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 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 1-8 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101 because the claimed
invention is directed to an abstract idea without significantly more.
Step 1: Does the claimed invention fall inside one of the four statutory categories (process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter)? No, for claims 1-6. Yes, for claims 7 and 8. Claims 1-6 are drawn to a digitized new language. Claim 7 is drawn to a method for a digitized new language (i.e., a process). Claim 8 is drawn to an input tool for a digitized new language (i.e., a manufacture).
Step 2A - Prong One: Do the claims recite a judicial exception (an abstract idea enumerated in the 2019 PEG, a law of nature, or a natural phenomenon)? Yes, for claims 1-8.
Claim 1 recites:
A digitized new language, namely a language that uses ten Arabic numbers 0-9 as the unified word-formation symbols (characters for short) for all languages;
the digitized new language is shortened as the new language and covers a digitized new current language and its corresponding Braille and sign language, a newly created interpersonal language and its corresponding Braille and sign language and a newly created interstellar language, wherein the characters are international codes within ten Arabic numbers 0~9, a phonetic notation consists of internationally recognized ten consonants and ten vowels, and the pronunciations are mainly determined based on the internationally recognized phonetic symbols, namely 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and i;
Pronunciation table of characters within 0~9 for the digitized new language:
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The characters of the ten Arabic numbers (0-9) are the same globally, however they are different in pronunciation in different countries and regions, they are distinctive pronunciations, however under the overall trend of unified pronunciations, people using different languages can also pronounce their own distinctive pronunciations, which reflect the combination of languages in unity, discrepancy and diversity;
1)Characters of the digitized new language
The characters of the digitized new language comprise of phonetic symbols, semantic symbols and formal symbols;
[Wingdings font/0x81] Phonetic symbol
A total of 110 phonetic symbols are set, including 10 single-phonetic-symbols 0-9 with no consonants before vowels, and 100 “consonant+ vowel” combined double-phonetic-symbols from 00 to 99, each word has 1~2 phonetic symbols;
Phonetic symbol table of the digitized new language:
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The digitized new language also digitizes the pronunciations of various current languages according to the “Phonetic Symbol Table of the digitized new language”, using only phonetic symbols rather than semantic symbols;
In any language, each word has at most 3 syllables and 6 characters, with the last syllable being indispensable;
[Wingdings font/0x82] Semantic symbol
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The semantic symbols comprise of 110 categories, including 10 categories of singlesemantic-symbols and 100 categories of double-semantic-symbols, the identifier of the semantic symbols is, For a single-semantic-symbol, it can be added above it; For a doublesemantic-symbol, it can be added above the second semantic symbol, semantic symbol vowels are pronounced with a long sound
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Semantic symbol table of the digitized new language:
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[Wingdings font/0x83] Formal symbol
The formal symbols comprise of ten categories (0-9), one word can have 1-4 formal symbols as needed or be provided without any formal symbol;
The formal symbols refer to the classification of basic letters or stroke forms used for various languages, which basically reflects the letter and stroke form orders of different languages;
The following table shows the Latin alphabet, Arabic alphabet, Slavic alphabet used by many countries and the unique letters or stroke forms of a country or nation;
The letters of each language are arranged on the ten numeric keys (0-9) of the numeric keyboard to achieve inputting various letters and languages through the numeric keyboard;
Formal symbol table of the digitized new language:
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[Wingdings font/0x84] Difference between characters and numbers
The ten Arabic numbers (0-9) involve both character and number meanings in the digitized new language, namely a character and the corresponding number are represented in the same form;
When only one Arabic number is used, it refers to both a word and a number with the same meaning;
When 2~6 Arabic numbers are used, the difference between the characters and
numbers is that adding the number identifier of
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before an Arabic number string represents a number rather than a character;
When two or more consecutive Arabic numbers represent a
number, the number identifier
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should be added at the beginning and end;
Characters do not have any symbols, so those with symbols represent numbers, regardless of being at the beginning, in the middle or at the end;
[Wingdings font/0x85] Simplification and ligature of characters
Although the ten Arabic numbers 0~9 are widely used in the world and are the most popular word-formation symbols, they still need to be simplified;
Detailed simplification and ligature of characters:
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After the characters are simplified, for 2 characters, they can be ligatured from up to down;
for 3 characters, 1 and 2 can be ligatured from up to down, while 3 can be written separately, for 4 characters, 1 and 2 as well as 3 and 4 can be ligatured from up to down; for 5 characters, 1 and 2 as well as 3 and 4 can be ligatured from up to down, 5 can be written separately; for 6 characters, 1 and 2, 3 and 4 as well as 5 and 6 can be ligatured from up to down;
The ligatured characters will also be used as shorthand symbols for various languages;
2) Formation method of words and phrases of the digitized new language
