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The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
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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and the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e) has been timely paid, the finality of the previous Office action has been withdrawn pursuant to 37 CFR 1.114.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 05/19/2026 has been entered.
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Applicant’s arguments, see Remarks pages 9-10, filed 05/19/2026, with respect to the rejection(s) of claim(s) 1, 4-5, 7-15, and 18-22 under 35 USC 102/103 have been fully considered and are persuasive. The examiner agrees the prior art references used in the previous office action fail to teach the amended limitations of the claims. Therefore, the rejection has been withdrawn. However, upon further consideration, a new ground(s) of rejection is made in view of Kumar (US 20210020316 A1).
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Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
A patent for a claimed invention may not be obtained, notwithstanding that the claimed invention is not identically disclosed as set forth in section 102, if the differences between the claimed invention and the prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole would have been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the claimed invention pertains. Patentability shall not be negated by the manner in which the invention was made.
This application currently names joint inventors. In considering patentability of the claims the examiner presumes that the subject matter of the various claims was commonly owned as of the effective filing date of the claimed invention(s) absent any evidence to the contrary. Applicant is advised of the obligation under 37 CFR 1.56 to point out the inventor and effective filing dates of each claim that was not commonly owned as of the effective filing date of the later invention in order for the examiner to consider the applicability of 35 U.S.C. 102(b)(2)(C) for any potential 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) prior art against the later invention.
Claims 1, 4-5, 7-9, 11, 13-15, and 18-20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Johnson (US 20110201911 A1) in view of Kumar, R. (US 20210020316 A1).
Regarding claim 1, Johnson teaches a method for displaying glucose data using a computing device ([0011] “a computerized method for displaying glucose information on a display device in a glucose monitoring system comprises detecting movement of or along at least one input device, changing a glucose data output parameter in response to the detected movement, and updating an output of the display device using the glucose data output parameter.”), the method comprising:
accessing, by the computing device, glucose data of a patient recorded over time ([0048] “FIG. 1 is a top view of an exemplary touch sensitive receiver 100 displaying various information associated with sensor data from a continuous blood glucose sensor”); and
displaying, by the computing device, a user interface (user interface 110/710) comprising:
a first panel comprising a first graph that plots the glucose data over a first time period (navigation bar 126/720), wherein:
the first panel comprises a first visual indicator associated with a subset of the glucose data plotted in the first graph between a first time point and a second time point (Fig. 7, slider 722 is the left edge of the rectangle, while the remaining three sides are made up by the borders of navigation bar 720, the time point being adjustable as shown in Fig. 7),
and the subset of the glucose data spans a second time period that is shorter in duration than the first time period ([0050] “In the embodiment of FIG. 1, the navigation bar 126 displays glucose levels of the host over an extended time period and allows a user of the receiver 100 to easily change the time period for which sensor data is displayed in the glucose chart 114.” [0075] “ a user may touch and drag the slider 722 in order to adjust the time period for which data is displayed in the window 712”);
a second panel comprising a second graph that plots the subset of the glucose data over the second time period, wherein the second panel comprises a second visual indicator associated with one or more individual glucose measurements in the second graph (Fig. 7, glucose chart 712; Fig. 1A, glucose chart 154, lines 156, 162, 164, and 166; [0052] “the user may customize the types of information that are displayed in certain panes, as well as customize which panes are selected for concurrent display. In some embodiment, the user can also define an action for certain user inputs, such as whether a full screen display of the current glucose chart should appear in response to a particular user input or if a pane including current status information should be displayed on the display (e.g., in a pop-up window) in response to the particular user input. In one embodiment, various panes that may be displayed on the receiver (e.g., various glucose charts, status windows, setup information, training information) may be moved about the display screen in order to allow customization of positions of the various panes. Thus, the user may be provided with the ability to customize what is displayed on the receiver at various times and in response to various inputs.”); and
a third panel displaying each of the one or more individual glucose measurement in numerical format (Fig. 1, pane 116; glucose level 512);
receiving input data indicative of a user of the computing device moving the first visual indicator from a current position in the first panel to a new position in the first panel;
updating the first panel to display the first visual indicator at the new position, wherein the first visual indicator is associated with a second subset of the glucose data (Fig. 7; [0075] “ a user may touch and drag the slider 722 in order to adjust the time period for which data is displayed in the window 712”); and
updating the second panel to update the second graph to plot the second subset of the glucose data (Fig. 7; [0075] “a user may touch and drag the slider 722 in order to adjust the time period for which data is displayed in the window 712;” Fig. 1A).
