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 .
This Office Action is in response to the Applicant’s communication filed on July 23, 2024. In virtue of this communication, claims 1-15 are currently presented in the instant application.
Priority
Receipt is acknowledged of certified copies of papers required by 37 CFR 1.55.
Information Disclosure Statement
The information disclosure statements (IDS) submitted on 07/23/2024 and 09/25/2024 are in compliance with the provisions of 37 CFR 1.97. Accordingly, the information disclosure statements are being considered by the examiner.
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, 6 and 11 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.
As claim 1, the recitation of “second data” in lines 13-14 renders claim indefinite since it is not clears whether the “second data” in lines 13-14 being the same or different with “second data” in lines 11-12 thereof.
As claim 6, the recitation of “second data” in line 24 renders claim indefinite since it is not clears whether the “second data” in line 24 being the same or different with “second data” in line 21 thereof.
As claim 11, the recitation of “second data” in line 18 renders claim indefinite since it is not clears whether the “second data” in line 18 being the same or different with “second data” in line 15 thereof.
Note: if they are the same, change “second data” in lines 13-14 to --the second data-- in claim 1 (claims 6 and 11 are corrected as well).
Claims 2-5, 7-10 and 12-15 are also rejected under 112 second paragraph as being dependent upon rejected claims 1, 6 and 11, respectively.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1-15 would be allowable if corrected to overcome the rejection set forth above.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
Prior art Liu et al. – US 2020/0295830
Prior art Chemel et al. – US 2020/0267810
Prior art Kurokawa – US 2018/0061344
Prior art Van de Sluis et al. – US 2016/0088707
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/TUNG X LE/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2844 October 31, 2025