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 .
Claims 1-5 are pending.
Specification
The title of the invention is not descriptive. A new title is required that is clearly indicative of the invention to which the claims are directed.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that form the basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
A person shall be entitled to a patent unless –
(a)(2) the claimed invention was described in a patent issued under section 151, or in an application for patent published or deemed published under section 122(b), in which the patent or application, as the case may be, names another inventor and was effectively filed before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claim(s) 1-5 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Imamoto et al. (US 2023/0401083).
With respect to claim 1, Imamoto discloses: An information processing device, comprising:a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to: generate a first virtual machine, and a second virtual machine for analyzing the first virtual machine; allocate a portion of a predetermined resource to the generated first virtual machine; and in a case in which the second virtual machine has been generated, secure, in the predetermined resource, an allocation region allocated to the second virtual machine (Abstract, [0006], [0008], [0025]).
With respect to claim 2, Imamoto discloses: wherein the processor is configured to generate the second virtual machine in a case in which a predetermined failure has occurred (id).
With respect to claim 3, Imamoto discloses: wherein the processor is configured to maintain an amount of the predetermined resource allocated to the first virtual machine even when the second virtual machine has been generated ([0025]).
With respect to claim 4, wherein the first virtual machine and the second virtual machine are virtual machines installed in a vehicle onboard system (intended use, and is not provided patentable weight.
With respect to claim 5, Examiner takes official notice that it is well known in the prior art to generate scale virtual machines when demands are high.
Conclusion
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/WISSAM RASHID/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2195