DETAILED ACTION
Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
This action is responsive to communication filed on 08/27/2026. Claim(s) 1 and 11 are amended. Claim(s) 2 and 12 are cancelled. Claim(s) 1, 3-11, 13-20 are currently pending examination. 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
The Applicant filed amendment(s) to the claim(s) on 08/27/2026 to remedy the rejection(s).
Response to Arguments
Applicant’s arguments, see Page(s) 7, filed 08/27/2026, with respect to Claim(s) 1, 3-4, 9, 11, 13-14 and 19 have been fully considered and are persuasive. The 35 USC 102 Rejection of Claim(s) 1, 3-4, 9, 11, 13-14 and 19 has been withdrawn.
Applicant’s arguments, see Page(s) 7, filed 08/27/2026, with respect to Claim(s) 2, 6-8, 10, 12, 16-18 and 20 have been fully considered and are persuasive. The 35 USC 103 Rejection of Claim(s) 2, 6-8, 10, 12, 16-18 and 20 has been withdrawn.
Claim Objections
Claim(s) 11 is/are objected for inconsistent verb forms and punctuation. Applicant should use “monitoring”, “comparing”, “determining” and “performing” consistently with the preceding operation. Insert a semicolon after “actual deployment state” and correct “a computer-readable storage media” to a “computer read-able storage medium”, if singular terminology is intended.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claim(s) 1, 3-5, 9, 11, 13-15 and 19 is are allowed.
The following is a statement of reasons for the indication of allowable subject matter:
The decision for allowance is that the combination as a whole, including the extraction and mapping of target cloud specific configuration parameters into standardized parameters of a predetermined cloud agnostic configuration template. Which also includes storage and application of the reference configuration settings for initial deployment and the subsequent recited monitoring and reconciliation operations.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
Claim(s) 6-8, 10, 16-18 and 20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) as incomplete because they depend on canceled claims. Claim(s) 6-8 and 10 refer to canceled Claim 2. Claim(s) 16-18 and 20 refer to canceled Claim 12. Accordingly, their incorporated limitations are not properly defined by the current claim listings.
Claim(s) 6-9 and 10 would be allowable if amended to depend from Claim 1. Claim(s) 16-18 and 20 would be allowable if amended to depend from Claim 11, because the limitations of former Claim 2 and 12 have been incorporated into Claim 1 and 11, respectively.
The cancellation of Claim(s) 2 and 12 in Applicant’s August 27th 2026 amendment necessitated the incomplete claim rejection(s) presented herein. Accordingly, this action is made Final.
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.
Conclusion
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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/CHRISTOPHER B ROBINSON/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2443
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