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 .
Claims 1-17 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.
In claim 1 lines 9-10, 12,-14, “ the other communication apparatus” has no antecedent basis. Similar problem exists in claims 2,3,6,7,13,14,15,and 16.
Claims 1-17 would be allowable if rewritten 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 and to include all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
Claim 18 is allowed.
For claim 18, the prior art fails to teach a combination of a first communication apparatus configured to wirelessly communicate using a cellular communication scheme and to wirelessly communicate using a first communication scheme different from the cellular communication scheme; a second communication apparatus configured to wirelessly communicate with the first communication apparatus using the first communication scheme; and a terminal apparatus configured to wirelessly communicate with the second communication apparatus using the first communication scheme, wherein the first communication apparatus transmits a wireless connection request to the second communication apparatus in a first communication mode, the second communication apparatus maintains a connection to the terminal apparatus even when receiving the wireless connection request, and the first communication mode is a communication mode in which the first communication apparatus is a slave device with respect to the second communication apparatus being an access point, communication through the cellular communication scheme and communication through the first communication scheme are relayed by the first communication apparatus, and a wireless service is provided to the terminal apparatus via the second communication apparatus.
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
.Ye et al. (2016/0270073) and Asakura ( 2016/0011830) are all cited to show systems which are considered pertinent to the claimed invention.
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