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 § 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 1-11, 14, and 17-24 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 recites the limitation "the target object" in line 14 and “the second edit information” in line 18. There is insufficient antecedent basis for each of these limitations in the claim.
Claims 2-8 depend on claim 1 thus inheriting the rejected features.
Further, claim 7 recites “a target object” in line 1, and “the target object” inline 3. It is not clear “the target object” in line 3 refers to the target object in line 1 or “the target object” previously recited in claim 1.
Claim 9 recites, “the first multimedia data” in lines 2-3, “the editing template” in line 3, “the video editing track” in line 8, “the target object” in line 12, “the second edit information” in lines 16-17, and “the target display position” in line 19. There is insufficient antecedent basis for each of these limitations in the claim.
Claims 10-11 depend on claim 9 thus inheriting the rejected features.
Claim 14 recites “the video editing track” in line 11, “the target object” in line 18, “the second edit information” in line 22. There is insufficient antecedent basis for each of these limitations in the claim.
Claims 17-23 depend on claim 14 thus inheriting the rejected features.
Further, claim 22 recites “a target object” in lines 1-2, and “the target object” inline 3. It is not clear “the target object” in line 3 refers to the target object in lines 1-2 or “the target object” previously recited in claim 14.
Claim 24 is rejected for the same reason as discussed in claim 9 above.
Conclusion
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/HUNG Q DANG/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2484
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