Specification
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
The amendment filed 1/27/2026 is objected to under 35 U.S.C. 132(a) because it introduces new matter into the disclosure. 35 U.S.C. 132(a) states that no amendment shall introduce new matter into the disclosure of the invention. The added material which is not supported by the original disclosure is as follows: Claims 8 and 14 recite the limitation “the hardware and/or software limitations being unrelated to model inference performance to support the AI/ML resources and/or the AI/ML functions”. The applicant’s original specification fails to disclose this feature, therefore the limitation “the hardware and/or software limitations being unrelated to model inference performance to support the AI/ML resources and/or the AI/ML functions” is considered new matter.
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Applicant is required to cancel the new matter in the reply to this Office Action.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
The following is a quotation of the first paragraph of 35 U.S.C. 112(a):
(a) IN GENERAL.—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 or joint inventor of carrying out the invention.
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 8 and 14 (and corresponding dependent claims) 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.
Claims 8 and 14 recite the limitation “the hardware and/or software limitations being unrelated to model inference performance to support the AI/ML resources and/or the AI/ML functions”. The applicant’s original specification fails to disclose this feature, therefore the limitation “the hardware and/or software limitations being unrelated to model inference performance to support the AI/ML resources and/or the AI/ML functions” is considered new matter.
Claims 8 and 14 recite the limitation “receive a first functionality configuration that includes a first plurality of AI/ML models, and a second functionality configuration that includes a second plurality of AI/ML models;”. The applicant’s original disclosure discloses sending to the UE a model configuration, the UE acts or doesn’t act on that model configuration, and then the network sends another model configuration. The added limitation “receive a first functionality configuration that includes a first plurality of AI/ML models, and a second functionality configuration that includes a second plurality of AI/ML models;” suggest that the UE is selects a model configuration it can select from several options. This is not stated in applicant’s specification. Therefore, the limitation “receive a first functionality configuration that includes a first plurality of AI/ML models, and a second functionality configuration that includes a second plurality of AI/ML models;” is considered new matter.
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 8 and 14 (and corresponding dependent) 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.
Claims 8 and 14 each recite the limitation ““the hardware and/or software limitations being unrelated to model inference performance to support the AI/ML resources and/or the AI/ML functions”. The term unrelated is unclear. Unrelated in defined “not related or linked”. The term “unrelated” is not in or defined in applicant’s specification, therefore it is not possible to determine the level of unrelatedness. Therefore, claims 8 and 14 (and corresponding dependent claims) are indefinite.
Conclusion
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