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 .
Information Disclosure Statement
The information disclosure statement (IDS) submitted on 07/12/2025 is in compliance with the provisions of 37 CFR 1.97. Accordingly, the information disclosure statement has been considered by the examiner.
Claim Objections
Claim 16 is objected to because of the following informalities: in line 2, “providing and interrogation device” should read “providing an interrogation device.” Appropriate correction is required.
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 16-19 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.
Regarding claim 16, it is unclear as to what component or element is performing the recited method. To be more specific, it is unclear as to what component or element is performing the method steps of “providing an interrogation device…”, “providing a portable power detection device (PDD)…”, and “providing one or more processors.”
Regarding claims 17-19, the claims are rejected for depending on claim 16.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1-15 are allowed.
The following is a statement of reasons for the indication of allowable subject matter:
Applicant’s independent claims recite he system comprising: one or more processors configured to isolate the uplink bandwidth of the mobile communication terminal from the downlink bandwidth of the interrogation device (imitating a base station of the wireless communication network) by: configuring the interrogation device to remove a downlink bandwidth, to the wireless communication terminal, from an end of the original bandwidth to create a narrowed downlink bandwidth; calculating an uplink bandwidth at the end of the original bandwidth to be less than the downlink bandwidth removed from the original bandwidth; and reconfiguring the mobile communication terminal to uplink to the interrogation device on the calculated uplink bandwidth at the end of the original bandwidth (as disclosed in Paragraphs [35]-[40] of applicant’s specification, filed 02/25/2024), which is neither taught nor suggested by the prior art.
Claims 16-19 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.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
Haverty (US 2010/0304706 A1) discloses identifying and tracking wireless devices, as well as reducing power consumption.
Nelkenbaum (US 2012/0086555 A1) discloses an interrogation device that imitates a base station for communicating with a terminal. Barlev (US 2017/0111836 A1) discloses an interrogation device that mimics the behavior of a base station or phone for exchange of communication.
Goldfarb et al. (US 2018/0109940 A1) discloses a global interrogation device and local interrogation devices that imitate a cellular base station and provides cellular coverage.
Eichen (US 2021/0058146 A1) discloses interrogating a UE to ascertain dynamic network information.
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/BAILOR C HSU/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2461