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 .
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 101
Claim 15-20 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101 because the claimed invention is directed to non-statutory subject matter. The claim is directed towards “computer – readable medium”. Specifically, 0072, of the specification discloses “The computer-readable storage medium may be any usable medium that can be accessed by a computer, or a data storage device, for example, a server or a data center in which one or more usable media are integrated. The usable medium may be a magnetic medium (for example, a floppy disk, a hard disk, or a magnetic tape), an optical medium (for example, a digital versatile disc (DVD)), or a semiconductor medium. The semiconductor medium may be a solid-state drive. " is directed towards the memory. Computer readable media can encompass non-statutory transitory forms of signal transmission, such as, a propagating electrical or electromagnetic signal per se. Examiner, therefore, has interpreted claims as encompassing non- statutory subject matter until the applicant corrects the claim as “non – transitory machine- readable medium”
Response to Arguments
Applicant's arguments filed on 1/12/2025 have been fully considered but they are not persuasive because amendment invokes 101 non-statutory subject matter with inclusion of computer readable medium. See 101 rejection above.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claim 1-14 allowed.
The following is a statement of reasons for the indication of allowable subject matter:
The following is an examiner’s statement of reasons for allowance:
Nam et al [ 20100110097] teaches a light source apparatus comprises a light source module including a plurality of light-emitting blocks, a delay modeling part performing modeling of the propagation delay amount through a local-dimming driver to synchronize a driving signal applied to the light-emitting block with a first reference clock which is a clock signal of the driving signal applied to a LCD panel, a phase controller setting up a phase compensation amount to make the sum of the propagation delay amount and the phase compensation amount be an integral multiple of the period of the first reference clock, and generating a second reference clock by delaying the phase of the first reference clock by the phase compensation amount and the local-dimming driver driving the light-emitting block to be synchronized with the first reference clock based on the second reference clock and the dimming levels determined by analyzing an image data signal from outside.
Al-Stouhi [10168418] teaches an operable connection for computer communication between a first vehicle and a second vehicle using a vehicular communication network. For example, as discussed with FIG. 2 in detail, a communication link 158 is established between the first vehicle 106 and the second vehicle 108. At block 404, the method 400 includes, receiving a global time signal. For example, as discussed in detail with FIG. 2, the processor 134 of the first vehicle 106 can receive a global time signal from the global positioning source 141, and the processor 152 of the second vehicle 108 can receive a global time signal from the global positioning source 141. Further, at block 406, the local clocks of each vehicle are synchronized with the global time signal. For example, as discussed in detail with FIG. 2, the processor 134 can synchronize a local clock signal (e.g., of the local clock 132) with the global time signal, and the processor 152 synchronize a local clock signal (e.g., of the local clock 156) with the global time signal. Accordingly, each vehicle is synchronized according to the same common time base and can actuate sensors and/or transmit sensor data based on the same common time base.
Prior art or record neither individually nor in combination teach:
obtaining a current driving status of the intelligent driving device;
determining whether the current driving status is a driving status in which time synchronization processing needs to be performed on a local clock of the domain controller; and
performing, when the current driving status is the driving status in which time synchronization processing needs to be performed, time synchronization processing on the local clock based on the first-time information.
Any comments considered necessary by applicant must be submitted no later than the payment of the issue fee and, to avoid processing delays, should preferably accompany the issue fee. Such submissions should be clearly labeled “Comments on Statement of Reasons for Allowance.”
Conclusion
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).
A shortened statutory period for reply to this final action is set to expire THREE MONTHS from the mailing date of this action. In the event a first reply is filed within TWO MONTHS of the mailing date of this final action and the advisory action is not mailed until after the end of the THREE-MONTH shortened statutory period, then the shortened statutory period will expire on the date the advisory action is mailed, and any nonprovisional extension fee (37 CFR 1.17(a)) pursuant to 37 CFR 1.136(a) will be calculated from the mailing date of the advisory action. In no event, however, will the statutory period for reply expire later than SIX MONTHS from the mailing date of this final action.
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/KESHAB R PANDEY/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2176
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