Johnson teaches a visual indicator that adjustably includes various time points at different positions but fails to explicitly teach a second subset of the glucose data between a third time point and a fourth time point that are both different from the first time point and the second time point.
Kumar, R. teaches a second subset of the data [Fig. 9J, the period from July 3 12:00 AM that progresses to the rightmost terminal end of the graphical display] between a third time point [Fig. 9J, July 3 12:00 AM] and a fourth time point [Fig. 9J, the rightmost terminal end of the graphical display] that are both different from the first time point [July 1 12:00 AM] and the second time point [July 2 12:00 AM].
It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to take the teachings of Johnson and incorporate the teachings of Kumar, R. to include a second subset of the glucose data between a third time point and a fourth time point that are both different from the first time point and the second time point. Doing so configures the system to provide “…improved feedback [that] enhances the operability of the device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the device) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the device by enabling the user to use the device more quickly and efficiently”, as recognized by Kumar, R. par. 0286].
Regarding claim 4, Johnson and Kumar, R. teach the method of claim 1, further comprising:
receiving input data indicative of a user of the computing device sliding the second graph in a direction ([Johnson 0054] “Additionally, a touch sensitive display (or any other input device discussed herein) may be used to scroll linearly through glucose data over time, zoom in and out of sections of glucose data, scroll point-to-point within a graph to see individual values, and the like.”); and
updating, based on the received input data, the second panel to update the second graph to plot a new subset of the glucose data that is at least partially different than the subset of the glucose data ([Johnson 0051] “FIG. 1A illustrate the receiver 100 with a glucose chart 154 that covers substantially the entire display of the receiver 100 and includes an estimate of where the host's glucose level will go to in the future. In one embodiment, glucose charts can be selected to fill the entire (or substantially the entire) display of a receiver, including the receiver 100, 200, 410, 420, 430, and any other receiver, in response to any predefined user input, such as tapping a displayed glucose chart in a predefined manner (e.g., a single or double tap, a pinch or spread motion on a touch sensitive display, or selections of a hardware button or other input device).”
Regarding claim 5, Johnson and Kumar, R. teach the method of claim 4, further comprising:
updating the first panel to display the first visual indicator at a new position associated with the new subset of the glucose data ([Johnson 0054] “a touch sensitive display (or any other input device discussed herein) may be used to scroll linearly through glucose data over time, zoom in and out of sections of glucose data, scroll point-to-point within a graph to see individual values, and the like” [0075] “the time period of glucose data displayed in the window 712 may be adjusted by moving the slider 722 to the left (e.g., in order to increase the time period of data displayed in the window 712) or to the right (e.g., in order to decrease the time period of data displayed in the window 712). Depending on the hardware of the receiver, the slider 722 may be moved in response to various user inputs”).
Regarding claim 7, Johnson and Kumar, R. teach the method of claim 1, wherein the second visual indicator is associated with a single glucose measurement plotted in the second graph (Johnson Fig. 1A, current glucose level line 156).
Regarding claim 8, and Kumar, R. teach the method of claim 7, wherein the second visual indicator comprises a vertical bar displayed at the single glucose measurement (Johnson Fig. 1A, current glucose level line 156).
Regarding claim 9, Johnson and Kumar, R. teach the method of any of claim 1, wherein the glucose data is recorded, at least in part, by a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) attached to the patient ([Johnson 0111] “As described herein, continuous glucose monitor systems gather and display glucose information in real time to users and a receiver may display current glucose information, trend arrows and trend graphs;” [0116] “FIG. 13B shows an example of a light indicator device 1312 attached to a sensor/transmitter device 1310 worn on a person's body 1308.”).
