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 .
DETAILED ACTION
This Office Action is in response to an AMENDMENT entered on September 2, 2026 for patent application 18/572,171 filed on December 19, 2023.
Claims 1, 2, 4-15, 18, 19 and 21-23 are pending.
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, 2, 4-15, 18, 19 and 21-23 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.
Claims 1, 18 and 19 recites the limitation “the specified material” in lines 6, 9 and 7, respectively. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claims.
Focusing on claim 1, the claim language has previously stated “obtaining an editing record file of a target video, wherein the target video is a video obtained by synthesizing specified materials into an initial video through an editing operation (emphasis added by Examiner).”
The language then goes on to state “identifying the one of the specified materials with the publishing license identifier as a target material.”
That is, there is a first mention of the plural “specified materials,” but then the claim recites both a singular “the specified material” and a plural “the specified materials.”
First, this makes it unclear if “the specified material” is referring back to “specified materials,” as one is singular and one is plural. Second, this makes it unclear if “the specified material” is meant to be the same or different from “the specified materials.”
Because of this confusion, the claims are indefinite. Appropriate correction is required.
Response to Arguments
Applicant’s arguments with respect to all claims have been considered but are moot because the new ground of rejection does not rely on any reference applied in the prior rejection of record for any teaching or matter specifically challenged in the argument.
Conclusion
Claims 1, 2, 4-15, 18, 19 and 21-23 are rejected.
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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/Joshua D Taylor/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2426 September 29, 2026
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