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 .
The following action is in response t the original filing of 02/14/2022.
Claims 1-20 are pending and have been considered below.
Claim Objections
Regarding claims 1, 9 and 15, claims 1, 9 and 15 are objected to because of the following informalities: the term “invention tuples” (ex. claim 1 lines 6-7 and 12) appears to be a typographical error and should appear as “intervention tuples”. Appropriate correction is required.
Regarding claims 10-14, claims 10-14 are objected to because of the following informalities: each of claims 10-14 recite dependence on the “computer storage media of claim 1”. However, the Examiner notes that claim 1 is a computerized method and not a computer storage media claim. As each of claims 10-14 appear to recite limitations previously claimed in each of claims 2-7, the Examiner will interpret claims 10-14 as dependent on the “the computer storage media of claim 9”. Appropriate correction is required.
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 1-20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101 because the claimed invention is directed to abstract ideas without significantly more.
Regarding claims 1, 9 and 15:
Step 1, MPEP 2106.03:
Claim 1. A computerized method [statutory category of invention]
Claim 9. One or more computer storage media storing computer-useable instructions that, when used by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations [statutory category of invention]
Claim 15. A computer system comprising: a processor; and a computer storage medium storing computer-useable instructions that, when used by the processor, causes the computer system to perform operations [statutory category of invention]
Step 2A Prong One MPEP 2106.04, 2106.04(a):
iteratively determining, by the intervention identification module, a set of intervention tuples for N+1 variables from the causal graph until a final set of invention tuples is generated for all variables in the causal graph by:
selecting N+1 variables from the causal graph by incrementing N from a previous iteration;
determining a set of intervention tuples for N variables; and
lifting the set of intervention tuples for N variables to the set of invention tuples for N+1 variables using the set of intervention tuples for N variables and estimated probability distributions for N+1 variables determined using the set of baseline samples and the set of samples with interventions; [mathematical concepts such as mathematical relationships, mathematical formulas or equations, or mathematical calculations, MPEP 2106.04(a)(2)]
Step 2A Prong Two, MPEP 2106.04(d):
A computerized method
One or more computer storage media storing computer-useable instructions that, when used by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operation
A computer system comprising: a processor; and a computer storage medium storing computer-useable instructions that, when used by the processor, causes the computer system to perform operations [generic computer tools for perform generic computing function, MPEP 2106.05]
receiving, by an intervention identification module, a set of baseline samples, a set of samples with interventions, and a causal graph having a plurality of variables; [represent mere data gathering steps, MPEP 2106.05]
and assigning, by an intervention assignment module, each sample from at least a portion of the set of samples with interventions to an intervention using the final set of intervention tuples. [represent mere instructions to apply, MPEP 2106.05]
Step 2B, MPEP 2106.05:
A computerized method
One or more computer storage media storing computer-useable instructions that, when used by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operation
A computer system comprising: a processor; and a computer storage medium storing computer-useable instructions that, when used by the processor, causes the computer system to perform operations [generic computer tools for perform generic computing function, MPEP 2106.05(f)]
receiving, by an intervention identification module, a set of baseline samples, a set of samples with interventions, and a causal graph having a plurality of variables; [insignificant extra-solution activity of data gathering/selecting a particular type of data, MPEP 2106.05(g)]
and assigning, by an intervention assignment module, each sample from at least a portion of the set of samples with interventions to an intervention using the final set of intervention tuples. [represent mere instructions to apply to obtain a solution/outcome, MPEP 2106.05(f)]
Conclusion
Each of independent claims 1, 9 and 15 are ineligible.
Regarding claims 2-8, each of claims 2-8 further recites only limitations which under Step 2A Prong One have been determined to be directed to abstract ideas [mathematical concepts such as mathematical relationships, mathematical formulas or equations, or mathematical calculations, MPEP 2106.04(a)(2)]. Each of dependent claims 2-8 are ineligible.
Regarding claims 10-14, each of claims 10-14 further recites only limitations which under Step 2A Prong One have been determined to be directed to abstract ideas [mathematical concepts such as mathematical relationships, mathematical formulas or equations, or mathematical calculations, MPEP 2106.04(a)(2)]. Each of dependent claims 10-14 are ineligible.
Regarding claims 16-20, each of claims 16-20 further recites only limitations which under Step 2A Prong One have been determined to be directed to abstract ideas [mathematical concepts such as mathematical relationships, mathematical formulas or equations, or mathematical calculations, MPEP 2106.04(a)(2)]. Each of dependent claims 16-20 are ineligible.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1, 9 and 15 would be allowable if rewritten or amended to overcome the rejection(s) under 35 U.S.C. 101, set forth in this Office action.
Claims 2-8, 10-14 and 16-20 would be allowable if rewritten to overcome the rejection(s) under 101, set forth in this Office action and to include all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
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