DETAILED ACTION
Notice relating to Pre-AIA or AIA Status
In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the statutory basis for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status.
The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
Status of the Claims
Applicant’s current amendment (dated 07 JULY 2026), has been entered. The status of the claims is as follows: Claims 1, 3-6, 8-11, 13-16, and 18-20 are currently pending in the application.
Response to Arguments
Applicant’s arguments, see pages 2-4, filed 07 JULY 2026, with respect to the previous rejection(s)/objection(s) to the claim(s) have been fully considered and are persuasive based on the amendments being made. Therefore, the previous rejection(s)/objection(s) have been withdrawn. However, upon further consideration, other issues exist, as outlined in the office action below.
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, 3-6, and 8-10 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. Claim 1 states the limitations “use the initial estimate of location of the AR headset during the processing of the video frames to restrict a search area within the AR headset cabin positioning model to a subset of the AR headset cabin positioning model associated with the initial estimate of location; and use the initial estimate of location of the AR headset during the processing of the video frames to restrict a search area within the AR headset cabin positioning model to a subset of the AR headset cabin positioning model associated with the initial estimate of location.” at the end of the claim. These appear to be duplicate limitations in the claim, and therefore make the claim indefinite as it is unclear as to what the true scope of the claim should be.
It is noted that claims 3-6 and 8-10 are rejected based on the fact that they depend from this rejected base claim and/or do not contain any additional details/limitations which would overcome the rejection of said base claim.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 11, 13-16, and 18-20 are allowed.
The following is a statement of reasons for the indication of allowable subject matter: The closest prior art found to cover Applicant’s claimed invention was Moton, JR. (US 2022/0391618), Kasody (US 2024/0367795), and Levi (US 2024/0112428) where (among other things) an augmented reality (AR) headset manager operative to determine a location of an AR headset relative to physical features of a cabin, communication of AR information through at least one communication network to an AR headset for display as an augmented reality image overlaid on a real-world image, an in-flight entertainment controller operative to route entertainment content through at least one cabin communication network, and correlating positional patterns of features identified in the video frames of a headset with known locations of known features, was at least disclosed. However, the prior art fails to neither disclose nor sufficiently suggest the specific combination of features as claimed and arranged by Applicant for the identified claims; and therefore, when taking all the claimed limitations as a whole, Applicant’s claimed invention for these claims is defined over the prior art.
Conclusion
THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37 CFR 1.136(a).
A shortened statutory period for reply to this final action is set to expire THREE MONTHS from the mailing date of this action. In the event a first reply is filed within TWO MONTHS of the mailing date of this final action and the advisory action is not mailed until after the end of the THREE-MONTH shortened statutory period, then the shortened statutory period will expire on the date the advisory action is mailed, and any nonprovisional extension fee (37 CFR 1.17(a)) pursuant to 37 CFR 1.136(a) will be calculated from the mailing date of the advisory action. In no event, however, will the statutory period for reply expire later than SIX MONTHS from the mailing date of this final action.
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/RANDY A FLYNN/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2424
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