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 the Claims
Claims 1-18 are currently pending.
Claim Interpretation
Examiner note: The plain meaning of the phrase “at least one of x, y, and z”, absent evidence to the contrary from the specification or prosecution history, is “at least one of x, and at least one of y, and at least one of z” (Superguide Corp. v. DirecTV Enterprises, Inc., 69 USPQ2d 1865 (Fed. Cir. 2004)). In this instance, Examiner notes that the specification is absent evidence to the contrary, and thus the claims in this application are being interpreted in this manner. If this is not how Applicant intended the claims to be interpreted, Examiner recommends amending the claims to use a more alternative language or format.
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 3-8 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 3, line 2, “the thermal image…” lacks antecedent basis.
In claim 3, line 3, “the first image sensor module” lacks antecedent basis.
In claim 3, line 3, “the real image” lacks antecedent basis.
In claim 3, lines 3-4, “the second image sensor module” lacks antecedent basis.
In claim 4, line 3, “the frame” lacks antecedent basis.
Note that claims 5-8 are rejected for inheriting these deficiencies and failing to correct.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1, 2, and 9-18 are allowed.
Conclusion
Claims 3-8 have no prior art rejections but are not allowable due to the 112(b) rejections as discussed above.
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure:
US 2009/0216775 (Ratliff et al.) discloses platform for real-time tracking and analysis;
US 10,058,076 (Han et al.) discloses method of monitoring infectious disease, system using the same, and recording medium for performing the same;
US 2022/0007614 (Jung) discloses a smart barn system and smart barn control method for detecting abnormal sign of livestock and tag attachable to livestock;
US 2016/0180060 (Nelson) discloses systems and methods for monitoring movement of diease field;
US 8,297,231 (Yanai et al.) discloses system and methods for health monitoring of anonymous animals in livestock groups.
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/KERRI L MCNALLY/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2686