) electrically connected with the battery (Fig. 1 shows battery 150 electrically connected to switching circuitry 110) for managing power supplied to components of the mobile computing device (Fig. 1 shows battery pack 100) including the connector (electromechanical connectors connected to cable 219 as shown in Fig. 2) and the conductive pattern (coil 512) [0036, 0056];
a processor (Fig. 1 shows control circuitry 170); and
a memory storing instructions [0034, 0071], which when executed by the processor (Fig. 1 shows control circuitry 170), cause the mobile computing device (Fig. 1 shows battery pack 100) [0034] to:
supply, via control of the power management module (Fig. 1 shows switching circuity 110 and control circuitry 170), power from the battery (Fig. 1 shows battery 150) to the conductive pattern (Fig. 5 shows coil 512) to wirelessly transmit first power to a first external device (Fig. 5 shows coil 512 to transmit first power to a first external device) [0066-67],
supply, via control of the power management module (Fig. 1 shows switching circuitry 110 and control circuitry 170), power from the battery (Fig. 1 shows battery 150) to the connector (electromechanical connectors connected to cable 219 as shown in Fig. 2) to transmit second power via the wire (Fig. 2 shows cable 219) to a second external device for performing an on-the-go (OTG) function of the second external device (Fig. 2 shows cable 219 connected to external device 210).
However, Wojcik Fig. 1-5 does not teach while the second external device is connected to the connector for the OTG connection, receive data from the second external device through the connector while transmitting the first and second power from the battery.
However, Wojcik Fig. 14 teaches while the second external device is connected to the connector for the OTG connection (Fig. 14 shows computing device 1488 connected via OTG connection to charger 1440), receive data from the second external device through the connector while transmitting the first and second power from the battery (Fig. 14 shows charger 1440 to provide first power to the battery pack 1400 via wireless means and simultaneously provide second power to computing device 1488 via cable as shown in addition to data communications between battery pack 1400 and charger 1440) [0106-107].
It would have been obvious to one with ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to have while the second external device is connected to the connector for the OTG connection, receive data from the second external device through the connector while transmitting the first and second power from the battery as taught by Wojcik Fig. 14 embodiment in order to ensure simultaneous charging of various devices while also exchanging data thereby ensuring efficient power and data exchange.
Conclusion
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SWARNA N. CHOWDHURI
Examiner
Art Unit 2836
/S.N.C/Examiner, Art Unit 2836
/DANIEL CAVALLARI/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2836