DETAILED ACTION
Claims 1-3, 5-12, and 14 are pending in the present application. Claims1-2, 5-10, and 14 were amended and claims 4, 13, and 15-20 were cancelled.
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 .
Drawings
The drawings were received on 02 July 2025. These drawings are acceptable.
Specification
The substitute specification filed 02 July 2025 has been approved by the examiner for entry.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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 (i.e., changing from AIA to pre-AIA ) 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 following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that form the basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
A person shall be entitled to a patent unless –
(a)(2) the claimed invention was described in a patent issued under section 151, or in an application for patent published or deemed published under section 122(b), in which the patent or application, as the case may be, names another inventor and was effectively filed before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claim(s) 1-3, 5-12, and 14 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Heaton et al. US Patent Application Publication No. 2011/0191343 A1.
Regarding claim 1, Heaton et al. teaches the following:
A device for collecting multiple physiological data, [note: Abstract, “A computer research tool” for inputting, searching, analyzing clinical data; Figure 1 ] the device comprising:
a data upload device to provide a communication channel for communication link of a plurality of physiological data sensing devices, to receive physiological data from the plurality of physiological data sensing devices [note: Figures 1 and 3; paragraphs 0043,0044,0048,0058-0060, and 0102 describe the system receiving data from a plurality of data sources such as patient records, databases and measurement devices; also see figures 5 and 8; paragraphs 0020, 0054, 0115, and 0196 a plurality of types of physiological data such as heart rate, glucose, temperature, blood-oxygen and lab data];
a data storage device to provide a large memory space for storing physiological data [note: Figure 1 and 3, paragraphs 0043,0044,0054,0058, and 0059, describe a database storing compiled physiological data ];
a data editing device to provide a human-machine interface for users to retrieve specific types of physiological data from the data storage device, and for browsing or manually adding, deleting or modifying a marker on a set of the physiological data [note: Figures 5-10 and 13-16 show a series of interfaces through which the user can retrieve, browse, filter, and organize data as well as assigning notes, annotations, and tags to the data, i.e. markers; also see paragraphs 0010-0013, 0063, 0074, 0092, 0098, 0109, 0115, and 0139, describes various processes to which the user annotates the physiological data using notes, tags, and other forms of markers ];
wherein the data storage device provides automatic indexing capability, to automatically index a set of physiological data, and wherein the data editing device is configured to display physiological data in an arrangement according to a corresponding index in response to an input request [note: Figure 2; paragraphs 0054, 0055, 0059, 0060, and 0139, describe the system indexing and arranging data in storage based on various attributes and tags; also see paragraphs 0013, 0074, 0102, 0109, and 0112-0115 ],
wherein each set of physiological data is automatically indexed with the following features [note: paragraphs 0138-0139 indexing ]:
for signal-featured physiological data and multi-lead signal-featured physiological data: file name, recording time and an identification code (ID code) and for frame-featured physiological data and multiple frame-featured physiological data [note: figure 2; paragraphs 0012, 0054-0055, and 0178 shows and describes tables of physiological data indexed by file name, such as “VITAL-SIGNS.txl.” containing body temperature further indexed by II, and a corresponding time; figure 8 depicts indexing by recording time, see paragraphs 0074, 0086, 0194 and 0117; figure 7 ]:
wherein the signal-featured physiological data are defined as: continuous physiological data measured in a certain period of time, and expressed in a waveform encoded in the time domain (such as PCM) or frequency domain (such as SBC) [note: -figure 8; paragraphs 0009, 0020, 0059, 0094, 0115, 0196, describes the data as including continuous blood sugar and blood pressure as well as other time-encoded waveform data ];
file name, recording time and an identification code (ID code) [note: figure 8; paragraphs 0009, 0020, 0059, 0094, 0115, 0196, describes the data as including continuous blood sugar and blood pressure as well as other time-encoded waveform data ];
the multi-lead signal-featured physiological data are defined as: continuous physiological data measured by a plurality of inspection devices synchronously in a certain period of time [note: paragraph 0164, describes multiple sets of time-series data ];
the frame-featured physiological data are defined as: physiological data measured at a certain point in time, recorded in numerical values or images [note: ---- paragraph 0064]; and
the multiple frame-featured physiological data are defined as: a combination of multiple frames defined by a first frame (I Frame) and differentiations (B Frame) thereto [note: figures 2, 7 and 8; paragraph 0064 ].
