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 .
Response to Arguments
Applicant’s arguments, see Remarks, filed 11/17/25, with respect to Fujitec (JP 6610671) have been fully considered and are persuasive. The 102(a1) Rejection has been withdrawn.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 101
35 U.S.C. 101 reads as follows:
Whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent therefor, subject to the conditions and requirements of this title.
Claims 1-4, 7-14, and 17-20 rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101 because the claimed invention is directed to an abstract idea without significantly more. The claim(s) recite(s) performing passenger grouping; receiving call request, receiving user data, calculating final exposure, assigning user. This judicial exception is not integrated into a practical application because calculating data is nothing more than mathematical calculations, which can be performed by any general computer/controller. The claim(s) does/do not include additional elements that are sufficient to amount to significantly more than the judicial exception because receiving a call request, receiving user data, calculating final exposure, assigning user an elevator does not put into a practical application.
With respect to claim 1, the claim merely receiving call request, receiving user data, calculating final exposure, assigning user, which can be performed by any general computer/controller.
With respect to claim 11, it recites additional elements of one or more sensor, an elevator, elevator controller and a user device, but general controller parts does not turn the abstract idea into practical application.
Conclusion
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/ERICK D GLASS/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2846
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