DETAILED ACTION
Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
In the present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, claims 1-5 have been considered and examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
Information Disclosure Statement
The information disclosure statements (IDS) submitted on 11/18/2024 is in compliance with the provision of 37 CFR 1.97. Accordingly, the information disclosure statements are being considered by 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 1-5 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 limitations of “information including a plurality of items” which is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112, second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which applicant regards as the invention. The term “information including a plurality of items” or “a part of the items” fails to define what constitutes “items.”
Claim 1 further reciting “an entirety of the items is notified to the pedestrian,… a part of the items is notified to the pedestrian” fails to recite any notification means, device, or structure to provide notifications to the pedestrian.
Claim 1 reciting “ vehicle has stopped short of the position” fails to provide objective boundaries relative to the position.
Claim 1 lacks of antecedent basis for “the vehicle travelling ahead.”
Claim 2-5 are rejected because of being dependent on a rejected claim 1.
Citation of Pertinent Art
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant’s disclosure:
Kim et al., US 2018/0033306 A1, discloses warning method outside vehicle, driver assistance apparatus for executing method thereof and vehicle having the same.
Fujita et al., US 2017/0255093 A1, discloses vehicular lighting apparatus.
Johnson et al., US 2017/0038018 A1, discloses control of bollard luminaire for crosswalk.
Conclusion
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/QUANG PHAM/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2685