Regarding claim 11, Johnson and Kumar, R. teach the method of any of claim 1, wherein displaying the user interface further comprises displaying a fourth panel comprising a scrollable display of one or more events associated with the patient that occurred within the first time period ([Johnson 0077] “In the embodiment of FIG. 7, the glucose chart displayed in window 712 also includes event tags that indicate when particular events occurred. In this particular embodiment, the tags include a food tag 716 and an insulin tag 718, which indicate specific times at which the indicated events occurred. In other embodiments, any number of indicators may be available for tracking events, such as exercise, sleep, ill, and any other events that might be interesting to the user and/or others that view the user's glucose data (e.g., the users physician). In one embodiment, the event indicators move as the selected time period is changed so that they continue to point to the appropriate position of the chart.”).
Regarding claim 13, Johnson and Kumar, R. teach the method of claim 11, further comprising:
receiving input data indicative of a user of the computing device selecting an event in the fourth panel ([Johnson 0077] “the event indicators may be selected, such as by touching the icons displayed on a touch sensitive receiver, in order to initiate display of further information regarding the selected event.” window 712);
updating the second panel to display a second subset of the glucose data measured during a time period associated with the selected event, wherein the second subset of the glucose data is at least partially different than the subset of the glucose data ([Johnson 0077] “Depending on embodiment, the additional information regarding the event may be displayed in a pop-up type window that covers a portion of the user interface 710, or a separate window that replaces the user interface 710, or possibly the window 712”; Johnson Fig. 1A; [Johnson 0054] “a touch sensitive display (or any other input device discussed herein) may be used to scroll linearly through glucose data over time, zoom in and out of sections of glucose data, scroll point-to-point within a graph to see individual values, and the like.”); and
updating the first panel to display the first visual indicator so that the first visual indicator is associated with the second subset of the glucose data ([Johnson 0075] “the time period of glucose data displayed in the window 712 may be adjusted by moving the slider 722 to the left (e.g., in order to increase the time period of data displayed in the window 712) or to the right (e.g., in order to decrease the time period of data displayed in the window 712). Depending on the hardware of the receiver, the slider 722 may be moved in response to various user inputs”).
Regarding claim 14, Johnson teaches a non-transitory computer-readable media comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors on a computing device, are operable to cause the one or more processors ([0012] “a computer readable medium has stored thereon instructions that when executed by a processor in a glucose monitoring system;” ) to:
access glucose data of a patient recorded over time ([0048] “FIG. 1 is a top view of an exemplary touch sensitive receiver 100 displaying various information associated with sensor data from a continuous blood glucose sensor”);
display a user interface (user interface 110/710) comprising:
a first panel comprising a first graph that plots the glucose data over a first period (navigation bar 126/720), wherein:
the first panel comprises a first visual indicator associated with a subset of the glucose data plotted in the first graph between a first time point and a second time point (Fig. 7, slider 722 is the left edge of the rectangle, while the remaining three sides are made up by the borders of navigation bar 720 the time point being adjustable as shown in Fig. 7), and
the subset of the glucose data spans a second time period that is shorter in duration than the first time period ([0050] “In the embodiment of FIG. 1, the navigation bar 126 displays glucose levels of the host over an extended time period and allows a user of the receiver 100 to easily change the time period for which sensor data is displayed in the glucose chart 114.” [0075] “a user may touch and drag the slider 722 in order to adjust the time period for which data is displayed in the window 712”),
a second panel comprising a second graph that plots the subset of the glucose data over the second time period, wherein the second panel comprises a second visual indicator associated with one or more individual glucose measurements in the second graph (Fig. 7, glucose chart 712; Fig. 1A, glucose chart 154, lines 156, 162, 164, and 166; [0052] “the user may customize the types of information that are displayed in certain panes, as well as customize which panes are selected for concurrent display. In some embodiment, the user can also define an action for certain user inputs, such as whether a full screen display of the current glucose chart should appear in response to a particular user input or if a pane including current status information should be displayed on the display (e.g., in a pop-up window) in response to the particular user input. In one embodiment, various panes that may be displayed on the receiver (e.g., various glucose charts, status windows, setup information, training information) may be moved about the display screen in order to allow customization of positions of the various panes. Thus, the user may be provided with the ability to customize what is displayed on the receiver at various times and in response to various inputs.”), and