The formation method of the digitized new language includes words and phrases, each word and phrase can have at most 5 characters, any word or phrase in the same language is unique and will not repeat;
[Wingdings font/0x81] Word-formation method
The “word” in the present invention refers to a single word or word, words are divided into three parts, namely phonetic, semantic and formal parts, and each part represents a different meaning;
The formation of a word involves the following four items:
When a word only involves “phonetic symbol”, it can have 1~2 characters;
When the word involves the combination of “semantic symbol+ phonetic symbol”, it can have 2~4 characters;
When the word involves the combination of “formal symbol + phonetic symbol”, it can have 2~5 characters;
When the word involves the combination of "semantic symbol + formal symbol + phonetic symbol", it can have 3~5 characters;
[Wingdings font/0x82] Phrase-formation method
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The “phrase” in the present invention refers to a collocation or phrase, phrases can help to reduce the number of characters and speed up the writing, their identifier is
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, The phrase vowels are pronounced in a falling tone and then a rising tone
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The formation of a phase involves the following three items:
For a phrase formed by two words: the first word uses the first 2 characters, while the second uses the last 3 characters, namely 2+3, and the identifier
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shall be added above the second character;
For a phrase formed by three words: the first word uses the first 1 character, the second uses the first 2 characters and the last uses the last 2 characters, namely 1 +2+2, and the identifier
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shall be added above the third character;
For a phrase formed by four or more words: the first, second and third words use the first 1 character, while the last uses the last 2 characters, namely 1+ 1+ 1 +2, and the identifier
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shall be added above the fourth character;
Regardless of the item, the phrase always retains the phonetic symbol of the last syllable of the last word;
[Wingdings font/0x83] Arrangement of words and phrases
Words and phrases are arranged linearly from left to right in single lines, three to five characters can also be arranged in two lines, three characters are arranged with 1 on the left, top and bottom, respectively, four characters are arranged with 2 on the top and bottom, respectively, five characters are arranged with 2 on the top and bottom, respectively and 1 on the right, six characters are arranged with 3 on the top and bottom, respectively;
[Wingdings font/0x84] Ellipsis, abbreviation and font size of words and phrases
(1) Omission of repeated characters: Regardless of words or phrases, if a character will be repeated, ellipses
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can be used after it to avoid repetition, which indicate that two, three, four or five characters are the same, respectively, when a character will be repeated six times, the ellipsis ~ can be used after it, omission vowels are pronounced in a rising tone
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(2) Abbreviation refers to using only one or two characters from a word or phrase
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comprising of 3-5 characters, the identifier
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of abbreviation is the same as that used for phrases, the difference is that it is added above the first character, abbreviation vowels are pronounced in a falling tone and then a rising tone
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(3) At most 3 big/ small font sizes for characters can be used, the font size for the first character shall be the same as that used throughout the text, and the small font size shall be used for the following one or two characters, big/ small font sizes shall be
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pronounced in a falling tone
3) Syllables of the digitized new language
For the digitized new language, a character means a syllable, in order to reduce the number of syllables, each word or phrase can only be pronounced with a maximum of two syllables;
[Wingdings font/0x81] Monosyllable: Including single-character, double-character and triple-character; Single-character: namely a word or a number, both have the same form and pronunciation,
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Single-character means a zero-consonant vowel, namely there is no any consonant before the vowel, the identifier
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for the zero consonant vowel is the same as that used for semantic symbols, the difference is that it is added above the last character representing a phonetic symbol, the zero-consonant vowels are pronounced with a long sound
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Double-character: namely “consonant + vowel”, with the first character is a consonant and the second character, a vowel, the consonant and vowel are pronounced together as follows:
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Triple-character: The vowel of the first character is changed to an elision
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pronunciation for the last two characters is the same as that for double-characters, namely “consonant +
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(ellipsis) + consonant + vowel”;
The first character is pronounced
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when having a semantic symbol;
[Wingdings font/0x82] Didisyllable: including quadruple character and quintuple-characters; Quadruple-character: Two characters form one syllable, the pronunciation method is the same as that for double-characters;
Quintuple-character: The first two characters form one syllable, the pronunciation is the same as that for double-characters;
The last three characters form one syllable, the pronunciation is the same as that for triple-characters;
For six characters, every three characters form one syllable, and the pronunciation the same as that for triple-characters.
