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 .
Claims 1 and 3-7 are pending.
Claim 2 is canceled.
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 Claim(s) 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 Claim(s) particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the applicant regards as his invention.
Claim(s) 7 is/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 pre-AIA the applicant regards as the invention.
Claim 7 recites limitation “... a detector configured to detect a motion performed to achieve a specific target... about a target motion ... about a result caused by the motion...”. It is unclear whether the limitation “the motion” refers to the first antecedent limitation “a motion performed to achieve a specific target” or to the second antecedent limitation “a target motion”, recited in the claim. “The motion” could be either “a motion performed to achieve a specific target” or “a target motion”. The ambiguity renders the claim indefinite.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1 and 3-6 are allowed.
Applicant’s amendment and argument filed on 12/1/2025 regarding claims 1 and 5-6 are persuasive.
Response to Arguments
Applicant's arguments filed on 12/1/2025 with respect to the 112b rejection to claim 7 have been fully considered but they are not persuasive. See the updated review comments for details.
Conclusion
THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37 CFR 1.136(a).
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Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2662 1/19/2026
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