DETAILED ACTION
Applicant’s amendment filed 6/29/2026 has been fully considered.
Claims 1-20 have been examined.
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 .
Continued Examination Under 37 CFR 1.114
A request for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, including the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e), was filed in this application after final rejection. Since this application is eligible for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, and the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e) has been timely paid, the finality of the previous Office action has been withdrawn pursuant to 37 CFR 1.114.
Response to Amendment
The objections to the specification are withdrawn.
The rejection under 35 USC § 112 is withdrawn.
Applicant’s arguments with respect to the prior art have been fully considered and are persuasive. The prior art rejection has been withdrawn.
Claim Objections
Claim 10 is objected to because of the following informalities: “name sever”. Appropriate correction is required.
Claims 1-20 are objected to because each element or step of the claims are not separated by a line indentation. Each claim begins with a capital letter and ends with a period. Periods may not be used elsewhere in the claims except for abbreviations. See Fressola v. Manbeck, 36 USPQ2d 1211 (D.D.C. 1995). Where a claim sets forth a plurality of elements or steps, each element or step of the claim should be separated by a line indentation, 37 CFR 1.75(i).
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1-20 would be allowable once the objections are corrected.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure: the remaining references put forth on the PTO-892 form are directed to address translation according to policies.
Kassahun (20250133612) teaches existing client connections are maintained through the previous network SD-WAN tunnels and any new client connections are carried over the newly established network SD-WAN tunnels, which provide lower latency broadband connectivity relative to the tunnels established with the previous SD-WAN gateway. In some implementations, the method includes: maintaining, by the terminal, existing client TCP/IP connections on the SD-WAN tunnels established with the same SD-WAN gateway that handled the connections when the connections were initiated; and maintaining, by the terminal, new client TCP/IP connections over the SD-WAN tunnels established with the new closest SD-WAN gateway.
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