These steps amount to a form of mental process and organizing human activity (i.e., an abstract idea) because a human can obtain Arabic numbers, Braille, sign language, phonetic symbols, semantic symbols, formal symbols, etc. to create a digitized language. Applicant of claimed invention discloses “The digitized new language inherits the phonetics and expressed contents of language, changes the writing forms, retains the roots of the created language of humans and highlights the soul of current language.” [0008]. Independent claims 7 and 8 describe similar steps as claim 1 (and therefore recite limitations that fall within this subject matter of grouping abstract ideas), and these claims are therefore determined to recite an abstract idea under the same analysis. Dependent claims 2-6 are directed towards mini-tasks (using blind symbols to replace 0-9 ten characters, using signs to replace 0-9 ten characters, using 0-9 ten Arabic numbers as characters to replace letters and stroke forms, etc.) for a digitized new language. Each claim amounts to a form of collecting, generating, and analyzing information, and therefore falls within the scope of a method for organizing human activity, (i.e., an abstract idea). As such, the Examiner concludes that claims 2-6 recite an abstract idea.
Step 2A – Prong Two: Do the claims recite additional elements that integrate the exception into a practical application of the exception? No
In prong two of step 2A, an evaluation is made whether a claim recites any additional element, or combination of additional elements, that integrate the exception into a practical application of that exception. An “additional element” is an element that is recited in the claim in addition to (beyond) the judicial exception (i.e., an element/limitation that sets forth an abstract idea is not an additional element). The phrase “integration into a practical application” is defined as requiring an additional element or a combination of additional elements in the claim to apply, rely on, or use the judicial exception in a manner that imposes a meaningful limit on the judicial exception, such that it is more than a drafting effort designed to monopolize the exception.
The requirement to execute the claimed steps/functions using a keyboard and a mouse implies using computing devices (independent claims 1, 7, and 8 and dependent claims 2-6) and is equivalent to adding the words “apply it” on a generic computer and/or mere instructions to implement the abstract idea on a generic computer. Similarly, the limitations of keyboards which in addition to computing devices requires processors to translate key presses into commands (independent claims 1, 7, and 8 and dependent claims 2-6) are recited at a high level of generality and amount to no more than mere instructions to apply the exception using generic computer components. These limitations do not impose any meaningful limits on practicing the abstract idea, and therefore do not integrate the abstract idea into a practical application (see MPEP 2106.05(f)).
Use of a computer, processor, memory or other machinery in its ordinary capacity for economic or other tasks (e.g., to receive, store, or transmit data) or simply adding a general-purpose computer or computer components after the fact to an abstract idea (e.g., a fundamental economic practice or mathematical equation) does not integrate a judicial exception into a practical application or provide significantly more. See Affinity Labs v. DirecTV, 838 F.3d 1253, 1262, 120 USPQ2d 1201, 1207 (Fed. Cir. 2016) (cellular telephone); TLI Communications LLC v. AV Auto, LLC, 823 F.3d 607, 613, 118 USPQ2d 1744, 1748 (Fed. Cir. 2016) (computer server and telephone unit). Intellectual Ventures I LLC v. Capital One Bank (USA), 792 F.3d 1363, 1367, 115 USPQ2d 1636, 1639 (Fed. Cir. 2015) (See MPEP 2106.05(f)).
Further, the additional limitations beyond the abstract idea identified above, serve merely to generally link the use of the judicial exception to a particular technological environment or field of use. Specifically, they serve to limit the application of the abstract idea to a computerized environment (e.g., identifying and displaying, etc.) performed by a computing device, processor, and memory, etc. This reasoning was demonstrated in Intellectual Ventures I LLC v. Capital One Bank (Fed. Cir. 2015), where the court determined "an abstract idea does not become nonabstract by limiting the invention to a particular field of use or technological environment, such as the Internet [or] a computer"). These limitations do not impose any meaningful limits on practicing the abstract idea, and therefore do not integrate the abstract idea into a practical application (see MPEP 2106.05(h)).