a third panel displaying each of the one or more individual glucose measurements in numerical format (Fig. 1, pane 116; glucose level 512);
receive input data indicative of a user of the computing device moving the first visual indicator from a current position in the first panel to a new position in the first panel ([Johnson 0054] “Additionally, a touch sensitive display (or any other input device discussed herein) may be used to scroll linearly through glucose data over time, zoom in and out of sections of glucose data, scroll point-to-point within a graph to see individual values, and the like.”); and
update the first panel to display the first visual indicator at the new position, wherein the first visual indicator at the new position is associated with a second subset of the glucose data (Fig. 7; [0075] “ a user may touch and drag the slider 722 in order to adjust the time period for which data is displayed in the window 712”); and
update the second panel to update the second graph to plot the second subset of the glucose data (Fig. 7; [0075] “a user may touch and drag the slider 722 in order to adjust the time period for which data is displayed in the window 712;” Fig. 1A).
Johnson teaches a visual indicator that adjustably includes various time points at different positions but fails to explicitly teach a second subset of the glucose data between a third time point and a fourth time point that are both different from the first time point and the second time point.
Kumar, R. teaches a second subset of the data [Fig. 9J, the period from July 3 12:00 AM that progresses to the rightmost terminal end of the graphical display] between a third time point [Fig. 9J, July 3 12:00 AM] and a fourth time point [Fig. 9J, the rightmost terminal end of the graphical display] that are both different from the first time point [July 1 12:00 AM] and the second time point [July 2 12:00 AM].
It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to take the teachings of Johnson and incorporate the teachings of Kumar, R. to include a second subset of the glucose data between a third time point and a fourth time point that are both different from the first time point and the second time point. Doing so configures the system to provide “…improved feedback [that] enhances the operability of the device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the device) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the device by enabling the user to use the device more quickly and efficiently”, as recognized by Kumar, R. par. 0286].
Regarding claim 15, Johnson teaches a system comprising a memory storing instructions, and a processor configured to execute the instructions (touch sensitive receiver 100; [0012] “a computer readable medium has stored thereon instructions that when executed by a processor in a glucose monitoring system”) to:
access glucose data of a patient recorded over time ([0048] “FIG. 1 is a top view of an exemplary touch sensitive receiver 100 displaying various information associated with sensor data from a continuous blood glucose sensor”); and
display a user interface (user interface 110/710) comprising:
a first panel comprising a first graph that plots the glucose data over a first period (navigation bar 126/720), wherein:
the first panel comprises a first visual indicator associated with a subset of the glucose data plotted in the first graph between a first time point and a second time point (Fig. 7, slider 722 is the left edge of the rectangle, while the remaining three sides are made up by the borders of navigation bar 720), and
the subset of the glucose data spans a second time period that is shorter in duration than the first time period ([0050] “In the embodiment of FIG. 1, the navigation bar 126 displays glucose levels of the host over an extended time period and allows a user of the receiver 100 to easily change the time period for which sensor data is displayed in the glucose chart 114.” [0075] “a user may touch and drag the slider 722 in order to adjust the time period for which data is displayed in the window 712”),
