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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 1-10 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101 because the claimed invention is directed to non-statutory subject matter. The claim(s) does/do not fall within at least one of the four categories of patent eligible subject matter because the claims are directed to an abstract idea, in the form of mental processes. This is defined as concepts performed in the human mind, and represent processes that include observations, evaluations, judgments, and opinions.
For example, the claims 1-10 recite:
the diagnosing method comprising:
i) obtaining, by the monitoring host, monitoring data of each sensor module, the monitoring data comprising partial discharge ultra high frequency signals monitored by each sensor module,
ii) receiving time information of the partial discharge ultra high frequency signals monitored by each sensor module and sensor network position distribution data of the wireless transmission network
iii) inputting, by the monitoring host, the monitoring data into a partial discharge diagnosing model for prediction processing, and determining a predicted partial discharge type
iv) the partial discharge diagnosing model is obtained by the following training method:
a) obtaining, by the monitoring host, the partial discharge diagnosing model from a training server
b) obtaining, by the monitoring host, training data, the training data comprising training feature and data labeling information
c) training feature data comprising the partial discharge ultra high frequency signals monitored by each sensor module,
d) the receiving time information of the partial discharge ultra high frequency signals monitored by each sensor module and the sensor network position distribution data of the wireless transmission network
e) the labeling information comprising a partial discharge type
v) inputting, by the monitoring host, the training feature data into the partial discharge diagnosing model for prediction processing, and determining a predicted partial discharge type
vi) correcting, by the monitoring host, the partial discharge diagnosing model according to the predicted partial discharge type
The claims do not define what constitutes the claimed “monitoring host”. Therefore, the monitoring host could very well be a human being, and the recited functions of the monitoring host(i.e. obtaining monitoring data of the sensor modules, receiving time information, inputting the data into a diagnosing model, correcting the diagnosing model, etc) could all very well be functions performed by the human mind, as mental processes. Theses claimed functions are not distinguishable between functions performed by humans, and mental processes performed on a computer.
Although the claims do recite structure such as sensors which monitor GIS partial discharge and a network relay device, the claimed monitoring host is the element in the claim that performs the functions pertaining to diagnosing, predicting, and correcting the collected data from the sensors. The claims do not define structure, or functioning that cannot be performed by a human and mental processes, with regards to the core aspects of the invention. A careful review of the specification fails to establish a definition of “the monitoring host” which would rule out the host as being a human that uses mental process to perform the functions of the claims.
Conclusion
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/DARYL C POPE/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2686