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and the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e) has been timely paid, the finality of the previous Office action has been withdrawn pursuant to 37 CFR 1.114.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 12/23/2025 has been entered.
Claims 1-16 have been canceled. Claims 17-22 have been added. Claims 17-22 are currently pending and have been examined.
Response to Arguments
A. Applicant's arguments with respect to newly added claims 17-22 in light of 35 USC 101 have been fully considered but they are not persuasive. Examiner notes that the claims previously rejected under 35 USC 101 have been canceled. However, Examiner has addressed Applicant’s assertions regarding new claims 17-22 in the interest of compact prosecution.
Applicant cites to the final paragraph in claim 17 in asserting that the claim “provid[es] a technology-based solution that overcomes disadvantages of prior-art systems.” Examiner respectfully disagrees. The recitation of permitting one-way additional writing from the household-side to the facility-side and prohibiting overwrite of the data from the facility-side to the household-side, and avoiding falsification of overwriting of the vital sign data from the facility-side to the household-side, fall within the scope of the abstract idea. The storing of data on the facility-side and household-side being performed using a facility-side database and a household-side database constitutes additional elements only amounting to mere instructions to implement data storage functions using generic computing elements.
With respect to Applicant’s argument on page 17 citing to Ex Parte Desjardins, Examiner notes that the claims in Ex Parte Desjardins were found to be directed to patent-eligible subject matter on the basis that they were directed to improvements in the training of a machine learning model itself.
Claim Objections
Claims 17, 18, 20, and 21 are objected to because of the following informalities:
Claims 17, 18, 20, and 21 recite “in each household-side” in line 5, line 34, line 5, and line 38 respectively, which appear to contain a typographical error. For purposes of the present examination, Examiner has construed the limitation as meaning for each household.
Claims 17, 18, 20, and 21 further recite “and registering in the household-side database” in lines 6-7, lines 36-37, line 8, and line 41 respectively, which appear to contain a typographical error. For purposes of the present examination, Examiner has construed the limitation as meaning “registering it in the household-side database.”
Claims 17, 18, 20, and 21 further recite “and registering in the facility-side database” in line 12, line 41, line 11, and line 44 respectively, which appear to contain a typographical error. For purposes of the present examination, Examiner has construed the limitation as meaning “registering it in the facility -side database.”
Claim 18 recites “to each member names” in line 22, which appears to contain a typographical error.
Claims 20 and 21 recite “unique of each member” in line 7 and line 40 respectively, which appears to contain a typographical error.
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 17-22 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101 because the claimed invention is directed to a judicial exception (i.e., a law of nature, a natural phenomenon, or an abstract idea) without significantly more. Claims 17 and 20 are drawn to respective servers, while claims 18-19 and 21-22 are drawn to respective systems, each of which is within the four statutory categories.
Step 2A(1)
Claim 17 recites, in part, performing the steps of:
creating a household-side record for each member name in each household-side, associating each household-side ID unique for each member name with each created record and registering at the household-side;
creating a facility-side record for each member name and associating each facility-side ID unique for each member name with each of the created records, and also creating a facility-side record address for each of the created records and associating each facility-side record address with each ID unique for each member name and registering at the facility-side;
recording a new vital sign data transmitted from the household-side with specification of the ID unique to one of the member names into the record associated with the unique ID of the household-side;
identifying the ID unique for the member name of the facility-side by using the facility-side record address transmitted along with the new vital sign data from the household-side as a key and writing the same data into the record having the same ID and notifying data writing to the facility-side;
wherein the receiving of the new vital sign data from the household-side transmitted from the household-side with specification of the ID unique to one of the member names, the writing of the new vital sign data into the record of the household-side associated with the unique ID, and also the identifying of the facility-side ID unique for the member name by using the facility-side record address transmitted along with the new vital sign data from the household-side as a key and the writing of the new vital sign data into the identified record of the facility-side associated with the ID unique for the member name, thereby permits one-way additional writing from the household-side to the facility-side, but prohibits overwrite of the data from the facility-side to the household-side, and avoids falsification of overwriting of the vital sign data from the facility-side to the household-side.
