DETAILED ACTION
The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
Claim status
Claims 1-10 and 12 are currently pending for examination.
Claim Objections
Claim 3 is objected to because of the following informalities: “an positioning protocol” in lines 2 and 3-4 should be “a positioning protocol”. Appropriate correction is required.
Claim 6 is objected to because of the following informalities: “the user equipment” in line 5 should be “the first user equipment”. Appropriate correction is required.
Claim 8 is objected to because of the following informalities “an positioning protocol” in lines 2 and 3 should be “a positioning protocol”. Appropriate correction is required.
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 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 1recite the limitation "the at least one positioning protocol transaction" in line 11. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claims.
Claim 6 recite the limitation "the at least one positioning protocol transaction" in line 14. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claims.
Claim 12 recite the limitation "the at least one positioning protocol transaction" in line 13. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claims.
Claims 2-5 depend on claim 1 and claims 7-10 depend on claim 6. Claims 2-5 and 7-10 are also indefinite because they depend on a base claim that is indefinite.
Allowable Subject Matter
6. Claims 1-10 and 12 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
7. The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to Applicant's disclosure: see PTO-892 Notice of Reference Cited.
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/MOHAMED BARAKAT/
Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2689