DETAILED ACTION
This action is in response to the application filed on 4/3/2023.
Claims 1-15 are pending in this application.
The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
Specification
The abstract of the disclosure is objected to because the last two sentences state purported merits of the invention and should be deleted. Correction is required. See MPEP §608.01(b).
The specification is objected to as failing to provide proper antecedent basis for the claimed subject matter. See 37 CFR 1.75(d)(1) and MPEP § 608.01(o). Correction of the following is required: claim 11 (“non-transitory computer readable medium comprising a central processing unit; and memory”) is not supported.
Claim Objections
Claims 2, 7, and 12 are objected to because of the following informalities:
Claim 2 at line 2, the first occurrence of acronym “OS” should be spelled out. Claims 7 and 12 have a similar issue.
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 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, and 10-15 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 2 recites “tuning TCC attributes” at line 1, but it is unclear whether it refers to “(TCC) attributes” in line 3 of claim 1 or “TCC attributes” in line 1 of claim 2. The limitation has been interpreted as being --the TCC attributes-- in line 1 of claim 2 for the purpose of compact prosecution. However, appropriate correction is required. Claims 3, 7, 8, 12, and 13 have a similar issue.
Claim 3 recites the limitation "the operating system". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim. Similar claims 8 and 13 have the same issue.
Claim 5 recites “identifying the updated values for the TCC attributes,” which is unclear since previously “retrieving update values of the TCC attributes” is recited rather than identifying updated values for the TCC attributes (as in claims 1, 6 and 11). The limitation has been interpreted as --wherein retrieving the updated values-- for the purpose of compact prosecution. However, appropriate correction is required. Claims 10 and 15 have a similar issue.
Claim 11 recites “A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising: a central processing unit (CPU); and a memory, accessible to the CPU”, but it is unclear how a non-transitory computer readable medium can have a CPU and a memory. The limitation has been interpreted as “A non-transitory computer readable medium including processor- executable instructions that, when executed by a central processing unit (CPU), cause the system to perform operations”. for the purpose of compact prosecution. However, appropriate correction is required.
Dependent claim 14 does not overcome the deficiency of the base claims and, therefore, is rejected for the same reasons as the base claim.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, and 12-15 would be allowable if rewritten to overcome the rejection(s) under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), 2nd paragraph, set forth in this Office action and to include all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
Claim 11 would be allowable if rewritten or amended to overcome the rejection(s) under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), 2nd paragraph, set forth in this Office action.
Claims 1, 4, 6, and 9 are allowed.
The following is an examiner’s statement of reasons for allowance:
The closest prior arts as cited does not teach or suggest, either solely or in combination, the claimed limitations.
Chen et al. (US 20230229453 A1) discloses systems and methods for generating, distributing, and using performance mode BIOS configurations.
Nasim et al. (US 20230099455 A1) discloses techniques that provide users with the ability to persistently adjust settings for boot-time features (BTF) of a computing device.
However, the combination of Chen and Nasim does not specifically disclose “generating a runtime TCC attributes map based on the current and updated values of the TCC attributes; creating device-specific, time coordinated firmware objects for one or more devices based on the runtime TCC attributes map and tuning TCC attributes of the one or more devices based on the device-specific time coordinated firmware objects,” in combination with the other elements recited, which is not found in the prior art of record.
Any comments considered necessary by applicant must be submitted no later than the payment of the issue fee and, to avoid processing delays, should preferably accompany the issue fee. Such submissions should be clearly labeled “Comments on Statement of Reasons for Allowance.”
Conclusion
Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the examiner should be directed to CHENECA SMITH whose telephone number is (571)270-1651. The examiner can normally be reached Mon-Fri 8:00AM-4:30PM EST.
Examiner interviews are available via telephone, in-person, and video conferencing using a USPTO supplied web-based collaboration tool. To schedule an interview, applicant is encouraged to use the USPTO Automated Interview Request (AIR) at http://www.uspto.gov/interviewpractice.
If attempts to reach the examiner by telephone are unsuccessful, the examiner’s supervisor, Hyung S Sough can be reached at 571-272-6799. The fax phone number for the organization where this application or proceeding is assigned is 571-273-8300.
Information regarding the status of published or unpublished applications may be obtained from Patent Center. Unpublished application information in Patent Center is available to registered users. To file and manage patent submissions in Patent Center, visit: https://patentcenter.uspto.gov. Visit https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/patent-center for more information about Patent Center and https://www.uspto.gov/patents/docx for information about filing in DOCX format. For additional questions, contact the Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 866-217-9197 (toll-free). If you would like assistance from a USPTO Customer Service Representative, call 800-786-9199 (IN USA OR CANADA) or 571-272-1000.
/CHENECA SMITH/Examiner, Art Unit 2192
/S. Sough/SPE, Art Unit 2192