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 .
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Response to Amendment
Withdrawn Rejections
The 35 U.S.C. 103 rejection of claims 1-2, 4-6, 8-14, 24, 26 over Feng, as evidenced by Nakai as the primary combination of references, is withdrawn due to Applicant’s amendment and arguments in the response filed on March 24, 2026.
New Rejections
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
The text of those sections of Title 35, U.S. Code not included in this action can be found in a prior Office action.
Claims 1-2, 5-6, 8-15, 24, 26-28 are rejected under 35 U.S 112(b) as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter for which the inventor or joint inventor, regards as the invention.
In claim 1, it is unclear whether the term “may” means “capable of” or “optionally”, and whether the term “instance” means “case”. In any event, it is unclear what is required and what is not.
Claims 2, 5-6, 8-15, 24, 26-28 depend on and include all the subject matter of claim 1, but fail to provide any solutions to the indefinite issues described above.
Clarification and/or amendment, accompanied by relevant citation(s) from the specification are required.
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/Sophie Hon/
Sow-Fun Hon
Primary Examiner, Art Unit 1782
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