a second panel comprising a second graph that plots the subset of the glucose data over the second time period, wherein the second panel comprises a second visual indicator associated with one or more individual glucose measurements in the second graph (Fig. 7, glucose chart 712; Fig. 1A, glucose chart 154, lines 156, 162, 164, and 166; [0052] “the user may customize the types of information that are displayed in certain panes, as well as customize which panes are selected for concurrent display. In some embodiment, the user can also define an action for certain user inputs, such as whether a full screen display of the current glucose chart should appear in response to a particular user input or if a pane including current status information should be displayed on the display (e.g., in a pop-up window) in response to the particular user input. In one embodiment, various panes that may be displayed on the receiver (e.g., various glucose charts, status windows, setup information, training information) may be moved about the display screen in order to allow customization of positions of the various panes. Thus, the user may be provided with the ability to customize what is displayed on the receiver at various times and in response to various inputs.”), and
a third panel displaying each of the one or more individual glucose measurements in numerical format (Fig. 1, pane 116; glucose level 512);
receive input data indicative of a user of the computing device moving the first visual indicator from a current position in the first panel to a new position in the first panel ([Johnson 0054] “Additionally, a touch sensitive display (or any other input device discussed herein) may be used to scroll linearly through glucose data over time, zoom in and out of sections of glucose data, scroll point-to-point within a graph to see individual values, and the like.”); and
update the first panel to display the first visual indicator at the new position, wherein the first visual indicator at the new position is associated with a second subset of the glucose data (Fig. 7; [0075] “a user may touch and drag the slider 722 in order to adjust the time period for which data is displayed in the window 712”); and
update the second panel to update the second graph to plot the second subset of the glucose data (Fig. 7; [0075] “a user may touch and drag the slider 722 in order to adjust the time period for which data is displayed in the window 712;” Fig. 1A).
Johnson teaches a visual indicator that adjustably includes various time points at different positions but fails to explicitly teach a second subset of the glucose data between a third time point and a fourth time point that are both different from the first time point and the second time point.
Kumar, R. teaches a second subset of the data [Fig. 9J, the period from July 3 12:00 AM that progresses to the rightmost terminal end of the graphical display] between a third time point [Fig. 9J, July 3 12:00 AM] and a fourth time point [Fig. 9J, the rightmost terminal end of the graphical display] that are both different from the first time point [July 1 12:00 AM] and the second time point [July 2 12:00 AM].
It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to take the teachings of Johnson and incorporate the teachings of Kumar, R. to include a second subset of the glucose data between a third time point and a fourth time point that are both different from the first time point and the second time point. Doing so configures the system to provide “…improved feedback [that] enhances the operability of the device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the device) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the device by enabling the user to use the device more quickly and efficiently”, as recognized by Kumar, R. par. 0286].
Regarding claim 18, Johnson and Kumar, R. teach the non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 14, wherein the instructions are further operable to cause the one or more processors to:
receive input data indicative of a user of the computing device sliding the second graph in a direction ([Johnson 0054] “Additionally, a touch sensitive display (or any other input device discussed herein) may be used to scroll linearly through glucose data over time, zoom in and out of sections of glucose data, scroll point-to-point within a graph to see individual values, and the like.”); and
update, based on the received input data, the second panel to update the second graph to plot a new subset of the glucose data that is at least partially different than the subset of the glucose data ([Johnson 0051] “FIG. 1A illustrate the receiver 100 with a glucose chart 154 that covers substantially the entire display of the receiver 100 and includes an estimate of where the host's glucose level will go to in the future. In one embodiment, glucose charts can be selected to fill the entire (or substantially the entire) display of a receiver, including the receiver 100, 200, 410, 420, 430, and any other receiver, in response to any predefined user input, such as tapping a displayed glucose chart in a predefined manner (e.g., a single or double tap, a pinch or spread motion on a touch sensitive display, or selections of a hardware button or other input device).” [0054] “Additionally, a touch sensitive display (or any other input device discussed herein) may be used to scroll linearly through glucose data over time, zoom in and out of sections of glucose data, scroll point-to-point within a graph to see individual values, and the like”).
