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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 allowance or after an Office action under Ex Parte Quayle, 25 USPQ 74, 453 O.G. 213 (Comm'r Pat. 1935). 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, prosecution in this application has been reopened pursuant to 37 CFR 1.114. Applicant's submission filed on 07/10/2026 has been entered.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
The following is a quotation of the first paragraph of 35 U.S.C. 112(a):
(a) IN GENERAL.—The specification shall contain a written description of the invention, and of the manner and process of making and using it, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make and use the same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor or joint inventor of carrying out the invention.
The following is a quotation of the first paragraph of pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112:
The specification shall contain a written description of the invention, and of the manner and process of making and using it, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make and use the same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor of carrying out his invention.
Claims 1-20 rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(a) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), first paragraph, as failing to comply with the written description requirement. The claim(s) contains subject matter which was not described in the specification in such a way as to reasonably convey to one skilled in the relevant art that the inventor or a joint inventor, or for applications subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, the inventor(s), at the time the application was filed, had possession of the claimed invention.
Regarding claim 1, the original filed application does not disclose “an indication that the network slice is rejected in a first tracking area (TA) of a registration area; upon a cell change to a second cell of a second TA, sending, by the wireless device to the AMF and based on the indication, a second registration request message requesting the network slice”
Regarding claim 2-11, they are rejected because thy depend directly or indirectly from claim 1 and claim 1 is rejected.
Regarding claim 12, the original filed application does not disclose “an indication that the network slice is rejected in a first tracking area (TA) of a registration area; upon a cell change to a second cell of a second TA, send to the AMF and based on the indication, a second registration request message requesting the network slice”
Regarding claim 13-19, they are rejected because thy depend directly or indirectly from claim 12 and claim 12 is rejected.
Regarding claim 20, the original filed application does not disclose “an indication that the network slice is rejected in a first tracking area (TA) of a registration area; upon a cell change to a second cell of a second TA, send to the AMF and based on the indication, a second registration request message requesting the network slice”
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 8-11 and 16-19 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.
Regarding claim 8, claim 8 recites in line 3 “a cell”, it is indefinite if this cell is the same cell recited in claim 1 line 10.
Regarding claim 8, claim 8 recites in line 4 “the cell”, it is indefinite if this cell is the same cell recited in claim 1 line 10 or the cell of claim 8 line 3.
Regarding claim 9, claim 9 is rejected because depend directly from claim 8 and claim 8 is rejected.
Regarding claim 10, claim 10 recites in line 2 “a third message”, but claim 1 doesn’t disclose a first and a second message. It is indefinite if this third message is a “registration request message” (see claim 1 line 3) or a registration accept message (see claim 1 line 4) or the third message of claim 9 or a different type of message.
Regarding claim 10, claim 10 recites in line 7 “a fourth message”, It is indefinite if this fourth message is a “registration request message” (see claim 1 line 3) or a registration accept message (see claim 1 line 4) or a different type of message.
Regarding claim 11, claim 11 recites in line 2 “a third message”, but claim 1 doesn’t disclose a first and a second message. It is indefinite if this third message is a “registration request message” (see claim 1 line 3) or a registration accept message (see claim 1 line 4) or the third message of claim 9 or a different type of message.
Regarding claim 16, claim 16 recites in line 5 “a cell”, it is indefinite if this cell is the same cell recited in claim 12 line 12.
Regarding claim 16, claim 16 recites in line 6 “the cell”, it is indefinite if this cell is the same cell recited in claim 12 line 12 or the cell of claim 16 line 5.
Regarding claim 17, claim 17 is rejected because depend directly from claim 16 and claim 16 is rejected.
Regarding claim 18, claim 18 recites in line 4 “a third message”, but claim 12 doesn’t disclose a first and a second message. It is indefinite if this third message is a “registration request message” (see claim 12 line 6) or a registration accept message (see claim 12 line 7) or the third message of claim 17 or a different type of message.
Regarding claim 18, claim 18 recites in line 9 “a fourth message”, It is indefinite if this fourth message is a “registration request message” (see claim 12 line 6) or a registration accept message (see claim 12 line 7) or a different type of message.
Regarding claim 18, claim 18 recites in line 10 “a fifth message”, It is indefinite if this fifth message is a “registration request message” (see claim 12 line 6) or a registration accept message (see claim 12 line 7) or a different type of message.
Regarding claim 19, claim 18 recites in line 4 “a third message”, but claim 12 doesn’t disclose a first and a second message. It is indefinite if this third message is a “registration request message” (see claim 12 line 6) or a registration accept message (see claim 12 line 7) or the third message of claim 17 or a different type of message.
Conclusion
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/JUAN A TORRES/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2634
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