Systems and Methods for Assembling Remote Members of an Online Gaming Environment for a Group Interaction

Application No. 18/766,372

• Filed: Jul 08, 2024
• Priority: Jan 25, 2022 — continuation of 11/436,690
  • Jul 15, 2022 — continuation of 11/593,895
  • Dec 21, 2022 — continuation of 11/741,554
  • Jul 13, 2023 — continuation of 12/056,776
• Examiner: COX, NATISHA D
• Art Unit: 2458
• Tech Center: 2400 — Computer Networks
• Assignee: Turion Corporation
• OA Round: 1 (Non-Final)

Office Action

DETAILED ACTION
This action is responsive to the communication filed on 07/08/2024.
Claims 1-20 are pending.

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 and 10 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 accepted group" in line 17. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 10 recites the limitation "the accepted group" in line 24. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.

Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1-20 would be allowable if rewritten to overcome the rejection(s) under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), 2nd paragraph, set forth in this Office action and to include all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.

Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant’s disclosure. See form 892.
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/NATISHA D COX/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2458

Prosecution Timeline

• Jul 08, 2024: Application Filed
• May 06, 2026: Non-Final Rejection mailed — §112 (current)