DETAILED ACTION
Response to Amendment
This Office Action is in response to Applicants Amendment filed on April 7, 2026. Claim 14 has been canceled. Claims 1-13 and 15-18 are pending and presented for examination.
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 Objections
Claim 1 is objected to because of the following informalities: the word “and” should be removed the second limitation in the claims. Appropriate correction is required.
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 15-18 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.
Claim 1 recites the limitation "the baby" in line 3. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 1 recites the limitation "the monitor" in line 7. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 1 recites the limitation "the remote units" in line 9. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 2 recites the limitation "the baby monitor" in line 3. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 6 recites the limitation "the corresponding remote user" in line 3. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 6 recites the limitation "the monitor unit" in line 3. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 9 recites the limitation "the monitor unit" in line 2. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 10 recites the limitation "the monitor unit" in line 2. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 12 recites the limitation "the baby monitor unit" in line 3. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 15 recites the limitation "the monitor unit" in line 3. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 16 recites the limitation "the monitor unit" in line 3. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 17 recites the limitation "the monitor unit" in line 2. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 18 recites the limitation "the monitor unit" in line 2. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Note: Claims 1-13 and 15-18 would be considered allowable if the claim objection and 112 rejections are overcome.
Conclusion
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/LASHONDA JACOBS-BURTON/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2457
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June 24, 2026
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