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 .
This is a response to the amendment filed 7/8/2026. Claims 1-5, 7-8, 10-19 are pending and are under examination.
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 1-5, 7-8, 10-19 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.
In claim 1, the recitation of “oscillator circuit, to maintain such that the oscillating frequency of the oscillator circuit is maintained at a constant value in response to variations in the operating parameter” in the last 3 lines of the claim is indefinite because it appears to repeat the limitations in lines 10-13. Thus, the metes and bounds of the claim cannot be determined renders the claim indefinite.
Regarding claim 10, the recitation of “operating parameter comprises an instantaneous value of the supply voltage, an indication of changes in the supply voltage, or both” appears to be in contradictory to the limitations set forth in claim 1, lines 10-11 “the low- power wireless device and to change the configuration signal independent of a supply voltage during operation based on the operating parameter”. That is, claim 1 calls for configuration signal changes independently supply voltage based on the operating parameter. However, claim 10 calls for operating parameters is the supply voltage. Thus, the metes and bounds of claim cannot be determined renders the claim indefinite.
Claims 12 and 14 depend on the cancelled claim 9, thus, the metes and bounds of the claim cannot be determined renders the claims indefinite.
Claims 2-5, 7-8, 11, 13, 15-19 are also indefinite because of the technical deficiencies of claim 1.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1-5, 7-8, 10-19 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.
The following is a statement of reasons for the indication of allowable subject matter: Chung (US 2004/0036546), prior art of record, fails to teach or fairly suggest a configuration signal provided by control circuitry of the low-power wireless device; wherein the control circuitry is configured to sense an operating parameter of the low- power wireless device and to change the configuration signal independent of a supply voltage during operation based on the operating parameter, thereby causing a corresponding change in the low threshold and the high threshold that compensate a change in the oscillating frequency resulting from a change in the operating parameter as called for in claim 1.
Conclusion
Applicants’ 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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/TUAN T LAM/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2836 8/24/2026
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