Dependent claims 2-6 fail to include any additional elements. In other words, each of the limitations/elements recited in respective dependent claims are further part of the abstract idea as identified by the Examiner for independent claim 1 (i.e., they are part of the abstract idea recited in independent claim 1). The Examiner has therefore determined that the additional elements, or combination of additional elements, do not integrate the abstract idea into a practical application. Accordingly, the claims are directed to an abstract idea.
Step 2B: Does the claim as a whole amount to significantly more than the judicial exception? i.e., Are there any additional elements (features/limitations/step) recited in the claim beyond the abstract idea? No
In step 2B, the claims are analyzed to determine whether any additional element, or combination of additional elements, are sufficient to ensure that the claims amount to significantly more than the judicial exception. This analysis is also termed a search for an “inventive concept.” An “inventive concept” is furnished by an element or combination of elements that is recited in the claim in addition to (beyond) the judicial exception, and is sufficient to ensure that the claim as a whole amount to significantly more than the judicial exception itself. Alice Corp., 573 U.S. at 27-18, 110 USPQ2d at 1981 (citing Mayo, 566 U.S. at 72-73, 101 USPQ2d at 1966).
As discussed above in “Step 2A – Prong Two”, the identified additional elements in independent claims 1, 7, and 8 and dependent claims 2-6 are equivalent to adding the words “apply it” on a generic computer, and/or generally link the use of the judicial exception to a particular technological environment or field of use. Therefore, the claims as a whole do not amount to significantly more than the judicial exception itself. Viewing the additional limitations in combination also shows that they fail to ensure the claims amount to significantly more than the abstract idea. When considered as an ordered combination, the additional components of the claims add nothing that is not already present when considered separately, and thus simply append the abstract idea with words equivalent to “apply it” on a generic computer and/or mere instructions to implement the abstract idea on a generic computer or/and append the abstract idea with insignificant extra solution activity associated with the implementation of the judicial exception, (e.g., mere data gathering, post-solution activity) and/or simply appending well-understood, routine, conventional activities previously known to the industry, specified at a high level of generality, to the judicial exception.
Dependent claims 2-6 fail to include any additional elements. In other words, each of the limitations/elements recited in respective independent claims are further part of the abstract idea as identified by the Examiner for each respective dependent claim (i.e. they are part of the abstract idea recited in each respective claim). The Examiner has therefore determined that no additional element, or combination of additional claims elements are sufficient to ensure the claims amount to significantly more than the abstract idea identified above. Therefore, claims 1-8 are not eligible subject matter under 35 USC 101.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
Claims 1-8 are rejected as failing to define the invention in the manner required by 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, second paragraph. The claims are narrative in form and replete with indefinite language. The structure which goes to make up the invention must be clearly and positively specified. The structure must be organized and correlated in such a manner as to present a complete operative invention. The claims must be in one sentence form only. Each claim begins with a capital letter and ends with a period. With the exception of the first letter of the claim and proper nouns, no other capital letter is allowed within the claim. Periods may not be used elsewhere in the claim except for abbreviations. Where a claim sets forth a plurality of elements or steps, each element or step of the claim should be separated by a line indentation. Where possible, claims are to be complete in themselves. Incorporation by reference to a specific figure or table “is permitted only in exceptional circumstances where there is no practical way to define the invention in words and where it is more concise to incorporate by reference than duplicating a drawing or table into the claim. Incorporation by reference is a necessity doctrine, not for applicant’s convenience.” Ex parte Fressola, 27 USPQ2d 1608, 1609 (Bd. Pat. App. & Inter. 1993) Appropriate correction is required.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the statutory basis (i.e., changing from AIA to pre-AIA ) for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status.
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)(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use, on sale, or otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Although claims 7-8 fail to adequately define the invention, Examiner makes a best attempt to discern the intended invention from the claims.
Claims 7-8 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102 as being unpatentable under US 20190114074 A1 (“Starkweather”).
