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 .
Priority
Receipt is acknowledged of certified copies of papers required by 37 CFR 1.55.
Claim 18 has been canceled.
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.
Claims 1-17 and 19-21 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 applications subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, the inventor(s), at the time the application was filed, had possession of the claimed invention.
In the indep claims 1, 19 and 20, the following appears inconsistent with what is described in the specification:
Please see bolded recitation as it is awkwardly written and thus appears inconsistent with the specification:
For claim 1:
1. (Original) A battery backup control method, comprising: acquiring a current backup state of a battery in a case of (detecting that a power supply unit is in non-redundant power supply,?) wherein backup states comprise a cold backup state and a hot backup state; maintaining the hot backup state when the current backup state is the hot backup state; sending a discharge enable signal to the battery when the current backup state is the cold backup state; and controlling the current backup state of the battery to update to the hot backup state from the cold backup state according to the discharge enable signal.
For claims 19 and 20:
19. (Currently Amended)_A server, comprising: a memory, configured to store a computer program; and a processor, configured to implement, when executing the computer program, implements operations comprising: acquiring a current backup state of a battery in a case of detecting that a power supply unit is in non-redundant power supply, wherein backup states comprise a cold backup state and a hot backup state; maintaining the hot backup state when the current backup state is the hot backup state; sending a discharge enable signal to the battery when the current backup state is the cold backup state; and controlling the current backup state of the battery to update to the hot backup state from the cold backup state according to the discharge enable signal
20. (Currently Amended) A non-volatile readable storage medium, having a computer program stored therein, wherein the computer program, when executed by a processor, implements operations comprising acquiring a current backup state of a battery in a case of detecting that a power supply unit is in non-redundant power supply, wherein backup states comprise a cold backup state and a hot backup state; maintaining the hot backup state when the current backup state is the hot backup state; sending a discharge enable signal to the battery when the current backup state is the cold backup state; and controlling the current backup state of the battery to update to the hot backup state from the cold backup state according to the discharge enable signal.
The dependent claims 2-17 and 21 are indefinite too because of this.
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The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112(b):
(b) CONCLUSION.—The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor regards as the invention.
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph:
The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the applicant regards as his invention.
Claims 1-17 and 19-21 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor (or for applications subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, the applicant), regards as the invention.
The following bolded recitation(s) are awkwardly written:
For example, how does updating to hot backup state get determined? Is that when full backup is achieved?
For claim 1:
1. (Original) A battery backup control method, comprising: acquiring a current backup state of a battery in a case of detecting that a power supply unit is in non-redundant power supply, wherein backup states comprise a cold backup state and a hot backup state; maintaining the hot backup state when the current backup state is the hot backup state; sending a discharge enable signal to the battery when the current backup state is the cold backup state; and controlling the current backup state of the battery to update to the hot backup state from the cold backup state according to the discharge enable signal.
For claims 19 and 20:
19. (Currently Amended)_A server, comprising: a memory, configured to store a computer program; and a processor, configured to implement, when executing the computer program, implements operations comprising: acquiring a current backup state of a battery in a case of detecting that a power supply unit is in non-redundant power supply, wherein backup states comprise a cold backup state and a hot backup state; maintaining the hot backup state when the current backup state is the hot backup state; sending a discharge enable signal to the battery when the current backup state is the cold backup state; and controlling the current backup state of the battery to update to the hot backup state from the cold backup state according to the discharge enable signal
20. (Currently Amended) A non-volatile readable storage medium, having a computer program stored therein, wherein the computer program, when executed by a processor, implements operations comprising acquiring a current backup state of a battery in a case of detecting that a power supply unit is in non-redundant power supply, wherein backup states comprise a cold backup state and a hot backup state; maintaining the hot backup state when the current backup state is the hot backup state; sending a discharge enable signal to the battery when the current backup state is the cold backup state; and controlling the current backup state of the battery to update to the hot backup state from the cold backup state according to the discharge enable signal.
The dependent claims 2-17 and 21 are thus indefinite too.
Allowable Subject Matter
The examiner could not find fair suggestion for the claims as best understood, in light of the 112 issues, once those are cleared an update search will be done and /or an interview may be needed. The claims 1-17 and 19-21 would then be in condition for allowance if no further changes are required.
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ARNOLD M. KINKEAD
Primary Examiner
Art Unit 2849
/ARNOLD M KINKEAD/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2849