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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 .
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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 1-10 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.
Regarding claim 1: There is insufficient antecedent basis for the following limitations in the claim.
“the memory device”
“the byte-by-byte item value”
“the corresponding mode classification value”
The phrase “a memory controller of a NAND flash-type memory device is unavailable” is indefinite since one may interpret such a phrase to mean that controller is present but it is busy or defective but one may also interpret the phrase to mean that a controller is not present in the device at all.
The word “calling” is indefinite since it is an unconventional word to use in the context of a page of a memory chip. Perhaps applicant means “accessing”.
The last claim element is rather awkward, wherein it appears “a voltage applied to the power terminal at the time of obtaining the ID data, and the mode classification value assigned, corresponding to the parameter page” is disconnected or dangling. It may be the case that Applicant intended to write “storing a voltage applied to the power terminal at the time of obtaining the ID data, and storing the mode classification value assigned, corresponding to the parameter page”
Also, does Applicant intend to say “by matching a byte-by-byte item value for a corresponding mode classification value with content of the parameter data in a byte order”. One does not know how to interpret the phrase otherwise.
Claims 2-10 depend on claim 1.
Regarding claim 4: It seems that the claim claims the image storage unit itself performs the photographing but this does not seem right. Perhaps Applicant intended to claim “an image storage unit for obtaining and storing an image obtained by photographing a front of a first memory chip or an image of the front of the first memory chip obtained according to user input”.
Regarding claim 6: The following limitations lack antecedent basis:
“the memory device”
“the corresponding mode classification value”
“the byte-by-byte item value information”
“the assigned-mode classification value”
Also, the use of words “unavailable” and “calling” have the same issues as explained above in regards to claim 1.
Regarding claim 7: The following limitations lack antecedent basis:
“the voltage applier”
“the corresponding mode classification value”
“the initial command input unit”
“the plurality of voltage levels”
“applying the same”.
Regarding claim 9: This claim comprises issues discussed above and grammar issues since a “wherein” clause needs to be attached to an independent clause by a comma. Depending on what Applicant intends to claim, Examiner suggests amending as follows:
The method of claim 6, further comprising:
before the step of generating the parameter page library,
a step of storing an image obtained by photographing a front of a first memory chip or storing an image of the front of the first memory chip according to [[a]] user input; and
a step of extracting a character string included in the image stored corresponding to the first memory chip by using a preset character string extraction algorithm[[;]],
wherein the step of generating the parameter page library generates and stores the
parameter page library for each memory chip by matching and storing the parameter page restoration information for the first memory chip, stores the voltage value applied to the power terminal at the time of obtaining the ID data of the memory chip, and stores the mode classification value assigned corresponding to the parameter page of the memory chip, and an image stored corresponding to the first memory chip along with a character string value extracted therefrom.
Conclusion
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JAY W. RADKE
Primary Examiner
Art Unit 2827
/JAY W. RADKE/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2827
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