DETAILED ACTION
This action is in response to the claims filed December 18, 2025. Claims 1, 4-7, 9-12, and 14-19 are pending. Claims 1, 10, and 19 are independent claims.
The objections to the claims are withdrawn in view of Applicant’s amendments to the claims.
The rejection of the claims under 35 U.S.C. 101 is withdrawn in view of Applicant’s arguments and amendments to the claims.
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 .
Claim Objections
Claims 4 and 10 are objected to because of the following informalities:
- Claim 4 recites “a service providing program belong” on line 3. This should likely read “a service providing program belongs”.
- Claim 10 recites “a service consuming belong” on line 19. This should likely read “a service consuming program belong”.
Appropriate correction is required.
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 1, 4-7, 9-12, and 14-19 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.
For the purpose of brevity, rejections on analogous limitations of independent claims are grouped together.
Claim 1 recites “a classification from previous step is forwarded with the include file…” on line 22. Specifically in regards to “previous step”, it is unclear which previous step the limitation refers to, or if it refers to multiple previous steps. The claims include at least two previous classification steps which classify the file as either a shared include file or a private include file. For the purposes of examination, “previous step” is interpreted to refer to either of the previous classification steps. Claims 4-7 and 9 are rejected in view of their dependency on claim 1. Analogous limitations in claims 10 and 19 are rejected for the same reasons as recited for claim 1. Claims 11-12 and 14-18 are rejected in view of their dependency on claim 10.
Claim 1 recites “migrating the set of applications for the installation from the centralized version control system accordingly for executing tasks”. Specifically in regards to “accordingly”, the intended meaning of the word in the claim is unclear. For the purposes of examination, “accordingly” is interpreted to direct the migration based on the recited steps of claim 1. Claims 4-7 and 9 are rejected in view of their dependency on claim 1. Analogous limitations in claims 10 and 19 are rejected for the same reasons as recited for claim 1. Claims 11-12 and 14-18 are rejected in view of their dependency on claim 10.
Claim 4 recites “a service providing program” and “the service consuming programs”. It appears that the “a service providing program” refers to a program separate from the “service providing program of claim 1. For “the service consuming programs”, there is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim. Claim 1 refers to “a service consuming program” in the singular, but claim 4 refers to “the service consuming programs” in the plural. For the purposes of examination, “the service consuming programs” is interpreted to be “the service consuming program” and refers to the “service consuming program” of claim 1. Claim 5 is rejected in view of its dependency on claim 4.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1, 4-7, 9-12, and 14-19 would be allowable if rewritten or amended to overcome the rejection(s) under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), 2nd paragraph, set forth in this Office action.
Response to Arguments
Applicant’s arguments, see Remarks, Pages 9-14, filed December 18, 2025, with respect to the rejection of claims 1, 4-7, 9-12, and 14-19 under 35 U.S.C. 101 have been fully considered and are persuasive. The rejection of claims 1, 4-7, 9-12, and 14-19 has been withdrawn.
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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/V.W.D./Examiner, Art Unit 2191 /WEI Y MUI/Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 2191
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