These steps amount to a form of managing personal behavior or relationships or interactions between people, and therefore fall within the scope of an abstract idea in the form of a method of organizing human activity.
Fundamentally the process is that of recording and managing records of vital sign information at households and a facility by a) creating household records for members of a set of households by generating a household-side ID for each member, b) creating facility records for the members by generating a facility-side ID for each member and associating each record and ID with a facility-side record address, c) receiving new vital sign data from the household and adding it to the household record associated with the household-side ID, d) using a facility-side record address sent along with the new vital sign data from the household to identify the facility-side ID of the member, and e) writing the new vital sign data into the facility record having the same ID while prohibiting overwriting of information from the facility to household.
This process of managing the provision and recording of vital sign data in a member’s record at a household and facility may be characterized as a form of social activity and could be performed by individuals at a household and at a facility as part of recording and exchanging vital sign information for the member, and constitutes managing the interactions between those individuals. Examiner draws particular attention to the citation in MPEP 2106.04(a)(2)(II)(C) to Interval Licensing LLC, v AOL, Inc, in which the district court "pointed to the nontechnical human activity of passing a note to a person who is in the middle of a meeting or conversation as further illustrating the basic, longstanding practice that is the focus of the [patent ineligible] claimed invention."”
Claim 18 recites, in part, performing the steps of:
on a household-side:
receiving an input of a group name of each household and a member name of each member of the household and generating an ID unique to each of the member names and notifying the ID; and
associating a vital sign data input for each of the member names with the ID unique to the member name and transmitting the vital sign data along with a notifying key that is a facility-side record address informed from the facility side,
on a facility-side:
receiving an input of one or a plurality of group names on the facility side and each member name belonging to each group and generating an ID unique to each member names;
for each of the member names issuing the facility-side record address unique to the member name; and
associating a vital sign data input for each of the member names with the ID unique to the member name and transmitting the vital sign data, and
creating a household-side record for each member name in each household-side, associating each household-side ID unique for each member name with each created record and registering at the household-side;
creating a facility-side record for each member name and associating each facility-side ID unique for each member name with each of the created records, and also creating the facility-side record address for each of the created records and associating each facility-side record address with each ID unique for each member name and registering at the facility-side;
recording a new vital sign data transmitted from a household-side with specification of the ID unique to one of the member names into the record associated with the unique ID of the household-side; and
identifying the ID unique for the member name of the facility-side by using the facility-side record address transmitted along with the new vital sign data from the household-side as a key and writing the same data into the record having the same ID and notifying data writing to the facility-side;
wherein the receiving of the new vital sign data from the household-side transmitted from the household-side with specification of the ID unique to one of the member names, the writing of the new vital sign data into the record of the household-side associated with the unique ID, and also the identifying of the facility-side ID unique for the member name by using the facility-side record address transmitted along with the new vital sign data from the household-side as a key and the writing of the new vital sign data into the identified record on the facility-side associated with the ID unique for the member name, thereby permitting one-way additional writing from the household-side to the facility-side, but prohibiting overwrite of the data from the facility-side to the household-side, and avoids falsification of overwriting of the vital sign data from the facility-side to the household-side.
These steps amount to a form of managing personal behavior or relationships or interactions between people, and therefore fall within the scope of an abstract idea in the form of a method of organizing human activity.
Fundamentally the process is that of recording and managing records of vital sign information at households and a facility by a) having households provide a name their household and for each member along with an ID for each member name, and transmit vital sign data for a household member along with a facility record address, b) having a facility provide group names for the facility along with each member name belonging to each group along with an ID unique to each member name, issue the facility record address unique to the member name, and transmit vital sign data for the members, c) creating household records for members of the households with the household ID for each member, d) creating facility records for the members with the facility ID for each member and associating each record and ID with the facility-side record address, e) receiving new vital sign data from the household and adding it to the household record associated with the household-side ID, f) using a facility-side record address sent along with the new vital sign data from the household to identify the facility-side ID of the member, and g) writing the new vital sign data into the facility record having the same ID.
