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 Claim
This action is in reply to the office action received on 23 of December 2025.
Claims 1, 2, 10, 11, 19, and 20 have been amended.
Claims 1-20 are currently pending and are allowed as described below.
Allowable Subject Matter
None of the cited art documented by the Examiner, taken individually or in combination, discloses or suggests the features in claims 1, 10, and 19 nor could a person skilled in the art easily conceive of such features even in the light of common technical knowledge at the time of filing. Most notably, “wherein the connector is configured to obtain the updated first transaction data during a first time period and obtain update information related to the updated first transaction data during a second time period, and perform data synchronization check based on the updated first transaction data and the update information, wherein the first time period is shorter than the second time period". Therefore, pending claims 1-20 are therefore distinguished from the prior arts cited by the Examiner.
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.
Claims 2, 11, and 20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor regards as the invention.
Claims 2, 11, and 20 disclose “a long-connection communication channel with a local service end” rendering the claim indefinite since it is unclear whether the applicant is referring to the same long-connection channel and local service end or a second long-connection channel and local service end distinct from the long-connection channel and local service end already introduced into the claim language in Claims 1, 10, and 19.
Dependent claims 3-9 and 12-18 do not cure this deficiency and are rejected for the same reasons as stated above with respect to claims 2, 11, and 20.
Conclusion
Applicant's amendment necessitated the new ground(s) of rejection presented in this Office action. Accordingly, THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. See MPEP § 706.07(a). Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37 CFR 1.136(a).
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/MATHEUS RIBEIRO STIVALETTI/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3623 02/13/2026