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 .
Continued Examination Under 37 CFR 1.114
A request for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, including the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e), was filed in this application after final rejection. Since this application is eligible for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, and the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e) has been timely paid, the finality of the previous Office action has been withdrawn pursuant to 37 CFR 1.114. Applicant's submission filed on 3/28/2022, has been entered.
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.
Claim 1-14 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 received information" in line 10. However, there is no mention of “the received information”, in the claim of receiving any information creating an antecedent issue.
A similar amendment to claim 8 at line 11, should be applied to overcome the antecedent.
Claim 2, line 1, recites, “the monitoring at least one of the …” Should it not recite -- the monitoring the at least one of the --
referred to in claim 1, to provide proper antecedent.
Claim 3, line 1, recites, “the monitoring at least one of the …” Should it not recite -- the monitoring the at least one of the --
referred to in claim 1, to have proper antecedent.
Claim 5, line 7, recites, “during cell discontinuous transmission …” Should it not recite -- during the cell discontinuous transmission --
to allow proper antecedent.
Claim 6, line 1-2, recites, “related to one or more …” Should it not recite
-- related to the one or more -- to overcome antecedent.
Claim 6, line 5, recites, “a persistent paging early indication…” suggest amend to recite
-- the persistent paging early indication -- to overcome antecedent.
Claim 8, recites the limitation "the received information" in line 11. However, there is no mention of “the received information”, in the claim of receiving any information create an antecedent issue.
Claim 9, line 1-2, recites, “the monitoring at least one of the …” Should it not recite
-- the monitoring the at least one of the --
referred to in claim 8, to provide proper antecedent.
Claim 13, line 2, recites, “to one or more paging …” Should it not recite
-- to the one or more paging -- to overcome antecedent.
Claim 13, line 5, recites, “at least one of a persistent …” Should it not recite
-- the at least one of the persistent -- to overcome antecedent.
Claim 14, line 4, recites, “a paging early indication or paging occasion …” Should be corrected to recite
-- the persistent paging early indication or paging occasion -- to overcome antecedent.
Claims 2-7 and 9-14 depend from claims 1 and 8 respectively and are rejected likewise.
Claim 1-14, 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.
Conclusion
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Primary Examiner,
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