This process of managing the provision and recording of vital sign data in a member’s record at a household and facility may be characterized as a form of social activity and could be performed by individuals at a household and at a facility as part of recording and exchanging vital sign information for the member, and constitutes managing the interactions between those individuals. Examiner draws particular attention to the citation in MPEP 2106.04(a)(2)(II)(C) to Interval Licensing LLC, v AOL, Inc, in which the district court "pointed to the nontechnical human activity of passing a note to a person who is in the middle of a meeting or conversation as further illustrating the basic, longstanding practice that is the focus of the [patent ineligible] claimed invention."”
Claim 20 recites, in part, performing the steps of:
creating a household-side record for each member name in each household-side, and also creating a household-side record address for each of the created records and associating each household-side record address and each created record with each household-side ID unique of each member name and registering at the household-side;
creating a facility-side record for each member name of the facility-side, associating each facility-side ID unique for each member name with each created record and registering at the facility-side;
identifying the ID unique for the member name of the household-side by using the household-side record address transmitted along with the new vital sign data from a facility-side as a key and writing the same data into the record having the same ID and notifying data writing to the household-side;
recording a new vital sign data transmitted from a facility-side with specification of the ID unique to one of the member names into the record associated with the unique ID of the facility-side;
wherein the receiving of the new vital sign data from the facility-side transmitted from the facility-side with specification of the ID unique to one of the member names, the writing of the new vital sign data into the record of the facility-side associated with the unique ID, and also the identifying of the household-side ID unique for the member name by using the household-side record address transmitted along with the new vital sign data from the facility-side as a key and the writing of the new vital sign data into the identified record of the household-side associated with the ID unique for the member name, thereby permits one-way additional writing from the facility-side to the household-side, but prohibits overwrite of the data from the household-side to the facility-side, and avoids falsification of overwriting of the vital sign data from the household-side to the facility-side.
These steps amount to a form of managing personal behavior or relationships or interactions between people, and therefore fall within the scope of an abstract idea in the form of a method of organizing human activity. Fundamentally the process is that of recording vital sign information at households and a facility by a) creating household records for members of a set of households by generating a household-side ID for each member and associating each record and ID with a household-side record address, b) creating facility records for the members by generating a facility-side ID for each member, c) receiving new vital sign data from the facility and adding it to the facility record associated with the facility-side ID, d) using a household-side record address sent along with the new vital sign data from the facility to identify the household -side ID of the member, and e) writing the new vital sign data into the household record having the same ID.
This process of recording vital sign data in a member’s record at a household and facility by using an ID for the member at each of the household and facility, and by identifying the member’s record for updating at the household by including an address of the household record along with the vital sign data from the facility, may be characterized as a form of social activity and could be performed by individuals at a household and at a facility as part of recording and exchanging vital sign information for the member, and constitutes managing the interactions between those individuals.
Claim 21 recites, in part, performing the steps of:
at a household-side:
receiving an input of a group name of each household and a member name of each member of the household and generating an ID unique to each of the member names and notifying the unique ID;
for each of the member names issuing a household-side record address unique to each of the member names; and
associating a vital sign data input for each of the member names with the ID unique to the member name and transmitting the vital sign data;
at a facility-side:
receiving an input of one or a plurality of group names on the facility side and each member name belonging to each group and generating an ID unique to each member name and notifying the ID; and
associating a vital sign data input for each of the member names with the ID unique to the member name and transmitting the vital sign data along with a notifying key that is the household-side record address informed from the household-side,
creating a household-side record for each member name in each household-side, and also creating a household-side record address for each of the created records and associating each household-side record address and each created record with each household-side ID unique of each member name and registering at the household-side;
creating a facility-side record for each member name of the facility-side, associating each facility-side ID unique for each member name with each created record and registering at the facility-side;
identifying the ID unique for the member name of the household-side by using the household-side record address transmitted along with the new vital sign data from a facility-side as a key and writing the same data into the record having the same ID and notifying data writing to the household-side;
recording a new vital sign data transmitted from a facility-side with specification of the ID unique to one of the member names into the record associated with the unique ID of the facility-side;
wherein the receiving of the new vital sign data from the facility-side transmitted from the facility-side with specification of the ID unique to one of the member names, the writing of the new vital sign data into the record of the facility-side associated with the unique ID, and also the identifying of the household-side ID unique for the member name by using the household-side record address transmitted along with the new vital sign data from the facility-side as a key and the writing of the new vital sign data into the identified record of the household-side associated with the ID unique for the member name, thereby permits one-way additional writing from the facility-side to the household-side, but prohibits overwrite of the data from the household-side to the facility-side, and avoids falsification of overwriting of the vital sign data from the household-side to the facility-side.