Regarding claim 19, and Kumar, R. teach the non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 18, wherein the instructions are further operable to cause the one or more processors to update the first panel to display the first visual indicator at a new position associated with the new subset of the glucose data ([Johnson 0054] “a touch sensitive display (or any other input device discussed herein) may be used to scroll linearly through glucose data over time, zoom in and out of sections of glucose data, scroll point-to-point within a graph to see individual values, and the like” [0075] “the time period of glucose data displayed in the window 712 may be adjusted by moving the slider 722 to the left (e.g., in order to increase the time period of data displayed in the window 712) or to the right (e.g., in order to decrease the time period of data displayed in the window 712). Depending on the hardware of the receiver, the slider 722 may be moved in response to various user inputs”).
Regarding claim 20, and Kumar, R. teach the non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 14, wherein displaying the user interface further comprises displaying a fourth panel comprising a scrollable display of one or more events associated with the patient that occurred within the first time period ([Johnson 0077] “In the embodiment of FIG. 7, the glucose chart displayed in window 712 also includes event tags that indicate when particular events occurred. In this particular embodiment, the tags include a food tag 716 and an insulin tag 718, which indicate specific times at which the indicated events occurred. In other embodiments, any number of indicators may be available for tracking events, such as exercise, sleep, ill, and any other events that might be interesting to the user and/or others that view the user's glucose data (e.g., the users physician). In one embodiment, the event indicators move as the selected time period is changed so that they continue to point to the appropriate position of the chart.”).
Claim 10 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Johnson and Kumar, R. as applied to claim 1 above, and further in view of Shelton (US 20190206563 A1).
Regarding claim 10, Johnson and Kumar, R. teach the method of claim 1, wherein:
the accessed glucose data was recorded at a first frequency; and the first visual indicator comprises a first range determined based on the first frequency to capture the subset of the glucose data ([Johnson 0048] “the glucose chart 114 displays sensor data from a continuous analyte sensor in a graph format. In one embodiment, the three hour period ends with the last sensor data received from the continuous glucose sensor by default. In some embodiments, the three hour period is selectable by the user (e.g., to select any previous three hour period), such as using any of the input devices discussed below. In some embodiments, the glucose chart 114 may include one or more tick marks and/or other indicia on the x-axis that provide indications of quantity and/or units that are displayed. For example, the x-axis may include periodic tick marks (and/or labels) that mark each hour (or any other time period) of data illustrated.” [Johnson 0075] “FIG. 7 illustrates a user interface 710 including a glucose chart for a 3 hour time period and a navigation bar 720 that shows glucose data over a longer period. In the example of FIG. 7, the navigation bar 720 illustrates glucose data for a 24 hour time period.” Slider 722).
Kumar, R. teaches a second range for the first visual indicator [Fig. 9J, the period from July 3 12:00 AM that progresses to the rightmost terminal end of the graphical display, distinct from the period between July 1 12:00 AM and July 2 12:00 AM].
However, Johnson and Kumar, R. fail to disclose determining a second range for the first visual indicator based on a second data recording frequency.
Shelton teaches a system for automatically fusing physiological data. Shelton discloses the method further comprising:
accessing second glucose data recorded at a second frequency; and determining, based on the second frequency, a second range for the first visual indicator that is different than the first range (Johnson: [0048] “sensor data from a continuous analyte sensor”; Shelton: [0887] “The at least one processor is configured to access a first dataset comprising data sampled at a first data sampling rate recorded during a sampling time period, access a second dataset comprising data sampled at a second data sampling rate that is slower than the first data sampling rate and is recorded during the sampling time period, scale the second dataset to match the first data sampling rate, fuse the first dataset and the second dataset into a composite dataset, align the first dataset and the second dataset in the composite dataset, such that data from both the first dataset and the second dataset is sequentially ordered in the composite dataset in an order in which the data was recorded, cause display of the composite dataset, generate a graphical overlay on top of the display of the composite dataset that provides an interpretation of the composite dataset [second range with updated slider 722 placement including the composite dataset]”).
Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to further modify the method of Johnson and Kumar, R. to include a range incorporating the data of a second sampling frequency as disclosed in Shelton for successful integration of data of different sampling rates for medical analysis (Shelton [0363]).
