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 .
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and the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e) has been timely paid, the finality of the previous Office action has been withdrawn pursuant to 37 CFR 1.114.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 08/18/2026 has been entered.
Claims 1-20 are pending.
Response to Arguments
35 U.S.C. 101 Rejections
Applicant’s arguments filed in the communications on 01/20/2026 have been fully considered but are not persuasive.
In remarks applicant argues in substance that the claims are not directed to an abstract idea and that the claims integrate judicial exception into a practical application. Applicant also amended the claim to recite “…the portion of the MHI reported to the network node is limited to MHI that is related to a PLMN identity of the network node”
Examiner response
Examiner respectfully disagree and would like to point out that the claims are still directed to an abstract idea. The claim recites storing history information and time information; logging specific history information into user equipment and reporting a portion of the history information. The limitation of storing history information and time information; logging specific history information into user equipment and reporting a portion of the history information as drafted, wherein the portion of the MHI reported to the network node is limited to MHI related to a PLMN identity of the network node. This is a process that, under its broadest reasonable interpretation, covers performance of the limitation in the mind but for the recitation of generic computer components including wireless communication technology and network nodes (emphasis added).
That is, other than reciting “user equipment”, “network node” nothing in the claim element precludes the step from practically being performed in the mind. If a claim limitation, under its broadest reasonable interpretation, covers performance of the limitation in the mind but for the recitation of generic computer components, then it falls within the “Mental Processes” grouping of abstract ideas. Accordingly, the claim recites an abstract idea
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.
Claim 1-20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101 because the claimed invention is directed to an abstract idea without significantly more. The independent claim recites storing history information and time information; logging specific history information into user equipment and reporting a portion of the history information wherein the portion of the MHI reported to the network node is limited to MHI related to a PLMN identity of the network node.
The limitation of storing history information and time information; logging specific history information into user equipment and reporting a portion of the history information as drafted, is a process that, under its broadest reasonable interpretation, covers performance of the limitation in the mind but for the recitation of generic computer components. That is, other than reciting “user equipment” nothing in the claim element precludes the step from practically being performed in the mind. If a claim limitation, under its broadest reasonable interpretation, covers performance of the limitation in the mind but for the recitation of generic computer components, then it falls within the “Mental Processes” grouping of abstract ideas. Accordingly, the claim recites an abstract idea.
This judicial exception is not integrated into a practical application. In particular, the claim only recites additional element such as user equipment and public land mobile network. Accordingly, this additional element does not integrate the abstract idea into a practical application because it does not impose any meaningful limits on practicing the abstract idea. The claim is directed to an abstract idea. The claim does not include additional elements that are sufficient to amount to significantly more than the judicial exception. The claim is not patent eligible.
Conclusion
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/HERMON ASRES/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2449
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