DETAILED ACTION
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 on 1/7/2026 has been entered. Claims 1, 5, 17 and 21-29 remain pending in the application. Applicant’s amendments to drawing and Claims have overcome each and every objection and 112(b) rejections previously set forth in the Non-Final Office Action mailed on 1/7/2026.
Response to Arguments
Applicant’s arguments on pages 6-7 with respect to claims 1, 17 and 26 have been considered but are moot upon a further consideration and a new ground of rejection made under 35 USC 112(b). Claims 5, 21-25, 27-29 are rejected because of the dependency on claims 1, 17 and 26.
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, 17 and 26 recite the limitations " … estimate, based on the network KPI data and using the trained machine learning model, …”. However, there are two trained machine learning models within the claims, such as the first trained machine learning model and the second trained machine learning model, and it is not clear if the limitation ‘the trained machine learning model’ indicates the first trained machine learning model or the second trained machine learning model, thereby renders the scope of the claims unascertainable and indefinite. The Appropriate correction is required.
Claims 1, 17 and 26 focuses on estimating a network experience score and a network experience grade for at least one mobile application using trained machine learning models and KPI (Key Performance Indicator). However, Claims 1, 17 and 26 fails to present the limitation of practical application of estimated network experience score and network experience grade so that it is not clear how merely estimating a network experience score and a network experience grade improves the technology of the computer networking environment. Appropriate correction is required.
Conclusion
Applicant's amendment necessitated the new ground(s) of rejection presented in this Office action. Accordingly, THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. See MPEP § 706.07(a). Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37 CFR 1.136(a).
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/CHONG G KIM/Examiner, Art Unit 2443
/NICHOLAS R TAYLOR/Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 2443