Claims 12 and 21-22 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Johnson and Kumar, R. as applied to claims 11 and 20 above, and further in view of Kumar, A. (US 20190239825 A1).
Regarding claim 12, Johnson and Kumar, R. teach the method of claim 11, wherein Johnson further teaches the one or more events (Fig. A1, [0066] “hovering over, tapping, selecting or expanding any particular time point will cause any or all additional data associated with that time point (e.g., glucose value, reference value, insulin delivery information, insulin on board information, user-initiated events, or other measured parameters associated with that time point) to appear.”), but fails to explicitly disclose types of insulin or the amount of ingested carbs.
Kumar, A. teaches computing devices that allow a user to input data about the sensor user's lifestyle and a user to access an event log associated with an analyte monitoring sensor. Kumar discloses comprises an administered dose of meal-time insulin, an administered dose of basal insulin, an administered dose of long-acting insulin, an amount of ingested carbs, or some combination thereof ([0057] “As shown in FIGS. 2A to 2C, such limited number of user input buttons may include, but are not limited to, Food, Rapid-Acting Insulin, Long-Acting Insulin, Exercise, Comments, and any combination thereof.” Fig. 4J).
Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to have modified the method of Johnson and Kumar, R. to include different types of insulin and amount of ingested carbs as disclosed in Kumar to ensure that a full picture of a sensor user's lifestyle at that specific date and time is accurately captured (Kumar, A. [0063]).
Regarding claim 21, Johnson and Kumar, R. teach the non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 20, wherein Johnson further teaches the one or more events (Fig. A1, [0066] “hovering over, tapping, selecting or expanding any particular time point will cause any or all additional data associated with that time point (e.g., glucose value, reference value, insulin delivery information, insulin on board information, user-initiated events, or other measured parameters associated with that time point) to appear.”), but fails to explicitly disclose types of insulin or the amount of ingested carbs.
Kumar, A. discloses comprises an administered dose of meal-time insulin, an administered dose of basal insulin, an administered dose of long-acting insulin, an amount of ingested carbs, or some combination thereof ([0057] “As shown in FIGS. 2A to 2C, such limited number of user input buttons may include, but are not limited to, Food, Rapid-Acting Insulin, Long-Acting Insulin, Exercise, Comments, and any combination thereof.” Fig. 4J).
Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to have modified the method of Johnson and Kumar, R. to include different types of insulin and amount of ingested carbs as disclosed in Kumar, A. to ensure that a full picture of a sensor user's lifestyle at that specific date and time is accurately captured (Kumar, A. [0063]).
Regarding claim 22, Johnson, Kumar, R., and Kumar, A. teach the non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 21, wherein the instructions are further operable to cause the one or more processors to:
receive input data indicative of a user of the computing device selecting an event in the fourth panel (Johnson: [0077] “the event indicators may be selected, such as by touching the icons displayed on a touch sensitive receiver, in order to initiate display of further information regarding the selected event.” window 712);
update the second panel to display a second subset of the glucose data measured during a time period associated with the selected event, wherein the second subset of the glucose data is at least partially different than the subset of the glucose data (Johnson: [0077] “Depending on embodiment, the additional information regarding the event may be displayed in a pop-up type window that covers a portion of the user interface 710, or a separate window that replaces the user interface 710, or possibly the window 712”; Fig. 1A; [0054] “a touch sensitive display (or any other input device discussed herein) may be used to scroll linearly through glucose data over time, zoom in and out of sections of glucose data, scroll point-to-point within a graph to see individual values, and the like.”); and
update the first panel to display the first visual indicator so that the first visual indicator is associated with the second subset of the glucose data (Johnson: [0075] “the time period of glucose data displayed in the window 712 may be adjusted by moving the slider 722 to the left (e.g., in order to increase the time period of data displayed in the window 712) or to the right (e.g., in order to decrease the time period of data displayed in the window 712). Depending on the hardware of the receiver, the slider 722 may be moved in response to various user inputs”).
Conclusion
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