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 .
Response to Amendment and Arguments
Applicant’s amendment filed on February 3, 2026 has been entered and made of record. Claims 1-21 are pending and are being examined in this application.
In light of Applicant’s amendments to the claims, the 112(b) and 103 rejections are withdrawn. The examiner was unable to find prior art to reject the amended claims.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
The following is a quotation of the first paragraph of 35 U.S.C. 112(a):
(a) IN GENERAL.—The specification shall contain a written description of the invention, and of the manner and process of making and using it, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make and use the same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor or joint inventor of carrying out the invention.
The following is a quotation of the first paragraph of pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112:
The specification shall contain a written description of the invention, and of the manner and process of making and using it, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make and use the same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor of carrying out his invention.
Claims 1-21 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(a) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), first paragraph, as failing to comply with the written description requirement. The claim(s) contains subject matter which was not described in the specification in such a way as to reasonably convey to one skilled in the relevant art that the inventor or a joint inventor, or for applications subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, the inventor(s), at the time the application was filed, had possession of the claimed invention.
Figures 3 and 4 of applicant’s drawings and paragraphs 26-36 of applicant’s specification were cited as support for the amended limitations. To summarize, each node has a memory state vector (MSV). Each edge has features. A node to edge mapping (e.g., mapping 348) maps a node (e.g., node 344) in the first dynamic graph to an edge (e.g., edge 448) in the second dynamic graph or vice versa. This is so that the MSV of a node in one graph can be used as a feature for an edge in another graph, and, as a result, information is shared between the graphs.
In independent claims 1, 8, and 15, as amended, there is no exchange of MSVs between the first and second dynamic graphs. The MSVs are stored as edge features in the same graph as the nodes. However, the MSV of a first node in a first graph should be stored as a feature of an edge in a second graph and vice versa in order for there to be an exchange of MSVs as described in figure 3 and associated paragraphs. Note: the independent claims appear to be directed to figure 3 and associated paragraphs since claims 5, 12, and 19 are directed to figure 4 and associated paragraphs.
To address the 112(a) issue and some minor informalities, it is suggested that the independent claims be amended as follows:
storing, as respective edge features, (i) a memory state vector (MSV) of a first node in a first dynamic graph as edge features in a second dynamic graph and (ii) a MSV of a second node in the second dynamic graph as edge features in the first dynamic graph, the first dynamic graph comprising ing
executing, based on the edge features and the MSV of the first node and the MSV of the second node, first and second temporal graph networks (TGNs) to generate embeddings of the first and second dynamic graphs, respectively, such that the MSV of the first node stored as edge features in the second dynamic graph enables the second TGN to incorporate information about the first type into embeddings of the second dynamic graph; and
determining, based on the embeddings, a likelihood of an edge between nodes of the first dynamic graph and dynamic graph.
Dependent claims 2-7, 9-14, and 16-21 fail to cure the deficiencies of the claims from which they respectively depend and are therefore rejected for the same reason.
Conclusion
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).
A shortened statutory period for reply to this final action is set to expire THREE MONTHS from the mailing date of this action. In the event a first reply is filed within TWO MONTHS of the mailing date of this final action and the advisory action is not mailed until after the end of the THREE-MONTH shortened statutory period, then the shortened statutory period will expire on the date the advisory action is mailed, and any nonprovisional extension fee (37 CFR 1.17(a)) pursuant to 37 CFR 1.136(a) will be calculated from the mailing date of the advisory action. In no event, however, will the statutory period for reply expire later than SIX MONTHS from the mailing date of this final action.
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/Grace Park/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2144