In regards to claim 7, Starkweather discloses
An input method for the digitized new language, wherein the input method is completed based on the characters of words or phrases, namely one character can be input by pressing a key once, the number of characters is equivalent to the times to be pressed on the keys, which can be ended by pressing the space bar ([0019], “FIG. 1 illustrates … a system for allowing users to provide … input in a number of languages” Examiner notes that languages inherently include words and phrases.);
For square words arranged in two lines, each word or phrase will end naturally after the keys are pressed 5 times, the input of those words by pressing the keys less than 5 times can end by pressing the space bar ([0019], “FIG. 1 illustrates … a system for allowing users to provide … input in a number of languages” Examiner notes that languages inherently include words and phrases.);
Six characters can be input by pressing the key combination of
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which should be pressed again for an end ([0019], “FIG. 1 illustrates … a system for allowing users to provide … input in a number of languages” Examiner notes that languages inherently include words and phrases.);
When inputting a semantic symbol within
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and a phrase within
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on the numeric keyboard, the combination of the corresponding key and another key should be pressed ([0019], “FIG. 1 illustrates … a system for allowing users to provide … input in a number of languages” Examiner notes that languages inherently include words and phrases.);
The digitized new language will make the development of software and hardware for handwriting and speech input more mature, achieving a more accurate recognition ([0019], “FIG. 1 illustrates … a system for allowing users to provide … input in a number of languages” Examiner notes that languages inherently include words and phrases.).
In regards to claim 8, Starkweather discloses
An input tool for the digitized new language, wherein it includes a keyboard ([0020], “FIG. 2 is a … diagram showing … an interactive soft keyboard … for … users to provide a text input in a number of languages”) with a mouse, a numeric keyboard with a mouse, a mouse with a numeric keyboard and a new Braille mobile phone keyboard ([0053], “The users … provide … inputs in a … language … using a keyboard, … a mouse, … gesture or touch, voice …, or any other interacting means.”);
1) A keyboard with a mouse, wherein both hands can easily operate the mouse without leaving the keyboard, and keyboard can be operated without leaving the mouse ([0053], “The users … provide … inputs in a … language … using a keyboard, … a mouse, … gesture or touch, voice …, or any other interacting means.”);
The keyboard includes click keys and key combinations ([0020], “FIG. 2 is a … diagram showing … an interactive soft keyboard … for … users to provide a text input in a number of languages”);
The click keys are used for achieving the keyboard's functions such as Insert / Rewrite, Delete, Start-Of-Line, End-Of-Line, Page Up, Page Down, Screenshot, Control, Select, Shift, Space, Window, Cursor Left / Right / Up / Down, Enter, Backspace, Function Combination, Pause, Table, Exit and Functions 1-12 ([0020], “FIG. 2 is a … diagram showing … an interactive soft keyboard … for … users to provide a text input in a number of languages”);
After clicking on the functional key combination, the numeric keyboard can be started and the operations of the ten numbers 0~9 and six operation symbols namely
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can be completed ([0020], “FIG. 2 is a … diagram showing … an interactive soft keyboard … for … users to provide a text input in a number of languages”);
For the key combinations, the “
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”refers to Num Lock, Caps Lock and Screen Lock, respectively, the “Shift plus symbol key” refers to inputting the shift symbol ([0020], “FIG. 2 is a … diagram showing … an interactive soft keyboard … for … users to provide a text input in a number of languages”);
When combined with other keys, the Control, Select, Window and Function Combination of the key combinations will achieve different functions ([0020], “FIG. 2 is a … diagram showing … an interactive soft keyboard … for … users to provide a text input in a number of languages”);
Multimedia functions include Browser, Email, Favorites, Multimedia Player, Mute, Stop, Previous, Next, Play/Pause, Calculator, Volume - and Volume + ([0036], “software code in applications may include … Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language”);
When inputting the current language, the character keys and symbol keys can be changed to the letters and symbols of the required language to meet the keyboard input requirements for various languages ([0020], “FIG. 2 is a … diagram showing … an interactive soft keyboard … for … users to provide a text input in a number of languages”);
Below the keyboard are the mouse wheel, left / right keys, control cursor device, as well as three key indicators: Num Lock, Caps Lock and Screen Lock, the mouse can be easily operated by simply moving down the left or right thumb, and the cursor can be controlled by moving down the right thumb ([0020], “FIG. 2 is a … diagram showing … an interactive soft keyboard … for … users to provide a text input in a number of languages”);
The screen can be set through the top of the keyboard to display the input content ([0020], “FIG. 2 is a … diagram showing … an interactive soft keyboard … for … users to provide a text input in a number of languages”);
