DETAILED ACTION
This Office Action is in response to the Applicant’s Communication filed on 09/05/2024. In virtue of the communication:
Claim 1 is pending in the instant application.
Acknowledgment is made of applicant's claim for foreign priority based on an application filed in MX/U/2023/000243 on 06/21/2023. It is noted, however, that applicant has not filed a certified copy of the foreign application as required by 37 CFR 1.55.
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.
Claim 1 is 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.
In claim 1, line 7, the limitation “itself” is not clear for what it is intended to be.
In claim 1, line 9, the limitation “a sunset and a sunrise times” is not clear because “sunset” and “sunrise” times are plural terms. It should be “sunset and sunrise times”.
Claim 1 recites the limitation “the geographical position” in lines 9-10. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim. The limitation “a geographical position” is not previously cited in claim 1.
Claim 1 recites the limitation “the light sensor” in line 14. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim. The limitation “a light sensor” is not previously cited in claim 1 (limitation “a light sensor” in last line of claim 1 should be relocated to before “a micro controller”).
Claim 1 recites the limitation “the on/off/attenuation functions” in line 17. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim. The limitation “on/off/attenuation functions” is not previously cited in claim 1 (“the” should be deleted before “on/off/attenuation functions”).
Claim 1 recites the limitation “the luminaire” in line 19. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim. This limitation should be changed to “each of the luminaires”.
Clarification is required.
Inquiry
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. Reference of Josefowicz (U.S. Pub. 2013/0057158 A1) is cited herewith.
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/JIMMY T VU/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2844