CTNF 18/658,823 CTNF 77897 DETAILED ACTION Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status 07-03-aia AIA 15-10-aia The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA. Information Disclosure Statement The information disclosure statements (IDS) submitted on 04/13/2026 and 11/08/2024 are in compliance with the provisions of 37 CFR 1.97. Accordingly, the information disclosure statements are being considered by the examiner. Election/Restrictions 08-25-01 AIA Applicant’s election without traverse of Group I (claims 1-3, 5, 6, 9, 11-14, 17-21, 23 and 24) in the reply filed on 04/13/2026 is acknowledged. 08-06 AIA Claim s 26, 27, 33 and 34 are withdrawn from further consideration pursuant to 37 CFR 1.142(b) as being drawn to a nonelected Group II , there being no allowable generic or linking claim. Election was made without traverse in the reply filed on 04/13/2026 . Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 101 07-04-01 AIA 07-04 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 17-21, 23 and 24 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101 because the claims are drawn to a computer readable medium. With respect to claims 17-21, 23 and 24, the broadest reasonable interpretation of a claim drawn to a computer readable medium typically covers forms of non-transitory tangible media and transitory propagating signals per se in view of the ordinary and customary meaning of computer readable media, particularly when the specification is silent. In the present case, the specification describes a computer-readable medium that includes a floppy disk (see paragraph 0204), as well as a network or the Internet (see paragraph 0200), which employ transitory propagating signals. See MPEP § 2111.01. A claim drawn to such a computer readable medium that covers both transitory and non-transitory embodiments may be amended to narrow the claim to cover only statutory embodiments to avoid rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 101 by adding the limitation "non-transitory" to the claims. Allowable Subject Matter 12-151-07 AIA 07-97 12-51-07 Claim s 1-3, 5, 6, 9 and 11-14 are allowed. 13-03-01 AIA The following is a statement of reasons for the indication of allowable subject matter: With respect to claim 1, the most relevant prior art, Takanashi et al. (US PAP 2021/0262947 A1) teaches a tomographic imaging system matrix compression method, comprising (see abstract; Figs. 1-16B; paragraphs 0014, 0016, 0035, 0038-0044, 0050, 0067 and 0091; claims 2-19): PNG media_image1.png 332 330 media_image1.png Greyscale acquiring a plurality of detected tomographic system responses; shifting one or more of the detected tomographic system responses to align arrival times; for each sensor (20) of a plurality of sensors (22) (see paragraphs 0035, 0038-0043 and 0048-0052), determining an approximate system response that is a linear combination of a plurality of basis functions, wherein the approximate system response is determined by performing a singular value decomposition (SVD) process on the aligned (see paragraphs 0067 and 0091), detected tomographic system responses (see abstract; Figs. 1-16B; paragraphs 0014, 0016, 0035, 0038-0044, 0050, 0067 and 0091; claims 2-19) PNG media_image2.png 536 385 media_image2.png Greyscale PNG media_image3.png 576 365 media_image3.png Greyscale but fails to explicitly teach or make obvious for each virtual sensor of a plurality of virtual sensors, determining an approximate system response that is a linear combination of a plurality of basis functions, wherein the approximate system response is determined by performing a singular value decomposition (SVD) process on the aligned, detected tomographic system responses to obtain a plurality of coefficients for the linear combination; and determining a compressed system matrix including approximate system responses for all virtual sensors from the plurality of coefficients determined for each of the virtual sensors as claimed in combination with all of the remaining limitations. Claims 2, 3, 5, 6, 9 and 11-14 are allowed by virtue of their dependence . Conclusion 07-96 AIA The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. Leroux et al. (US PAP 2009/0123048 A1; see abstract; Figs. 1-21; paragraphs 0003, 0004, 0016-0018, 0036, 0063, 0067, 0071 and 0076) and Petschke et al. (US PAP 2015/0348258 A1; see abstract; Figs. 1-7; paragraphs 0014, 0016, 0018, 0019, 0059 and 0062; claims 4, 10 and 16-18) teach the tomographic imaging system matrix compression method and apparatus, comprising: acquiring a plurality of detected tomographic system responses; and for each sensor of a plurality of sensors, determining an approximate system response that is a linear combination of a plurality of basis functions, wherein the approximate system response is determined by performing a singular value decomposition (SVD) process on the aligned, detected tomographic system responses . 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To file and manage patent submissions in Patent Center, visit: https://patentcenter.uspto.gov. Visit https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/patent-center for more information about Patent Center and https://www.uspto.gov/patents/docx for information about filing in DOCX format. For additional questions, contact the Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 866-217-9197 (toll-free). If you would like assistance from a USPTO Customer Service Representative, call 800-786-9199 (IN USA OR CANADA) or 571-272-1000. Irakli Kiknadze /IRAKLI KIKNADZE/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2884 /I.K./ June 10, 2026 Application/Control Number: 18/658,823 Page 2 Art Unit: 2884 Application/Control Number: 18/658,823 Page 3 Art Unit: 2884
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