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 .
Application has canceled claims 10-12. Thus, application has pending claims 1-9 and 13-23.
Response to Arguments
Applicant's arguments filed 12/18/2025 have been fully considered but they are moot as the amendments now raise 112(b) issues which preclude the examiner from doing a reasonable prior art search. Please see the updated rejections in light of the amendments as detailed below.
As such, the action is made FINAL.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
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, 13, and 20 recite the limitation “each piece of textual content comprising…” in the extracting step. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this claim limitation in the claim. Pieces of textual content were not defined in the limitation, but rather the textual content itself. It is unclear as to what a “piece” of textual content is supposed to be. In addition, in the response to the request step, “matching pieces of textual content” is determined. It is unclear if the matching pieces correlate to the extracted pieces of textual content or if the matching textual content is retrieved from elsewhere. Appropriate correction is required.
Claims 1, 13, and 20 recite the limitation “the matching piece of textual content” in the newly amended ranking step. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim. It is unclear if “the matching piece of textual content” is corresponding to the matching pieces or if the piece is independent from the one or more pieces. Appropriate correction is required.
Claims 1, 13, and 20 recite the limitation “…for each matching piece of textual content,” in the presenting step. It is unclear if “each matching piece of textual content” is corresponding to the “one or more matching pieces of textual content” in the presenting step, ranking step, or a new matching piece of textual content. Appropriate correction is required.
Claims 1, 13, and 20 recite the limitation “…temporal location in the video content associated with the matching textual content” in the presenting step. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim. It is unclear if “the matching textual content” is corresponding to the “one or more matching pieces” of the presenting step, or if this matching textual content is a newly matched textual content.
Claims 1, 13, and 20 recite the limitation “…wherein the presenting further comprises presenting a contextual portion of the textual content”. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim. It is unclear whether “text textual content” is referring to the extracted plurality of textual content or the matching pieces of the textual context.
Examiner’s Comments
The Office has established the rejection under 35 112(b) with regard to claims 1-9 and 13-23. The scope of claims 1-9 and 13-23 cannot be determined because of the identified issues presented above. The numerous rejections to claims 1-9 and 13-23 under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) render applicant's claims as being incomprehensible as to preclude a reasonably detailed search of the prior art by the examiner. The examiner has attempted to identify all grounds for rejection under 35 U.S.C. 112(b). However, the number of issues with regard to claims 1-9 and 13-23 are tied together and related to one another that the scope of the claims cannot be ascertained. The examiner suggests that the applicant carefully review the claims in order to fix any and all issues that have and have not been highlighted by this office action.
Conclusion
THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37 CFR 1.136(a).
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/BRADLEY O FELIX/Examiner, Art Unit 2671
/VINCENT RUDOLPH/Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 2671