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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 .
Continued Examination Under 37 CFR 1.114
A request for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, including the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e), was filed in this application after allowance. Since this application is eligible for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, and the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e) has been timely paid, prosecution in this application has been reopened pursuant to 37 CFR 1.114. Applicant's submission filed on August 13, 2026 has been entered.
Information Disclosure Statement
The information disclosure statement (IDS) submitted on August 13, 2026 is in compliance with the provisions of 37 CFR 1.97 due to prosecution being re-opened. Accordingly, the information disclosure statement is being considered by the examiner.
Status of Claims
Claims 1-5, 8-9, 11, 13-18 and 20 are pending and were previously allowed. However, upon further examination on RCE, claims 1-5, 8-9, 11, 13-18 and 20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112 (see section below). No new art is cited at this time.
Claim Objections
Claims 1-5, 8-9, 11, 13-18 and 20 are objected to because of the following informalities: The claims use inconsistent abbreviated language between “artificial intelligence (AI)” and “AI(artificial intelligence)”. It is preferred the introduction of this element uses a consistent main term and abbreviated term across all pending claims. 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 1-5, 8-9, 11, 13-18 and 20 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.
Regarding claims 1-5, 8-9, 11, 13-18 and 20, the recited limitation “using artificial intelligence (AI) model” is indefinite because it does not specify the number of AI models being used. It is not clear whether a single or plurality of models are being used to perform the functions as claimed, nor does it properly introduce the element (i.e. “using an artificial intelligence(AI) model” or “using a plurality of artificial intelligence(AI) models”). Appropriate correction is required.
There is no corresponding rejection under 35 U.S.C. 112(a) because the Instant Specification does properly support and describe the usage of an artificial intelligence model and plurality of artificial neural network layers as described at pg. 8 and [0039] to enable one of ordinary skill to make and use the invention without undue experimentation.
Conclusion
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/KWIN XIE/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2626
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