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 .
Response to Amendment
Applicant's submission filed on 17 June 2026 has been entered. Claims 1, 3, 4, 6, 10 and 11 have been amended. Claims 2 and 5 have been canceled. Claims 12-14 have been newly added. Claims 1, 3, 4 and 6-14 are currently pending and have been considered below.
Response to Arguments
Applicant’s arguments, see pages 8-10 of the Remarks, filed 17 June 2026, with respect to claims 1,3, 4 and 6-14 have been fully considered and are persuasive. The 35 U.S.C. §103 rejection of claims 1, 3, 4 and 6-14 has been withdrawn.
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, 3, 4 and 6-14 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 bounding box" in line 8 of the claim. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 1 recites the limitation "the type of the target" in line 8 of the claim. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 1 recites the limitation "a bounding box" in line 18 of the claim. It is unclear if the “bounding box” in line 18 is the same or different “bounding box” as recited in line 8 of claim 1. If the “bounding box” of line 18 is the same as the “bounding box” of line 8, the limitation should recite, “the bounding box.”.
Claim 1 recites the limitation "a type of the target" in line 20 of the claim. It is unclear if the “type of the target” in line 20 is the same or different “type of the target” as recited in line 8 of claim 1. If the “type of the target” of line 20 is the same as the “type of the target” of line 8, the limitation should recite, “the type of the target.”
Claim 7 recites the limitation "a third network" in line 2 of the claim. It is unclear if this is the same or different “third network” as recited in claim 1.
Claim 7 recites the limitation "a bounding box" in line 3 of the claim. It is unclear if this is the same or different “bounding box” as recited in claim 1.
Claim 7 recites the limitation "a fourth network" in in line 4 of the claim. It is unclear if this is the same or different “fourth network” as recited in claim 1.
Claim 7 recites the limitation "a type of the detection target" in in lines 4-5 of the claim. It is unclear if this is the same or different “type of the detection target” as recited in claim 1.
Claim 8 recites the limitation "a shot image of a target of detection" in in line 3 of the claim. It is unclear if this is the same or different “a shot image of a target of detection” as recited in claim 1.
Claim 9 recites the limitation "a bounding box" in in line 3 of the claim. It is unclear if this is the same or different “bounding box” as recited in claim 1.
Claims 10 and 11 are rejected for the same reasons as above for claim 1.
Claims 3, 4 ,6 and 12-14 are rejected for being dependent on a rejected base claim.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1, 3, 4 and 6-14 would be allowable if the 35 U.S.C. §112(b) rejections were overcome.
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).
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/TRACY MANGIALASCHI/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2668
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