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 .
Continuation Data
2. This application claims priority to PCT/CN2023/105510, filed July 3, 2023.
Priority
3. Receipt is acknowledged of papers submitted under 35 U.S.C. 119(a)-(d), which papers have been placed of record in the file.
Information Disclosure Statement
4. The Information Disclosure Statement filed on January 17, 2025 has been considered. An initialed copy of the Form 1449 is enclosed herewith.
Claim Objections
5. Claims 1 and 4 are objected to because of the following informalities:
Re claim 1, line 18: replace, “response” with --respond--.
Re claim 4, line 3: replace, “window 2,” with --window,--.
Re claim 4, line 3: replace, “chip .” with --chip.--.
Appropriate correction is required.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
6. 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.
7. Claims 1-9 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b), 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.
8. The term “normally” in line 4 of claim 1, is a relative term which renders the claim indefinite. The term “normally” is not defined by the claim, the specification does not provide a standard for ascertaining the requisite degree, and one of ordinary skill in the art would not be reasonably apprised of the scope of the invention. Similarly, line 13 recites, “a certain intensity”, which is also vague and indefinite.
9. Claim 1 recites the limitation “the values” in line 5 and “the photoinduction detection module” in line 18. There is insufficient antecedent basis for these limitations.
10. Claim 2 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b), second paragraph, as being incomplete for omitting essential structural cooperative relationships of elements, such omission amounting to a gap between the necessary structural connections. See MPEP § 2172.01. The omitted structural cooperative relationships are: Claim 2 recites on line 3, “a tag”. Claim 2 depends on claim 1, which also recites, “a tag”. It is unclear if the tag in claim 2 is the same tag as recited in claim 1 or a second tag. Similarly, claim 2 recites, “a direct light-triggered mode”, “a command light-triggered mode”, and “a common RFID mode”. Claim 2 depends on claim 1, which also recites said modes. It is unclear if the modes in claim 2 are the same modes as in claim 1 or a different set of modes.
Remarks
11. The lack of an art rejection with this Office action is not an indication of allowable subject matter. The claimed language is such that it is impractical to put forth a reasonable search to form a prior art rejection by the Examiner.
Conclusion
12. The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant’s disclosure: See attached PTO form 892, Refence Cited.
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/ALLYSON N TRAIL/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2876
December 21, 2025
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