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 Objections
Claims 15, 17 and 22 are objected to because of the following informalities: Regarding claim 15, Applicant is requested to spell full words for acronym PAPR.
Regarding claim 17, since claims 3-4, 8-10, 12-14 and 16 are canceled, the recitation of claim 17 should be changed to “The system of any of claims 1-2, 5-7, 11, and 15” instead of “1-16”. The same remark applies to claim 22.
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 1-2, 5-7, 11, 15, 20-21 and 31 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 communication device” at line 7. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Allowable subject matter
5. Claims 25-27 and 32, 36-37 are allowed.
6. Claims 2, 5-7, 11, 20-21 and 31 are rejected based on its dependency, would be allowable if claim 1 rewritten or amended 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.
7. Claims 15, 17 and 22 are rejected based on its dependency, would be allowable if rewritten or amended to overcome the objection(s), set forth in this Office action, and if claim 1 rewritten or amended to overcome the rejection(s) under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), 2nd paragraph.
Conclusion
8. The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. Henry (US 2023/0270596); Jain et al. (US 2024/0395419)
are cited and considered pertinent to the instant specification.
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/DUC C HO/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2465
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