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 .
Response to Amendment
This Office Action is in response to applicant’s communication filed May 5, 2026 in response to PTO Office Action dated February 5, 2026. The applicant’s remarks and amendment to the specification and/or claims were considered with the results that follow.
Claims 1-20 have been presented for examination in this application. In response to the last Office Action, claims 1, 2, 10, 11, and 18-20 have been amended.
Claim Objections
Claims 2-9 are objected to because of the following informalities:
Regarding claim 2, line 3: the sentence structure and phrase “the host processor after the routing of the memory access request, first request identifying first bandwidth” is awkward.
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 2-9 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.
Claim 2 recites the limitation "first request" in line 3. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim. It is unclear as to whether this “first request” refers to “a first request” of claim 1, line 11.
Claim 2 recites the limitation "first bandwidth" in line 3. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim. It is unclear as to whether this “first bandwidth” refers to “a first bandwidth” of claim 1, line 12.
Claims 3-9 are rejected as being dependent upon and thus incorporating therein the rejected subject matter of the respective parent claim.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1 and 10-20 are allowed over the prior art of record.
Claims 2-9 would be allowable if rewritten 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 and to include all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
Response to Arguments
Applicant’s arguments with respect to claim(s) 2-9 have been considered but are moot in view of the new grounds of rejection.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. Lambert teaches within a CXL fabric resource requests.
Applicant's amendment necessitated the new ground(s) of rejection presented in this Office action. Accordingly, THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. See MPEP § 706.07(a). Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37 CFR 1.136(a).
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/BRIAN R PEUGH/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2133
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