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 .
DETAILED ACTION
Claim Objections
Claims 1, 2, 9, 10, and 15 are objected to because of the following informalities: regarding claim 1, the phrases “user-query inputs” in lines 9-10 and “first user query input” in line 19 should apparently be “user-query input” and “first user-query input” respectively. Claims 2, 9, 10 and 15 are objected for the same reasons as discussed above with respect to claim 1. Appropriate correction is required.
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 1-20 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 pre-AIA the applicant regards as the invention.
Claim 1 recites the limitation “the state” in line 21. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim. Claims 9, 16 and 17 are rejected for the same reasons as discussed above with respect to claim 1. Since claims 2-8, 10-16 and 18-20 are dependent claims, these claims are also rejected.
Claim 2 recites the limitation “the intent identification software module” in lines 2-3. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim. Claims 10 and 17 are rejected for the same reasons as discussed above with respect to claim 2.
Claim 8 recites the limitation “the historic system state buffer” in line 1. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 14 recites the limitation “the generated negated intent” in line 2. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 17 recites the limitations “the one or more AI productivity tool-enablable software applications” in lines 13-14, “the state of the information handing system” in lines 21-22. There are insufficient antecedent basis for this limitations in the claim.
Claim 18 recites the limitations “the system state capture software application” in lines 2-3, “the information handling” in line 7. There are insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 19 recites the limitation “the oldest of the plurality of negated intents” in line 8. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 20 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 pre-AIA the applicant regards as the invention.
Claim 20 recites the phrase “the capability intent actions” in line 5 is indefinite. There are two different “a plurality of capability intent actions” in the claims 17 and 19. It is not clear which one is being referred by the phrase.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1-20 are allowed after overcoming the claim objections and claims rejection under 35 U.S.C. 112(b).
Conclusion
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/MD S ELAHEE/MD SHAFIUL ALAM ELAHEE
Primary Examiner,
Art Unit 2694
March 9, 2026