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 .
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the statutory basis (i.e., changing from AIA to pre-AIA ) for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status.
The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that form the basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
A person shall be entitled to a patent unless –
(a)(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use, on sale, or otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claim(s) 1-2 and 17-19 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Feinberg et al. US 2018/0210737.
Feinberg was cited to teach claims 1-2, 10 and 17-19 in the previous office action. The relevant teachings are hereby incorporated by reference to the extent applicable to the newly amended claims.
Regarding claim 1, Feinberg teaches a device, comprising: a processor; a memory communicatively coupled to the processor; and a power management logic, configured to: receive a power saving signal indicative of entering a power saving mode [0013—"When the hibernation process is triggered”]; identify a boot image [0013—"resume image”] comprising initial code required to launch an operating system [0029—" A mobile device or other digital device may also be programmed to boot Android and arrive at a resume image state in accordance with certain embodiments from a power-off state of both the processor and RAM devices to arrive at the resume image state with one or more open applications configured in accordance with data and/or data files captured within a resume image in accordance with certain embodiments.” In other words, data captured within the resume image (initial code) is responsible for booting (“launch”) Android (“operating system”)];
determine a memory location associated with the boot image [0013—"A resume image is generated based on the hibernation image. The resume image is stored to disk along with one or more hibernation parameters that are configured to guide Linux to specific memory locations of certain resume image data when the mobile device is powered-on later” and 0014] ;
shut down one or more components of the device based on the power saving signal to enter the power saving mode [0029—"a mobile device or other digital device may be programmed to hibernate in accordance with certain embodiments from a power-on state, running one or more open applications, to a power-off state cutting power to both its processor and its one or more RAM digital data storage devices.”] ;
receive a wake-up signal during the power saving mode; retrieve the boot image from the memory location based on the wake-up signal; and
rebooting the device by executing the boot image [0048—" A hibernation image or resume image in accordance with certain embodiments may be utilized for cold booting devices with large, mid-sized or small footprints.”].
Regarding claim 2, Feinberg teaches these claims according to the reasoning set forth in the previous office action.
Regarding claims 17-19, Feinberg teaches these claims according to the reasoning set forth in claims 1-2.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
A patent for a claimed invention may not be obtained, notwithstanding that the claimed invention is not identically disclosed as set forth in section 102, if the differences between the claimed invention and the prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole would have been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the claimed invention pertains. Patentability shall not be negated by the manner in which the invention was made.
Claim(s) 3-6 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Feinberg US 2018/0210737 in view of Lee et al US 2007/0192579.
Feinberg and Lee were cited to teach claims 3-6 in the previous office action. The relevant teachings are hereby incorporated by reference to the extent applicable to the newly amended claims.
Regarding claims 3-6 Feinberg teaches these claims according to the reasoning set forth in the previous office action.
Claim(s) 7-9 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Feinberg 2018/0210737 in view of Young US 2017/0308154.
Feinberg and Young were cited to teach claims 7-9 in the previous office action. The relevant teachings are hereby incorporated by reference to the extent applicable to the newly amended claims.
Regarding claims 7-9, Feinberg and Young teach these claims according to the reasoning set forth in the previous office action.
Claim(s) 10-12 and 20 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Feinberg US 2018/0210737 in view of Wikipedia "Wake-on-LAN" [cited by applicant as applied in the PCT Written
Opinion].
Feinberg and Wake-on-LAN were cited to teach claims 10-12 and 20 in the previous office action. The relevant teachings are hereby incorporated by reference to the extent applicable to the newly amended claims.
Response to Arguments
Applicant's arguments filed 4/28/26 have been fully considered but they are not persuasive. See updated mapping for newly amended limitations above.
Conclusion
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