The relevant purposes can be added depending on the industry ([0020], “FIG. 2 is a … diagram showing … an interactive soft keyboard … for … users to provide a text input in a number of languages”);
2) A numeric keyboard with a mouse, wherein the functions of the numeric keyboard and the mouse can be combined skillfully, and the operations can be completed with one or both hands ([0020], “FIG. 2 is a … diagram showing … an interactive soft keyboard … for … users to provide a text input in a number of languages”);
The numeric keyboard includes click keys, long-press keys and key combinations ([0020], “FIG. 2 is a … diagram showing … an interactive soft keyboard … for … users to provide a text input in a number of languages”);
The click keys are used for inputting the ten characters 0~9 and mathematical operation symbols
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and achieving the keyboard functions such as Space, Exit, Enter, Page Down, Page Up, Num Lock, Caps Lock, Screen Lock, Cursor Left / Right / Up / Down, Screenshot and Pause ([0020], “FIG. 2 is a … diagram showing … an interactive soft keyboard … for … users to provide a text input in a number of languages”);
The long-press keys are used for achieving the keyboard functions such as Start-Of-Line, End-Of-Line, Insert / Rewrite, Table, Delete, Backspace, Shift, Control, Select, Window and Function Combination ([0020], “FIG. 2 is a … diagram showing … an interactive soft keyboard … for … users to provide a text input in a number of languages”);
The key combinations include
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Enter when combined with other keys, they can achieve different functions ([0020], “FIG. 2 is a … diagram showing … an interactive soft keyboard … for … users to provide a text input in a number of languages”);
Multimedia functions include Browser, Email, Favorites, Multimedia Player, Mute, Stop, Previous, Next, Play/Pause, Calculator, Volume - and Volume + ([0036], “software code in applications may include … Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language”);
When inputting the current language, the characters and symbols can be input using the ten numeric keys 0~9 according to the required language to meet the keyboard input requirements for various languages ([0020], “FIG. 2 is a … diagram showing … an interactive soft keyboard … for … users to provide a text input in a number of languages”);
Below the keyboard are the mouse wheel, left / right keys, cursor control device, as well as three key indicators: Num Lock, Caps Lock and Screen Lock, the mouse and cursor can be easily operated by simply moving down the right thumb ([0020], “FIG. 2 is a … diagram showing … an interactive soft keyboard … for … users to provide a text input in a number of languages”);
The screen can be set through the top of the keyboard to display the input content ([0020], “FIG. 2 is a … diagram showing … an interactive soft keyboard … for … users to provide a text input in a number of languages”);
The relevant purposes can be added depending on the industry ([0020], “FIG. 2 is a … diagram showing … an interactive soft keyboard … for … users to provide a text input in a number of languages”);
The numeric keyboard can be used as an operation keyboard for small and micro products ([0020], “FIG. 2 is a … diagram showing … an interactive soft keyboard … for … users to provide a text input in a number of languages”);
3) A mouse with a numeric keyboard, wherein the functions of the mouse and the numeric keyboard can be combined skillfully, with the mouse on the top and the numeric keyboard on the bottom, the operations can be completed with one or both hands ([0020], “FIG. 2 is a … diagram showing … an interactive soft keyboard … for … users to provide a text input in a number of languages”);
The mouse on the top includes a mouse wheel, left / right keys and a cursor control device for controlling the cursor by moving the mouse, the cursor can also be controlled by shaking the cursor control device on the upper left without moving the mouse, the cursor control device can be either a component with an optical lens on both upper and lower parts, respectively, or a combination of two optical lens components ([0020], “FIG. 2 is a … diagram showing … an interactive soft keyboard … for … users to provide a text input in a number of languages”);
The numeric keyboard on the bottom includes click keys, long-press keys and key combinations ([0020], “FIG. 2 is a … diagram showing … an interactive soft keyboard … for … users to provide a text input in a number of languages”);
The click keys involve ten character keys 0~9 and mathematical operation symbol keys
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as well as Space and Enter;
The long-press keys include Start-Of-Line, End-Of-Line, Page Up, Page Down, Insert / Rewrite, Table, Cursor Left / Right / Up / Down, Delete, Backspace, Shift, Control, Select, Window and Function Combination ([0020], “FIG. 2 is a … diagram showing … an interactive soft keyboard … for … users to provide a text input in a number of languages”);
The key combinations include
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Enter when combined with other keys, they can achieve different functions ([0020], “FIG. 2 is a … diagram showing … an interactive soft keyboard … for … users to provide a text input in a number of languages”);
Multimedia functions include Browser, Email, Favorites, Multimedia Player, Mute, Stop, Previous, Next, Play/Pause, Calculator, Volume - and Volume + ([0036], “software code in applications may include … Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language”);
