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 .
This office action is in response to the claimed amendment filed on 10/01/2025.
Status of claims:
Claims 2-3, 10, 13-24 and 27-28 are canceled.
Claims 1, 4-9, 11-12, 25-26 and 29-32 are presented for examination.
Response to Arguments
Applicant's arguments filed on 10/01/2025 with respect to the newly added limitations of the claims have been considered in view of the new ground(s) of rejection necessitated by amendment.
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, 4-9, 11-12, 25-26 and 29-32 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101 because the claimed invention is directed to an abstract without significantly more.
Claims 1, 25 and 26,
Step 1:
The claims are directed to one of the four statutory categories of invention, i.e., process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter.
Step 2A, Prong One:
The claims recite the limitations “acquiring…, constructing …, obtaining…, using the address vectors as inputs…to obtain an output result; wherein construct…comprises: analyzing…; ” 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, nothing in the claim element precludes the steps from practically being performed in a human mind.
Step 2A, Prong Two:
This judicial exception is not integrated into a practical application. The claim recites the additional elements:
“wherein the output result…; controlling…;filtering…; and constructing…to filtered …; wherein the blockchain …indicates an transaction identifier...; constructing...; constructing…filtered… constructing...; constructing...; constructing...;wherein constructing…executing” represent(s) an extra solution activity because it is a mere nominal or tangential addition to the claim, a mere generic transmission and presenting of collected and analyzed data. (See MPEP 2106.05(g)).
“one or more processors; a storage apparatus; and non-transitory computer-readable medium” are recited at a high level of generality such that they amount to on more than mere instructions to apply the exception using a generic component. (see MPEP 2106.05(f)).
Step 2B:
“wherein the output result…; controlling…;filtering…; and constructing…to filtered …; wherein the blockchain …indicates an transaction identifier...; constructing...; constructing…filtered… constructing...; constructing...; constructing...;wherein constructing…executing”. The claims do not include additional elements that are sufficient to amount to significantly more than the judicial exception. The insignificant extra-solution activities identified above, which include the data-gathering, and classifying steps, are recognized by the courts as well-understood, routine, and conventional activities when they are claimed Ina merely generic manner (e.g., at a high level of generality) or as insignificant extra-solution activity (See MPEP 2106.05(d)(II) (i) Receiving or transmitting data over a network, e.g., using the Internet to gather data, buySAFE, Inc. v. Google, Inc., 765 F.3d 1350, 1355, 112 USPO2d 1093, 1096 (Fed. Cir. 2014) (computer receives and sends information over a network); (v) Presenting offers and gathering statistics, OIP Techs., 788 F.3d at 1362-63, 115 USPO2d at 1092- 93).
“one or more processors; a storage apparatus; and non-transitory computer-readable medium” amount to elements that have been recognized as well-understood, routine, and conventional activity in particular fields, as demonstrate by: relevant court decision: the followings are example of the court decisions demonstrating well-understood, routine and conventional activities, See e.g., MPEP 2106.05(d)(II) and MPEP 2106.05(f)(2): computer readable storage media comprising instructions to implement a method, e.g., see versata Dev. Group, Inc. v SAP Am., Inc., 793 F.3d 1306, 1334, 115 USPQ2d 1681, 1701 (Fed. Cir. 2015).
The claims as a whole, do not amount to significantly more than the abstract idea itself. This is because the claims do not affect an improvement to the functioning of a computer itself; and the claim do not move beyond a general link of the use of an abstract idea to a particular technological environment.
Accordingly, claim 1 and 25-26 are directed to an abstract idea.
Claim 4 recites the limitation. This additional element is recited at a high level of generality and would function in its ordinary capacity for forming a transition probability matrix, this additional element does not integrate the integrate the judicial exception into a practical application and does not amount to significantly more.
Claim 5 recites the limitation. This additional element is recited at a high level of generality and would function in its ordinary capacity for selecting vertexes other than the current vertex as the current vertexes, this additional element does not integrate the integrate the judicial exception into a practical application and does not amount to significantly more.
Claim 6 recites the limitation. This additional element is recited at a high level of generality and would function in its ordinary capacity for selecting a vertex with the highest connection probability, this additional element does not integrate the integrate the judicial exception into a practical application and does not amount to significantly more.
Claim 7 recites the limitation. There is no additional elements recited so the claim does not provide a practical application and is not considered to be significantly.
Claim 8 recites “wherein, when the graph embedding algorithm is anode2vec algorithm, performing the gradient descent optimization on … to the neighborhood vertexes”. These limitations in the context of these claims encompasses the user mentally, or manually with the aid of pen and paper perform the gradient descent optimization and determine one-hot vectors to manage certain human activities.
Furthermore, the claim recites “ optimizing …”. This additional element is recited at a high level of generality and would function in its ordinary capacity for optimizing the node2vec algorithm, this additional element does not integrate the integrate the judicial exception into a practical application and does not amount to significantly more.
Claim 9 recites the limitation. There is no additional elements recited so the claim does not provide a practical application and is not considered to be significantly.
Claim 11 the limitation. This additional element is recited at a high level of generality and would function in its ordinary capacity for training the address classifier, this additional element does not integrate the integrate the judicial exception into a practical application and does not amount to significantly more.
Claim 12, recites the limitation. There is no additional elements recited so the claim does not provide a practical application and is not considered to be significantly.
Claim 29, recites the limitation. There is no additional elements recited so the claim does not provide a practical application and is not considered to be significantly.
Claim 30, recites the limitation. There is no additional elements recited so the claim does not provide a practical application and is not considered to be significantly.
Claim 31, recites the limitation. There is no additional elements recited so the claim does not provide a practical application and is not considered to be significantly.
Claim 32 recites “wherein the blockchain address is a blockchain address based on an Unspent Transaction Outputs (UTXO) model”. There is no additional elements recited so the claim does not provide a practical application and is not considered to be significantly.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1, 4-9, 11-12, 25-26 and 29-32 would be allowable if overcome the 101 rejections set forth in this office action.
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).
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