These steps amount to a form of managing personal behavior or relationships or interactions between people, and therefore fall within the scope of an abstract idea in the form of a method of organizing human activity.
Fundamentally the process is that of recording and managing records of vital sign information at households and a facility by a) having households provide a name their household and for each member along with an ID for each member name, issue the household record address unique to the member name, and transmit vital sign data for a household member, b) having a facility provide group names for the facility along with each member name belonging to each group along with an ID unique to each member name, and transmit vital sign data for the members along with a household record address, c) creating household records for members of a set of households by generating a household-side ID for each member and associating each record and ID with a household-side record address, d) creating facility records for the members by generating a facility-side ID for each member, e) receiving new vital sign data from the facility and adding it to the facility record associated with the facility-side ID, f) using a household-side record address sent along with the new vital sign data from the facility to identify the household -side ID of the member, and g) writing the new vital sign data into the household record having the same ID.
This process of managing the provision and recording of vital sign data in a member’s record at a household and facility may be characterized as a form of social activity and could be performed by individuals at a household and at a facility as part of recording and exchanging vital sign information for the member, and constitutes managing the interactions between those individuals. Examiner draws particular attention to the citation in MPEP 2106.04(a)(2)(II)(C) to Interval Licensing LLC, v AOL, Inc, in which the district court "pointed to the nontechnical human activity of passing a note to a person who is in the middle of a meeting or conversation as further illustrating the basic, longstanding practice that is the focus of the [patent ineligible] claimed invention."”
Step 2A(2)
This judicial exception is not integrated into a practical application because the additional elements within the claims only amount to:
A. Instructions to Implement the Judicial Exception. MPEP 2106.05(f)
Claims 17, 18, 20, and 21 recite the additional elements of a) a vital sign data management server recited as comprising the subsequently recited databases and units, b) a household-side database and facility-side database each recited as performing data storage functions, c) a household-side database management unit and facility-side database management unit each recited as performing data processing functions including creating and registering records and associating unique IDs, d) household-side communication terminals recited as performing data processing functions including transmitting vital sign data, the ID unique to one of the member names, and record addresses, e) a facility-side communication terminal recited as performing data processing functions including transmitting vital sign data, the ID unique to one of the member names, and record addresses, f) a household-side vital sign data record unit and facility-side vital sign data record unit each recited as performing data processing functions including identifying unique IDs and writing vital sign data into corresponding records.
Claims 18 and 21 additionally recite a) the household-side communication terminals as having a household-side vital sign data management unit running a vital sign data management application, a household-side ID generating unit and a household-side vital sign data and ID association unit and performing data processing functions including receiving the group names and member names, generating member IDs, and transmitting vital sign data to the server, and b) the facility-side communication terminal as having a facility-side vital sign data management unit running a vital sign data management application, a facility-side ID generating unit, a record address issuing unit, and a facility-side vital sign data and ID associating processing unit, and performing data processing functions including receiving the group names and member names, generating member IDs, encoding/encrypting the facility-side and household-side record addresses, and transmitting vital sign data to the server.
Paragraph 35 of the specification as originally filed states that the household-side communication terminal may be “a personal computer (PC), a smartphone, a tablet, or the like that performs data management,” and that the facility-side communication terminal “is basically the same as the household-side communication terminal.” Paragraphs 35, 40, 49, and 55 similarly describe the vital sign data management application broadly as installed on communication terminals and used to perform functions such as accessing accounts and databases. The plurality of household-side communication terminals and facility-side communication terminal, as well as the vital sign data management application, are each accordingly construed as encompassing generic computing devices running software.
Examiner notes that the specification and drawings do not expressly disclose a household-side ID generating unit and a household-side vital sign data and ID association unit, facility-side ID generating unit, a record address issuing unit, and a facility-side vital sign data and ID associating processing unit, a household-side vital sign data management unit, or a facility-side vital sign data management unit. For the purposes of the present examination, these units are construed as processes running on the generic computer hardware of the corresponding household-side communication terminals or facility-side communication terminals.
