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 .
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 final rejection. 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, the finality of the previous Office action
has been withdrawn pursuant to 37 CFR 1.114. Applicant's submission filed on September 12, 2025 has been entered.
Status of Claims
Claims 1, 3, 5, 12, 14, and 16 have been amended. Claims 1-22 are pending and rejected in the application.
Claim Rejections – 35 USC § 112
The following is a quotation of the first paragraph of 35 U.S.C. 112(a):
(a) IN GENERAL.—The specification shall contain a written description of the invention, and of the manner and process of making and using it, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make and use the same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor or joint inventor of carrying out the invention.
The following is a quotation of the first paragraph of pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112:
The specification shall contain a written description of the invention, and of the manner and process of making and using it, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make and use the same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor of carrying out his invention.
Claims 1-22 rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(a) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), first paragraph, as failing to comply with the written description requirement.
Regarding claims 1 and 12 the claim(s) contains subject matter which was not described in the specification in such a way as to reasonably convey to one skilled in the relevant art that the inventor or a joint inventor, or for applications subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, the inventor(s), at the time the application was filed, had possession of the claimed invention.
The limitations “when the lazy materialization buffer is filled with data: performing storage access operations to retrieve one or more properties corresponding to entries in said lazy materialization buffer; and generating at least part of a result for the path pattern expression based on the first data structure and the lazy materialization buffer” are not found in the specification. Thus, claims 1, 9, and 17 fails to comply with the written description requirement.
Claims 2-11 depends from rejected claim 1 respectively, comprise the same deficiencies as claim 1 directly or indirectly by dependence, and are therefore rejected on the same basis because none of the dependents add anything to otherwise overcome the rejection.
Claims 13-22 depends from rejected claim 12 respectively, comprise the same deficiencies as claim 12 directly or indirectly by dependence, and are therefore rejected on the same basis because none of the dependents add anything to otherwise overcome the rejection.
Claims 1-22 rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(a) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), first paragraph, as failing to comply with the enablement requirement.
Regarding claims 1 and 12 the claim(s) contains subject matter which was not described in the specification in such a way as to enable one skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make and/or use the invention.
The limitations “when the lazy materialization buffer is filled with data: performing storage access operations to retrieve one or more properties corresponding to entries in said lazy materialization buffer; and generating at least part of a result for the path pattern expression based on the first data structure and the lazy materialization buffer” are not found in the specification. Thus, claims 1 and 12 fails to comply with the written description requirement.
Claims 2-11 depends from rejected claim 1 respectively, comprise the same deficiencies as claim 1 directly or indirectly by dependence, and are therefore rejected on the same basis because none of the dependents add anything to otherwise overcome the rejection.
Claims 13-22 depends from rejected claim 12 respectively, comprise the same deficiencies as claim 12 directly or indirectly by dependence, and are therefore rejected on the same basis because none of the dependents add anything to otherwise overcome the rejection.
Claims 1-22 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112, first paragraph, as failing to comply with the enablement requirement.
Pertinent Art
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
Katzenberger et al. U.S. Patent (12,153,900) teaches data buffering in reusable buffer arrays.
Conclusion
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/DAWAUNE A CONYERS/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2152
November 15, 2025