When inputting the current language, the characters and symbols can be input using the ten numeric keys 0~9 according to the required language to meet the keyboard input requirements for various languages ([0020], “FIG. 2 is a … diagram showing … an interactive soft keyboard … for … users to provide a text input in a number of languages”);
The three indicators on the numeric keyboard, from left to right, are used for the Num Lock, Caps Lock and Screen Lock ([0020], “FIG. 2 is a … diagram showing … an interactive soft keyboard … for … users to provide a text input in a number of languages”);
The relevant purposes can be added depending on the industry ([0020], “FIG. 2 is a … diagram showing … an interactive soft keyboard … for … users to provide a text input in a number of languages”);
The numeric keyboard can also be used as an operation keyboard for small and micro products ([0020], “FIG. 2 is a … diagram showing … an interactive soft keyboard … for … users to provide a text input in a number of languages”);
4) Relevant functions of the numeric keyboard involved in the numeric keyboard with a mouse and the mouse with a numeric keyboard,
[Wingdings font/0x81] When the Num Lock indicator is on (the Num Lock indicator is on automatically after the computer is started), the following functions will be achieved:
(1) Input characters:
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(2) Input numbers
Key combination / plus 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 refer to inputting the numbers '0, '1, '2, '3, '4, '5,'6, '7, '8 and '9 respectively; After long pressing +, the numbers can be input directly by clicking the numeric keys ([0020], “FIG. 2 is a … diagram showing … an interactive soft keyboard … for … users to provide a text input in a number of languages”);
(3) Input symbols
Key combination Enter plus
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refer to inputting the shift symbols of the corresponding keys ([0020], “FIG. 2 is a … diagram showing … an interactive soft keyboard … for … users to provide a text input in a number of languages”);
Key combination / plus *input sysmbol*, / plus Enter refers to inputting the shift symbol of Enter ([0020], “FIG. 2 is a … diagram showing … an interactive soft keyboard … for … users to provide a text input in a number of languages”);
(4) Combination functions of Key Combination
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(5) Combination function of Key Combination “.”:
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(6) Combination functions of Key Combination -:
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(7) Combination of functions of Key Combination +:
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(8) The combination functions of Key Combination * are pending ([0020], “FIG. 2 is a … diagram showing … an interactive soft keyboard … for … users to provide a text input in a number of languages”);
[Wingdings font/0x82] When the Num Lock indicator is off
(1)Input letters
The "formal symbol table of the digitized new language" according to according to claim 1, for the letter input of various current languages, all letters of the desired languages are arranged through the ten numeric keys 0~9, the detailed method is as follows:
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When the Caps Lock indicator is on, capital letters can be input according to the above method ([0020], “FIG. 2 is a … diagram showing … an interactive soft keyboard … for … users to provide a text input in a number of languages”);
(2) The combination functions of Key Combination
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and Enter are pending ([0020], “FIG. 2 is a … diagram showing … an interactive soft keyboard … for … users to provide a text input in a number of languages”);
5) The new Braille mobile phone keyboard
A new Braille keyboard includes ten blind symbols, representing ten dialing keys (0, 1, 2, 3,4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9), respectively,
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is used for dialing out,
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is used for receiving incoming calls, voice prompts are provided when pressing the keys ([0020], “FIG. 2 is a … diagram showing … an interactive soft keyboard … for … users to provide a text input in a number of languages”).
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the statutory basis (i.e., changing from AIA to pre-AIA ) for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status.
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
A patent for a claimed invention may not be obtained, notwithstanding that the claimed invention is not identically disclosed as set forth in section 102, if the differences between the claimed invention and the prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole would have been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the claimed invention pertains. Patentability shall not be negated by the manner in which the invention was made.
The factual inquiries for establishing a background for determining obviousness under 35 U.S.C. 103 are summarized as follows:
Determining the scope and contents of the prior art.
Ascertaining the differences between the prior art and the claims at issue.
Resolving the level of ordinary skill in the pertinent art.
Considering objective evidence present in the application indicating obviousness or nonobviousness.
Although claims 1-6 fail to adequately define the invention, Examiner makes a best attempt to discern the intended invention from the claims.
Claims 1-6 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable under Starkweather in view of CN 101038585 A (“Ding”) and US 20180158369 A1 (“Al Darwesh”).