Claim 2: The multiple physiological data collection device according to claim 1, further comprising an automatic analysis device that provides a filtering interface to receive a filtering condition, and automatically retrieves physiological data corresponding to the filtering conditions from the data storage device [note: figures 5, 7-10, 13, and 14 show interfaces in which a user can selectively arrange or display data based on indexing characteristics; also note paragraphs 0074,0102,0109, and 0112-0115 ].
Claim 3: The multiple physiological data collection device according to claim 1, wherein the physiological data stored in the data storage device correspond to a plurality of persons [note: figures 3 and 7; paragraphs 0059 ].
Claim 5: The multiple physiological data collection device according to claim 1, wherein the signal-featured physiological data comprises at least one selected from the group consisted of the following signals: ECG, EEG, EMG, continuous blood oxygen, nasal airflow, chest and abdomen tension, continuous heart rate, continuous blood sugar, continuous blood pressure [note: paragraph 0010 means for selecting; paragraph 0055 groups and 0067, and 0090 custom groups ].
Claim 6: The multiple physiological data collection device according to claim 1, wherein the multi-lead sign-featured physiological data comprises at least one selected from the group consisted of the following signals: multi-lead ECG, multi-lead EEG, and multi-lead EMG [note: paragraph 0090 custom groups ]
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Claim 7: The multiple physiological data collection device according to claim 1, wherein the frame-featured physiological data comprises at least one selected from the group consisted of the following signals: height, weight, blood pressure, blood sugar, body temperature, blood oxygen, X-ray photography, CT Photography, room temperature, GPS location [note: paragraph 0090 custom groups ]
Claim 8: The multiple physiological data collection device according to claim 1, wherein the multiple frame-featured physiological data comprises at least one selected from the group consisted of the following signals: video and continuous CT images [note: figures 2 and 16; paragraphs 0016, 0054, and 0194 ].
Claim 9: The multiple physiological data collection device according to claim 1, wherein the recording time comprises a time point or a time period defined by a start time and an end time [note: figure 8; paragraphs 0064, 0074, 0086, 0104, and 0117 describe the recording time as being a time of recording or start and end time ].
Claim 10: The multiple physiological data collection device according to claim l, wherein the ID code is related to a numerical value of the physiological data [note: paragraphs 0104-0106 custom or user-defined options ].
Claim 11: The multiple physiological data collection device according to claim 10, wherein the ID code comprises a hash value calculated according to the numerical value of the physiological data of a corresponding data set [note: paragraphs 0104-0106 custom or user-defined options ].
Claim 12: The multiple physiological data collection device according to claim 10, wherein the ID code comprises an SHA256 hash value calculated according to the numerical value of the physiological data of a corresponding data set [note: paragraphs 0104-0106 custom or user-defined options ].
Claim 14: The multiple physiological data collection device according to claim 1, wherein the signal-featured physiological data comprises at least one selected from the group consisted of the following signals: ECG, EEG, EMG, continuous blood oxygen, nasal airflow, chest and abdomen tension, continuous heart rate, continuous blood sugar, continuous blood pressure [note: paragraphs 0104-0106 custom or user-defined options ].
Response to Arguments
Applicant’s arguments with respect to claim(s) 1-3, 5-12, and 14 have been considered but are moot because the new ground of rejection does not rely on any reference applied in the prior rejection of record for any teaching or matter specifically challenged in the argument. Note newly cited reference Heaton et al. teaches the amended features.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. Note attached form PTO-892.
Applicant's amendment necessitated the new ground(s) of rejection presented in this Office action. Accordingly, THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. See MPEP § 706.07(a). Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37 CFR 1.136(a).
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/GRETA L ROBINSON/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2163