Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
1. The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
Priority
2. Acknowledgment is made of applicant’s claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. 119 (a)-(d). The certified copy has been filed in parent Application No. CN202411844360.X, filed on 12/13/24.
Information Disclosure Statement
3. The information disclosure statement (IDS) submitted on 1/23/25, 8/25/25 is in compliance with the provisions of 37 CFR 1.97. Accordingly, the information disclosure statement has been considered by the examiner.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 101
4. 35 U.S.C. 101 reads as follows:
Whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent therefor, subject to the conditions and requirements of this title.
5. Claims 1-11 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101 because the claimed invention is directed to an Abstract idea without significantly more.
6. Regarding claim 1, the claim recites “calculating a remaining state of charge of the battery in the charging process based on a Coulomb integration method, a given battery capacity of the battery, and the charging current until the battery enters a float charging mode, generating a first curve of the charging voltage versus the remaining state of charge and a second curve of the charging current versus the remaining state of charge based on the remaining state of charge and the charging voltage and the charging current corresponding thereto, and calculating a present state of charge of the battery with the Coulomb integration method; measuring a first present resting open-circuit voltage of the battery after resting the battery; finding from the first curve a findable charging voltage corresponding to the present state of charge, finding from the second curve a findable charging current corresponding to the present state of charge, and recording a voltage difference between the findable charging voltage and the first present resting open-circuit voltage and the findable charging current; calculating a first charging voltage based on the present state of charge, the first present resting open-circuit voltage, the voltage difference, and the findable charging current and finding from the first curve a first findable state of charge corresponding to the first charging i voltage; and determining whether the first findable state of charge is less than the present state of charge to determine a first resting state of charge of the battery: when the first findable state of charge is less than the present state of charge, subtracting a constant state of charge from the present state of charge to generate and output the first resting state of charge, wherein the constant state of charge is greater than 0% and the constant state of charge is less than or equal to 1%” which is directed to an abstract idea of data collection, data processing and mathematical algorithmic function. The claim recites mathematical algorithm which is part of software instructions carried out using a generic processor or computer.
This judicial exception is not integrated into a practical application because the limitation of outputting the present state of charge is considered post solution activity. Generic computer functions are described, generally linking the judicial exception to a particular technology (battery SOC).
The claim(s) does/do not include additional elements that are sufficient to amount to significantly more than the judicial exception because the limitation of charging a battery (using a charger) and a processor are considered well-known, routine and conventional in the field of art (see prior arts of record: CN 109245229, Figures 1-5, provided in the IDS; US 2016/0084910, Figures 1-5; TW 202248873, Figures 1-11, Abstract, provided in the IDS).
7. Claims 2-11 are also rejected as they further limit claim 1.
Note: no prior art rejection is made at the moment.
Pertinent Prior Art
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
Inoue Takeshi (WO 2024154422), Figures 1-5, Abstract teaches a battery deterioration determination method and device, the steps of charging the battery, acquiring data, estimating SOC and so on is taught.
Conclusion
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/NEEL D SHAH/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2858
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