CTNF 18/755,405 CTNF 86652 Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status 07-03-aia AIA 15-10-aia The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA. DETAILED ACTION Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112 07-30-02 AIA 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. 07-34-01 Claims 1-25 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. Regarding claim 1, the claim language comprises several ambiguities which render the claim indefinite: The limitation “receive a change request of an access point serving as a connection destination from an access point” appears to indicate that an access point is receiving a change request from an access point. It is unclear whether the first instance of “access point” is receiving from another access point or from itself. In the latter case, it is unclear how an access point receives a request from itself. The limitation “set processing based on the change request from the access point to enabled or disabled” does not render clear from which of the two previous instances of “an access point” is being enabled or disabled. The limitation “in response to the processing being set to disabled, perform control such that a connection to a connected access point is disconnected, the disconnected access point is notified of information indicating that the electronic apparatus does not support the change request, and a reconnection to the disconnected access point is established” identifies a third access point (i.e., a connected access point). It is unclear to what the connected access point is connected – the first instance of “an access point” or the second instance of “an access point” or the electronic apparatus. Further the claim indicates that there is notification that the electronic device does not support the change request; however, the change request is for an access point. This renders the claim unclear as to whether the electronic device is part of “an access point” or whether the electronic device is a distinct entity. In the latter case, it is unclear what is intended by the electronic device not supporting the change request when the change is performed by an access point. Similar rationale applies to independent claims 21-25. Claims 2-20 are similarly rejected due to their dependence upon claim 1. The Examiner notes that given the number of ambiguities present within the claims, the Examiner is unable to properly identity the scope of the claims in their current presentation. 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