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 .
Applicant amended claims 1, 7, 9, 15, 18, and 20 in the Request for Continued Examination filed on 02/19/2026.
Claims 1-20 remain pending.
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and the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e) has been timely paid, the finality of the previous Office action has been withdrawn pursuant to 37 CFR 1.114.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 02/19/2026 has been entered.
Response to Arguments
Applicant's arguments filed 02/19/2026 have been fully considered but they are not persuasive.
Applicant argued that with respect to claims 17 and 19, support for “the user comprises an automated process” can be found at least in paragraphs [181] and [198] of the specification.
In response to applicant’s argument, the cited paragraph [181] of the specification discloses “the results of the analysis of such data may be used to enrich a dataset of track and trace data which can be used to create one or more graph representations of a network and its users and processes”. The paragraph [181] simply discloses users and processes, the paragraph does not disclose “the user comprises an automated process”. The paragraph [198] discloses “other network-related activities initiated by a user/application/process”, the paragraph does not disclose “the user comprises an automated process”.
Applicant argued that with respect to claims 18 and 20, support for “the record of events includes device-specific events or task specific events” can be found at least in paragraph [198] of the specification.
In response to applicant’s argument, the cited paragraph [198] of the specification discloses “This may result in a trace and track dataset comprising various user-level trace information including, but not limited to: tagged network packets or events generated by an application during its execution (e.g., source/destination IP addresses, port numbers, protocols used, packet timestamps, and payload data); data related to application interactions with a network such as communication flows, requests and responses, and other network-related activities initiated by a user/application/process; protocol analysis information; and performance of network interactions from an application perspective”. The cited paragraph discloses trace and track dataset comprising various user-level trace information, such as events generated by an application and data related to application interactions with a network. The cited paragraph does not disclose “the record of events includes device-specific events or task specific events”.
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 17-20 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. For claims 17 and 19, the examiner is unable to find support for “the user comprises an automated process” in the specification. For claims 18 and 20, the examiner is unable to find support for “the record of events includes device-specific events or task specific events” in the specification.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1-16 are allowed.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
Scheib et al. (US 11,637,762 B2). Creates a visual representation of the application dependency graph via the user interface.
Madani et al. (US 2016/0359678 A1). Generate an application dependency map, which depicts the physical and logical dependencies of the application components, as well as the dependencies of the components on the underlying infrastructure resources.
Chari et al. (US 2017/0308712 A1). Generate a data flow graph and a control flow graph for the application based on the input and output sensitive data flow points for the components of the application.
Raanan (US 7,590,715 B1). A packet is captured by sampling traffic on a network; the information extracted from the packet is used to dynamically generate a dependency map of applications, components, services, and business processes.
Merten et al. (US 2023/0315470 A1). Captures trace data generated as a result of processor executing software instructions on hardware threads of the core while tracing is enabled; the tracer also formats the trace data into individual trace data packets for routing as a packet stream ([0046]).
Partridge (US 2006/0165003 A1). Generating a graph representative of the route through the network taken by the data packet of interest.
Pauw et al. (US 2004/0015879 A1). Insert debugging code into specific portion ([0004]).
Hawe et al. (US 5,594,869). Analyzing each incoming packet to identify packets of the particular protocol type requiring decryption.
Ree et al. (US 2003/0182440 A1). Analyzing the packet protocols to determine the protocols being used, protocol checksum values, and which socket the packet is going to ([0074]).
Pierson (US 2003/0048781 A1). Determine what protocol that data packet is in; inserting data packet framing bit(s) as determined by the particular transmission protocol being used.
Chang et al. (US 2013/0152050 A1). Storing the crash data on the end user device.
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Kaylee Huang
03/21/2025
/KAYLEE J HUANG/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2447