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 .
Status of Claims
The following is Office Action on the merits in response to the communication received on 11/18/25.
Claim status:
Amended claims: 1, 8, and 15
Canceled claims: none
Added New claims: None
Pending claims: 1-20
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 101
The Applicant’s arguments and amendments overcome the 101 Rejections, therefore, the Rejection(s) are moot.
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 1-7 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 request" in line 4. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim. Claims 2-7 depend from Claim 1 and are rejected for these reasons.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 8-20 are allowed.
Response to Arguments
Applicant’s arguments, see pages 8-11, filed 11/18/25, with respect to the Rejections under 35 U.S.C. 101 have been fully considered and are persuasive. The Rejections under 35 U.S.C. 101 of Claims 1-20 have been withdrawn.
Conclusion
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/M.H./Examiner, Art Unit 3694
/BENNETT M SIGMOND/Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 3694