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 .
Continued Examination Under 37 CFR 1.114
A request for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, including the fee set
forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e), was filed in this application after final rejection. Since this
application is eligible for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, and the fee set
forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e) has been timely paid, the finality of the previous Office action
has been withdrawn pursuant to 37 CFR 1.114. Applicant's submission filed on
10/29/2025 has been entered.
Response to Amendment
The office action is responding to the arguments filed on 10/29/2025. Claims 1-20 are pending.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
The following is a quotation of the first paragraph of 35 U.S.C. 112(a):
(a) IN GENERAL.—The specification shall contain a written description of the invention, and of the manner and process of making and using it, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make and use the same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor or joint inventor of carrying out the invention.
The following is a quotation of the first paragraph of pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112:
The specification shall contain a written description of the invention, and of the manner and process of making and using it, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make and use the same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor of carrying out his invention.
Claims 1, 10, 18 rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(a) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), first
paragraph, as failing to comply with the written description requirement. The claim(s)
contains subject matter which was not described in the specification in such a way as to
reasonably convey to one skilled in the relevant art that the inventor or a joint inventor,
or for applications subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, the inventor(s), at the time the
application was filed, had possession of the claimed invention. The added limitation in
the amended claims 1,10,18 “wherein the data related to the host performance boost mode includes an indication of validity of the physical address based on a comparison between the physical address and data corresponding to the physical address in the buffer” does not have sufficient support in the specification. The specification discloses mapped data in the HPB sub-area in the host performance booster 701 is valid or not in paragraph [0051] for Fig 8, it also discloses whether mapped data in host performance booster is valid or not but not based on a comparison between the physical address and data corresponding to the physical address in the buffer. Claim 1,10 and 18 are therefore rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), first paragraph as failing to comply with the written description requirement. Dependent claims 2-9, 11-17 and 19-20 are rejected based on their dependency on rejected claims 1,10 and 18.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1,10 and 18 would be allowable if the 112(a) rejection set forth above is
overcome.
Examiner has conducted update search and given considerations to applicants
arguments and/or requests. The prior art does not teach “after restoration of the data related to the host performance boost mode to the first memory area, send the data related to the host performance boost mode to the host, wherein the data related to the host performance boost mode includes an indication of validity of the physical address based on a comparison between the physical address and data corresponding to the physical address in the buffer” - limitations of claim 1,10 and 18.
LEE et al. (US 20230142174 A1) in view of Agarwal et al. (US 11698751 B2) do
teach host memory buffer with performance boost mode in power saving operation and exiting the power saving mode by transitioning power state mode, but do not teach after restoration of the data in power transition which is related to the host performance boost mode, send the data related to the host performance boost mode to the host, wherein the data related to the host performance boost mode includes an indication of validity of the physical address based on a comparison between the physical address and data corresponding to the physical address in the buffer.
Response to Arguments
Applicant’s arguments are directed to the rejection set forth in the 10/29/25 office
action. Since then, applicants have amended claims 1,10 and 18. However, in the
current action, Claim(s) 1,10 and 18 have been rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(a)
as failing to comply with the written description requirement. Claims 1,10 and 18 would
be allowed if the 35 USC 112(a) rejection is overcome.
Conclusion
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/S.K.C./Examiner, Art Unit 2132
/HOSAIN T ALAM/Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 2132