In regards to claim 1, Starkweather discloses the following limitations with the exception of the underlined limitations.
A digitized new language, namely a language ([0044], “The present invention … relates to … a … digitized … language”) that uses ten Arabic numbers 0-9 as the unified word-formation symbols (characters for short) for all languages;
the digitized new language is shortened as the new language ([0044], The present invention … relates to … a … digitized … language”) and covers a digitized new current language and its corresponding Braille and sign language, a newly created interpersonal language and its corresponding Braille and sign language and a newly created interstellar language, wherein the characters are international codes within ten Arabic numbers 0~9, a phonetic notation consists of internationally recognized ten consonants and ten vowels, and the pronunciations are mainly determined based on ([0063], “the … languages … are analyzed for similarities in … pronunciation”) the internationally recognized phonetic symbols, namely 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and i;
Pronunciation table of characters within 0~9 for the digitized new language:
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The characters of the ten Arabic numbers (0-9) are the same globally, however they are different in pronunciation in different countries and regions, they are distinctive pronunciations, however under the overall trend of unified pronunciations, people using different languages can also pronounce their own distinctive pronunciations, which reflect the combination of languages in unity, discrepancy and diversity;
1)Characters of the digitized new language
The characters of the digitized new language comprise of phonetic symbols, semantic symbols ([0053], “the input/output ... allows ... the contents presented ... using ... special characters ... and other symbols” Examiner notes that the other symbols may include semantic symbols.) and formal symbols ([0053], “the input/output ... allows ... the contents presented ... using ... special characters ... and other symbols” Examiner notes that the other symbols may include formal symbols.);
[Wingdings font/0x81] Phonetic symbol
A total of 110 phonetic symbols are set, including 10 single-phonetic-symbols 0-9 with no consonants before vowels, and 100 “consonant+ vowel” combined double-phonetic-symbols from 00 to 99, each word has 1~2 phonetic symbols;
Phonetic symbol table of the digitized new language:
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The digitized new language also digitizes the pronunciations of various current languages according to the “Phonetic Symbol Table of the digitized new language”, using only phonetic symbols rather than semantic symbols;
In any language, each word has at most 3 syllables and 6 characters, with the last syllable being indispensable ([0046], “The digital language sets… includes a number of characters or letters”);
[Wingdings font/0x82] Semantic symbol
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The semantic symbols comprise of 110 categories, including 10 categories of single-semantic-symbols and 100 categories of double-semantic-symbols, the identifier of the semantic symbols is , For a single-semantic-symbol, it can be added above it; For a double-semantic-symbol, it can be added above the second semantic symbol, semantic symbol vowels are pronounced with a long sound
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([0053], “the input/output ... allows ... the contents presented ... using ... special characters ... and other symbols” Examiner notes that the other symbols may include semantic symbols.);
Semantic symbol table of the digitized new language:
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[Wingdings font/0x83] Formal symbol
The formal symbols comprise of ten categories (0-9), one word can have 1-4 formal symbols as needed or be provided without any formal symbol ([0053], “the input/output ... allows ... the contents presented ... using ... special characters ... and other symbols” Examiner notes that the other symbols may include formal symbols.);
The formal symbols refer to the classification of basic letters or stroke forms used for various languages, which basically reflects the letter and stroke form orders of different languages ([0046], “The digital language sets… includes a number of characters or letters”);
The following table shows the Latin alphabet, Arabic alphabet, Slavic alphabet used by many countries and the unique letters or stroke forms of a country or nation ([0060], “These languages include many Latin-scripts based languages, non-Latin alphabetic scripts based languages, and other language forms having a definite script or character set.” Examiner notes that the Arabic alphabet is non-Latin based and that the Slavic alphabet can be Latin or Latin-based.);
The letters of each language are arranged on the ten numeric keys (0-9) of the numeric keyboard to achieve inputting various letters and languages through the numeric keyboard ([0026], “FIG. 8 shows a physical keyboard having keys arranged based on the custom keyboard”);
Formal symbol table of the digitized new language:
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[Wingdings font/0x84] Difference between characters and numbers
The ten Arabic numbers (0-9) involve both character and number meanings in the digitized new language, namely a character and the corresponding number are represented in the same form ([0046], “The digital language sets… includes a number of characters or letters”);
When only one Arabic number is used, it refers to both a word and a number with the same meaning;
When 2~6 Arabic numbers are used, the difference between the characters and
numbers is that adding the number iden