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 .
Response to Amendment
In response to the amendment filed 5/26/2026, claims 1, 11,16, 18, and 20 have been amended.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
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 1-20 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.
The newly amended claim language includes a limitation to maintain continuity of a session for the position detection previously performed by the portable device. Applicant points to [0080] of the specification as support.
Examiner cannot though find support for the claimed “continuity”, and therefore it is unclear as to the scope of that terminology, and the scope of “maintaining” this “continuity”. The examiner asks the applicant to clarify the meaning of these terms, in light of the original specification. The examiner finds numerous instances in the spec of an “active state”, and switching between an idle state and active state. The examiner asks if “continuity” is referring to this active state in the specification. Though even if “continuity” equates to an active state, the examiner still struggles to ascertain the scope of the claimed “maintaining”. It is suggested that the applicant use consistent terminology between the spec and claims to avoid any potential concerns about the scope of claim terminology and its support in original disclosure.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1-20 are rejected above under 35 usc 112, but appear to contain allowable subject matter if rewritten to overcome those 35 usc 112 rejections.
The following is a statement of reasons for the indication of allowable subject matter: the prior art does not teach or suggest the combination of claim limitations to detect a first event corresponding to a handover of the position detection from the portable electronic device to a second external electronic device while the first UWB communication is performed, and based on the first event, stop the position detection through the first UWB communication channel, and transmit communication information to the second external electronic device using the second wireless communication circuit, wherein the communication information comprises network address information of the plurality of first external electronic devices, a session identifier (ID) for the position detection, and information on a period of data communication for the position detection, so as to enable the second external electronic device to perform a second UWB communication with the plurality of first external electronic devices while continuing a session for the position detection previously performed by the portable electronic device.
Conclusion
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/MATTHEW D. ANDERSON/Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 2646
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