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`16/283,200
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`02/22/2019
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`Tadamasa TOMA
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`2019-0270A
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`1070
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`ee
`Lind&
`Wenderoth,
`Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.
`1025 Connecticut Avenue, NW
`Suite 500
`Washington, DC 20036
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`JIMENEZ, ANTHONY R
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`2833
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`11/01/2021
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`ELECTRONIC
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`Please find below and/or attached an Office communication concerning this application or proceeding.
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`Notice of the Office communication was sent electronically on above-indicated "Notification Date" to the
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`eoa@ wenderoth.com
`kmiller@wenderoth.com
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`PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`Application No.
`Applicant(s)
`16/283,200
`TOMAetal.
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`Office Action Summary Art Unit|AIA (FITF) StatusExaminer
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`ANTHONYRJIMENEZ 2833 Yes
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`Status
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`1) Responsive to communication(s) filed on 07/29/2021.
`C} A declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/werefiled on
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`2a)L) This action is FINAL. 2b)¥)This action is non-final.
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`4\0) Since this application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
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`Disposition of Claims*
`1-3,5 and 7-22 is/are pending in the application.
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`Claim(s)
`5a) Of the above claim(s) ___ is/are withdrawn from consideration.
`Claim(s) 1-3,7-15,17,19-20 and 22 is/are allowed.
`Claim(s) 5and18 is/are rejected.
`Claim(s) 16 and 21 is/are objected to.
`O) Claim(s
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
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`PTOL-326 (Rev. 11-13)
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`Office Action Summary
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`Application/Control Number: 16/283,200
`Art Unit: 2833
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`1.
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`Applicant's submission filed on July 29, 2021 has been entered. Claims 1-3, 5,
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`and 7-22 are pending in the current application. The present application is being
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`examined under the AIA first to invent provisions.
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`Claim Objections
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`2.
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`Regarding Claim 16, line 3,
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`it appears that the language “of random” should be
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`replaced with “of the random.”
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`3.
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`Regarding Claim 21, the last line,
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`it appears that the term “another” should be
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`replaced with “another mode.”
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
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`4.
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112(b):
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`(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.
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`5.
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`Claim 18 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) as being indefinite for failing to
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`particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the inventor or a joint
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`inventor regards as the invention. Specifically, regarding Claim 18,
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`it is not clear how
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`“judging whether data of the first three-dimensional position information is corrupted”
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`occurs.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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`6.
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`The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that
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`form the basis for the rejections under this section madein this Office action:
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`Application/Control Number: 16/283,200
`Art Unit: 2833
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`A person shall be entitled to a patent unless —
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`(a)(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public
`use, on sale or otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the
`claimed invention.
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`7.
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`Claim 5 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Vuyyuru et
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`al. (U.S. Pat. Publ. No. 2016/0021190, hereinafter “Vuyyuru’).
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`8.
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`Specifically, Vuyyuru discloses a three-dimensional
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`information processing
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`method, comprising: obtaining, via a communication channel, map data that includes first
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`three-dimensional position information (§ [0023]), generating second three-dimensional
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`position information from information detected by a sensor ({ [0031), estimating a location
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`of a mobile object having the sensor by use of the first three-dimensional position
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`information and the second three-dimensional position information ({¥ [0027], [0030],
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`[0031]), and predicting whether the mobile objectwill enter an area in whichthe first three-
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`dimensional position information is more difficult to obtain via the communication channel
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`while the mobile object is in the area than while the mobile object is not in the area (({
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`[0009], [0105], [0106]), wherein the mobile object obtains the first three-dimensional
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`position information before entering the area when it is predicted that the mobile object
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`will enter the area in whichthe first three-dimensional position information is more difficult
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`to obtain via the communication channel while the mobile object is in the area than while
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`the mobile object is not in the area (| [0009], [0095]).
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`Allowable Subject Matter
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`9.
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`Claims 1-3, 7-15, 17, 19, 20, and 22 are allowable.
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`Application/Control Number: 16/283,200
`Art Unit: 2833
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`Conclusion
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`/ANTHONY R JIMENEZ/
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