CTNF 18/578,542 CTNF 79177 DETAILED ACTION Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status 07-03-aia AIA 15-10-aia The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA. Response to Amendment The amendments to the title and specification of the disclosure in the preliminary amendment filed 1/11/2024 are acknowledged and accepted. The amendments to Claims 1-8 in the preliminary amendment filed 1/11/2024 are acknowledged and accepted. Priority 02-26 AIA Receipt is acknowledged of certified copies of papers required by 37 CFR 1.55. Drawings The originally filed drawings were received on 1/11/2024. These drawings are objected to for the following reason(s) as set forth below. 06-22 AIA The drawings are objected to because of the following informalities: Figure 2- all of the text is too small to be readable. See 37 CFR 1.84(p) . Corrected drawing sheets in compliance with 37 CFR 1.121(d) are required in reply to the Office action to avoid abandonment of the application. Any amended replacement drawing sheet should include all of the figures appearing on the immediate prior version of the sheet, even if only one figure is being amended. The figure or figure number of an amended drawing should not be labeled as “amended.” If a drawing figure is to be canceled, the appropriate figure must be removed from the replacement sheet, and where necessary, the remaining figures must be renumbered and appropriate changes made to the brief description of the several views of the drawings for consistency. Additional replacement sheets may be necessary to show the renumbering of the remaining figures. Each drawing sheet submitted after the filing date of an application must be labeled in the top margin as either “Replacement Sheet” or “New Sheet” pursuant to 37 CFR 1.121(d). If the changes are not accepted by the examiner, the applicant will be notified and informed of any required corrective action in the next Office action. The objection to the drawings will not be held in abeyance. Specification 06-31 AIA The lengthy specification has not been checked to the extent necessary to determine the presence of all possible minor errors. Applicant’s cooperation is requested in correcting any errors of which applicant may become aware in the specification. Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112 07-30-02 AIA 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. 07-34-01 Claims 1-3, 5-8 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. Claim 1, line 13 recites the limitation ‘predetermined positions’. However, Claim 1, line 4 similarly recites the limitation ‘a predetermined position’. This appears to be problematic, since it is not clear whether the positions in line 13 refer to the position in line 4, or to a separate, unique position not previously recited. Correction is required. Claims 2-3 are dependent on Claim 1, and hence inherit the deficiencies of Claim 1. Claim 5, lines 5, 7, 10, and 10-11 all variously recite the limitation ‘the optical paths’ or ‘optical paths’. However, Claim 4, line 5 also similarly recites the limitation ‘optical paths’ (2 instances). This appears to be problematic, since it is not clear whether the paths in Claim 5 refer to the paths in Claim 4, or to separate, unique paths not previously recited. Correction is required. Claims 6-8 are dependent on Claim 5, and hence inherit the deficiencies of Claim 5. Allowable Subject Matter 12-151-07 AIA 07-97 12-51-07 Claim 4 is allowed. 07-43-01 AIA Claim 1 would be allowable if rewritten or amended 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. 07-43-02 AIA Claim s 2-3, 5-8 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. 13-03-01 AIA The following is a statement of reasons for the indication of allowable subject matter: Claim 1 is allowable over the cited art of record for at least the reason that the cited art of record fails to teach or reasonably suggest a method as generally set forth in Claim 1, the method including, in combination with the features recited in Claim 1, arranging the optical paths in a two-dimensional coordinate system by rotating the photosensitive material sample; deriving a path for reference light and a path for object light in such a manner as to record a second holographic interference pattern that realizes optical paths that are the same as the optical paths in the two-dimensional coordinate system, and emitting the reference light and the object light from predetermined positions, respectively, on the path for the reference light and the path for the object light, thereby recording the second holographic interference pattern. Claims 2-3 are dependent on Claim 1, and hence are allowable for at least the same reasons Claim 1 is allowable. Claim 4 is allowable over the cited art of record for at least the reason that the cited art of record fails to teach or reasonably suggest an apparatus as generally set forth in Claim 4, the apparatus including, in combination with the features recited in Claim 4, a photosensitive material fixation unit configured to fix a position of a photosensitive material for recording thereon of a second holographic interference pattern, the second holographic interference pattern realizing optical paths that are the same as optical paths realized by a first holographic interference pattern recorded on a photosensitive material sample; a stage unit to which the photosensitive material fixation unit, the reference light emission unit, and the object light emission unit are fixed at predetermined positions, respectively; and a computation unit configured to derive the predetermined positions, wherein apparatus is configured to record the second holographic interference pattern formed due to a phenomenon of interference between the reference light and the object light on the photosensitive material. Claims 5-8 are dependent on Claim 4, and hence are allowable for at least the same reasons Claim 4 is allowable . Conclusion 07-96 AIA The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. U.S. Patent Application Publication US 2015/0002840 A1 to Pettersson et al.- Angle measurement method for measuring an angle between two spatially separated elements in a multiplexed hologram. Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the examiner should be directed to ARNEL C LAVARIAS whose telephone number is (571)272-2315. The examiner can normally be reached M-F 10:30 AM-7 PM. Examiner interviews are available via telephone, in-person, and video conferencing using a USPTO supplied web-based collaboration tool. To schedule an interview, applicant is encouraged to use the USPTO Automated Interview Request (AIR) at http://www.uspto.gov/interviewpractice. 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