Paragraphs 32, 36, and 37 describe the server as “constituted by a computer” and only further in terms of its data processing and communication functions. Paragraph 37 further states that the server “when divided into related processing functions, is constituted by” a database management unit, an account management unit, a record address management unit, a communication processing unit, an application management unit, and a central processing device. The server is therefore construed as encompassing generic computing elements.
Examiner notes that the specification and drawings do not expressly disclose a household-side database management unit, facility-side database management unit, household-side vital sign data record unit, or facility-side vital sign data record unit. For the purposes of the present examination, these units are construed as processes running on the generic computer hardware of the server.
Paragraphs 32 and 35 additionally only describe the Internet at a high level of generality as used to communicate data between the server and terminals. The vital sign data management server is construed accordingly as encompassing a generic computing device, while the recited Internet is construed as encompassing a generic computer network.
Paragraph 36 describes first and second databases i.e. household-side and facility-side databases, in terms of their respective functions of storing data from the household terminals and facility terminals, while paragraph 32 provides that the first and second databases may be held on the same or different storage devices. The household-side and facility-side databases are each accordingly construed as encompassing generic computer storage devices.
Paragraph 28 provides the only disclosure of “encoding” record addresses, stating only that “this record address is encrypted when communicated by the facility side.” The encoding/encrypting of the record address is therefore construed as any method of encoding or encrypting the record address.
Each of the above additional elements only amounts to mere instructions to implement functions using computing elements as tools. For example, the server is only recited at a high level of generality as comprising the subsequently recited units and disclosed broadly as encompassing a generic server, each of the recited units is recited at a high level of generality as performing each respective data processing function and disclosed only as respective functions of the server, and the household and facility communication terminals are recited at a high level of generality and disclosed as any generic personal computing device. These elements are therefore not sufficient to integrate the abstract idea into a practical application.
The above claims, as a whole, are therefore directed to an abstract idea.
Step 2B
The present claims do not include additional elements that are sufficient to amount to more than the abstract idea because the additional elements or combination of elements amount to no more than a recitation of:
A. Instructions to Implement the Judicial Exception. MPEP 2106.05(f)
As explained above, claims 17, 18, 20, and 22 only recite the above-listed additional elements as tools for performing the steps of the abstract idea, and mere instructions to perform the abstract idea using a computer is not sufficient to amount to significantly more than the abstract idea. MPEP 2106.05(f)
Thus, taken alone, the additional elements do not amount to significantly more than the above-identified judicial exception. Looking at the limitations as an ordered combination adds nothing that is not already present when looking at the elements taken individually.
Depending Claims
Claims 19 and 22 recite wherein the group name is a name of a class, and the member names are names of children belonging to the class, and the facility side as including facilities such as a nursery school, a daycare center, a preschool, or a school entrusted with children. These limitations fall within the scope of the abstract idea as set out above.
Claim 19 recites the additional elements of the facility-side database as having the group name registered therein, and b) the facility-side communication terminal is used on the facility side, such as in a nursery school, a daycare center, a preschool, or a school entrusted with children.
Paragraph 36 describes first and second databases i.e. household-side and facility-side databases, in terms of their respective functions of storing data from the household terminals and facility terminals, while paragraph 32 provides that the first and second databases may be held on the same or different storage devices. The facility-side database is accordingly construed as encompassing generic computer storage devices.
Paragraph 35 of the specification as originally filed states that the household-side communication terminal may be “a personal computer (PC), a smartphone, a tablet, or the like that performs data management,” and that the facility-side communication terminal “is basically the same as the household-side communication terminal.” The facility-side communication terminal is accordingly construed as encompassing a generic computing device running software.
Each of the above additional elements only amounts to mere instructions to implement functions using computing elements as tools. The facility-side database is only recited at a high level of generality as used to store record data, and the facility communication terminal is recited at a high level of generality in terms of its location of use and disclosed as any generic personal computing device. These elements, considered individually and within the context of the claims as a whole, are therefore not sufficient to integrate the abstract idea into a practical application or to amount to significantly more than the abstract idea.
