DETAILED ACTION
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 § 102
In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the statutory basis (i.e., changing from AIA to pre-AIA ) for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status.
(a)(2) the claimed invention was described in a patent issued under section 151, or in an application for patent published or deemed published under section 122(b), in which the patent or application, as the case may be, names another inventor and was effectively filed before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claim(s) 1-9 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by PARK et al. US20230261696.
CLAIMS 1,7
PARK et al. discloses a device and method for performing authentication in wireless power transmission system wherein he discloses: a power receiving apparatus comprising:
a receiving unit configured to receive a digital ping from a power transmission apparatus (claim 1, a pink phase);
a transmission unit configured to transmit, after receiving the digital ping, a packet (claim 1, configuration packet)
indicating configuration information of the power receiving apparatus, the configuration
information including information indicating whether authentication functionality is supported by
the power receiving apparatus (claim 1, authentication function);
a negotiation unit configured to negotiate with a power transmission apparatus after
receiving an acknowledgment for the packet from the power transmission apparatus (claim 1, negotiation phase); and
an authentication unit configured to perform processing of authentication in a case where the
power transmission apparatus supports the authentication (claim 1, authentication request).
Claims 2,3,8
PARK et al. discloses: The power receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the authentication unit transmits, in the processing of the authentication, a packet of GET_CERTIFICATE defined in WPC (Wireless Power Consortium) standard to the power transmission apparatus.
[0330] Thereafter, in order to obtain a certificate chain of the wireless power transmitting device, the wireless power receiving device transmits GET_CERTIFICATE to the wireless power transmitting device (S1810). Here, the GET_CERTIFICATE may be set by an offset and a length. The GET_CERTIFICATE is used for reading a segment of a target certificate chain.
CLAIMS 4,9
PARK et al. discloses: The power receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the digital ping is a ping to wake up the power receiving apparatus.
The digital pink is inherently is a wakeup call since the packet indicating configuration is sent to the transmitter indicating the receiver is ready to receive power.
CLAIM 5
PARK et al. discloses: The power receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein information indicating whether the authentication functionality is supported is stored in bit 6 of bank 2 of a configuration packet defined in WPC (Wireless Power Consortium) standard.
[0275] The certificate type is configured with, for example, 6 bits, may represent that the corresponding certificate is any one of a root certificate/intermediate certificate/leaf certificate, represent a certificate of the wireless power transmitting device or a certificate of the wireless power receiving device, and represent all of two information.
CLAIM 6
PARK et al. discloses: The power receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein information indicating that the authentication functionality is supported is "1", and the information indicating that the authentication functionality is not supported is "0".
[0012] In another aspect, the target device may be a wireless power receiving device, the first packet may be a configuration packet of the wireless power receiving device, and the indication information may be configured with 1 bit and may indicate support or non-support of an authentication function of the wireless power receiving device.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the statutory basis (i.e., changing from AIA to pre-AIA ) for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status.
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) 10 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over PARK et al. US 20230261696.
CLAIM 10
PARK et al. discloses a method comprising: receive a digital ping from a power transmission apparatus; transmitting, after receiving the digital ping, a packet indicating configuration information of the power receiving apparatus, the configuration information indicating whether authentication functionality is supported by the power receiving apparatus; negotiating with a power transmission apparatus after receiving an acknowledgment for the packet from the power transmission apparatus; and performing processing of authentication in a case where the power transmission apparatus supports the authentication.
PARK et al. does not disclose a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute the above method.
PARK et al. discloses the claimed invention except for programing a computer to execute the above method. It would have been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art at the time the invention was made to automate the invention, since it has been held that broadly providing a mechanical or automatic means to replace manual activity which has accomplished the same result involves only routine skill in the art. In re Venner, 120 USPQ 192.
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January 30, 2026
/ROBERT L DEBERADINIS/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2836