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 .
Information Disclosure Statement
As required by M.P.E.P. ' 609 (C), the applicant's submission of the Information Disclosure Statement dated September 23rd, 2024 and September 23rd, 2024 is acknowledged by the examiner and the cited references have been considered in the examination of the claims now pending. As required by M.P.E.P. ' 609 C(2), a copy of the PTOL-1449 initialed and dated by the examiner is attached to the instant office action.
Claim Objections
Claims 1 and 5 are objected to because of the following informalities:
In claim 1, line 5 states “first select” which the examiner believes does not read like good English. The examiner suggests “first selecting”.
In claim 5, line 3 states “second select” which the examiner believes is not good English and should read “second selecting”. The examiner also believes “firstly selecting” and “secondly selecting” would also sound better.
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 1-10 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.
Regarding claims 1 and 9-10, the claims state “the plurality of functions one by one as a first function in order of performance requirements”. The examiner fines the limitation confusing. The limitation states that each function is on its own as indicated as one by one, where the claim could be interpreted to set each function as the first function on its own since its one by one. Thus the examiner is confused as to how can one function be ordered if its on its own? How can the functions be ordered against each other if they are not grouped together? If each function is always the first function then its always the highest performance requirements. Therefore the examiner requests the applicant rewrite and amend the claims to reword how the applicant intends the invention to fully function and remove any confusion with the ordering.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
Norrie et al. [US2022/0398207] Norrie teaches a tree topology of PCIe switches with endpoints.
HE et al. [US2021/0266253] He teaches FPGA accelerators with PCIe bus and network connection to various edge nodes.
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/ERIC CARDWELL/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2139
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