Claims 17-22 are therefore rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101 as being directed to non-statutory subject matter.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112(b):
(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.
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph:
The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the applicant regards as his invention.
Claims 17-22 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor (or for applications subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, the applicant), regards as the invention.
Claim 17 recites the limitation “the facility-side communication terminal” in line 21. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claims because the claim does not previously recite a facility-side communication terminal.
Claims 17 and 18 recite the limitation “the unique ID of the household-side database” in lines 15-16 and lines 44-45 respectively. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claims because neither claim previously recites a unique ID of the household-side database.
Claims 17 and 18 are further indefinite because Examiner is unable to determine the metes and bounds of the claims based on the recitation of “but prohibits overwrite of the data from the facility-side database to the household-side database, and avoids falsification of overwriting of the vital sign data from the facility-side database to the household-side database.” It is not clear whether “overwrite of the data from the facility-side database to the household-side database” is intended to mean overwriting of data in the facility-side database with data from the household-side database or overwriting of data in the household -side database with data from the facility-side database. The same applies to the recitation of “falsification of overwriting of the vital sign data from the facility-side database to the household-side database.” Furthermore, it is not clear what function is being described by “falsification of overwriting.”
Claim 19 inherits the deficiencies of claim 18 through dependency and is likewise rejected.
Claims 17 and 21 recite the limitation “each household-side ID unique for each member name” in lines 5-6 and lines 4-5 respectively. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claims, because while the claims previously recite member names, neither claim previously recites a household-side ID unique for each member name.
Claims 17 and 21 further recite the limitation “each facility-side ID unique for each member name” in line 9 and line 10 respectively. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claims, because while the claims previously recite member names, neither claim previously recites a facility-side ID unique for each member name.
Claim 22 inherits the deficiencies of claim 21 through dependency and is likewise rejected.
Claims 17, 18, 20, and 21 recite the limitation “the ID unique to one of the member names” in lines 14-15, lines 43-44, lines 18-19, and lines 51-52 respectively. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claims, because the claims previously recite both household-side and facility-side IDs unique for each member name, and it is not clear which is being referenced.
Claims 19 and 22 inherit the deficiencies of claims 18 and 21 through dependency and are likewise rejected.
Claim 18 further recites the limitation “the facility-side record address unique to the member name” in lines 24-25. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claims because the claim does not previously recite a facility-side record address unique to the member name.
Claims 19 and 22 are indefinite based on the recitation of the phrase “such as” in line 3 of each claim, which renders the respective claims indefinite because it is unclear whether the limitations following the phrase are required to be part of the claimed invention. See MPEP § 2173.05(d).
Claim 20 recites the limitation “the household-side communication terminal” in line 16. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claims because the claim does not previously recite a household-side communication terminal.
Claims 20 and 21 further recite the limitation “the unique ID of the facility-side database” in lines 19-20 and lines 52-53 respectively. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claims because neither claim previously recites a unique ID of the facility-side database.
Claims 20 and 21 are indefinite because Examiner is unable to determine the metes and bounds of the claims based on the recitation of “but prohibits overwrite of the data from the household-side database to the facility-side database, and avoids falsification of overwriting of the vital sign data from the household-side database to the facility-side database.” It is not clear whether “overwrite of the data from the household-side database to the facility-side database” is intended to mean overwriting of data in the facility-side database with data from the household-side database or overwriting of data in the household-side database with data from the facility-side database. The same applies to the recitation of “falsification of overwriting of the vital sign data from the household-side database to the facility-side database.” Furthermore, it is not clear what function is being described by “falsification of overwriting.”
Claim 22 inherits the deficiencies of claim 21 through dependency and is likewise rejected.
Claim 21 recites the limitation “the encoded household-side record address informed from the household-side” in lines 32-33. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claims because the claim does not previously recite an encoded household-side record address.
Claim 21 further recites the limitation “the household-side communication terminal” in line 49. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claims because the claim previously only recites a plurality of household-side communication terminals and it is not clear which is being referenced.
Claim 22 inherits the deficiencies of claim 21 through dependency and is likewise rejected.
Conclusion
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/Gregory Lultschik/Examiner, Art Unit 3682