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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, 4-7, and 11-12 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101 because the claimed invention is directed to an abstract idea without significantly more.
Regarding claim 1,
Step 1: Is the claim to a process, machine, manufacture or composition of matter?
Yes, the claim is directed to a system.
Step 2A Prong One: Does the claim recite an abstract idea, law of nature, or natural phenomenon?
The limitations of:
[the server side], configured to parse the configuration data to generate static computational subgraphs, wherein parse the configuration data to generate static computational subgraphs, comprises: serializing the computational logics with hierarchical structures, generating the static computational subgraphs by flow-based programming according to serialization results, wherein the computational logics with hierarchical structures include multiple steps, and the multiple steps include multiple sub-computational logics, and the static computational subgraphs are represented as digraphs, the computational logics are nodes of the digraphs, and data flow directions between the computational logics are sides of the digraphs; (mental process, a human can look at data, mentally parse it, and write down using pen and paper the computation subgraphs, along with serializing it in their head/using pen and paper, which would include the multiple steps as claimed, and the human can draw the graphs)
[the server side], configured to connect the input data to the static computational subgraphs, to generate dynamic computational subgraphs, wherein connect the input data to the static computational subgraphs, comprises: matching data parameters that require data values in the static computational subgraphs to data values of the data parameters in the input data; (mental process, a human mentally connect data or use pen and paper and match data based on looking at it)
Step 2A Prong Two: Does the claim recite additional elements that integrate the judicial exception into a practical application?
The limitations of:
a client side, configured to obtain and send input data and configuration data, to a server side, wherein the input data is used to describe data values required for executing computational logics, and the configuration data is used to describe configuration information of the computational logics and association information between the computational logics in a service processing process; (generic computer to carry out the abstract idea, MPEP 2106.05(f)and sending/receiving data, insignificant extra-solution activity MPEP 2106.05(g))
the server side, configured to execute the dynamic computational subgraphs to obtain computational results (receiving the idea of a solution or outcome, MPEP 2106.05(f))
Step 2B: Does the claim recite additional elements that amount to significantly more than the judicial exception?
The limitations of:
a client side, configured to obtain and send input data and configuration data, to a server side, wherein the input data is used to describe data values required for executing computational logics, and the configuration data is used to describe configuration information of the computational logics and association information between the computational logics in a service processing process; (generic computer to carry out the abstract idea, MPEP 2106.05(f)and sending/receiving data, insignificant extra-solution activity MPEP 2106.05(g), transmitting data is well-understood, routine and conventional in the art, MPEP 2106.05(d)(II)(i))
the server side, configured to execute the dynamic computational subgraphs to obtain computational results (receiving the idea of a solution or outcome, MPEP 2106.05(f))
Dependent claim 4 recites determining values and connecting data, mental evaluation of data.
Dependent claim 5 recites formatting the results, mental judgement.
Dependent claim 6 recites expressions, functions, a decision tree, applying the abstract idea to particular field of use, MPEP 2106.05(h).
Dependent claim 7 recites the input data being in various formats, applying the abstract idea to particular field of use, MPEP 2106.05(h).
Dependent claim 11 recites assigning data values, mental judgement.
Dependent claim 12 recites executing computational logic, applying the abstract idea to particular field of use, MPEP 2106.05(h).
Allowable Subject Matter
No art has been cited for claims 1, 4-7, and 11-12. However the claims remain rejected under 35 USC 101.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure:
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KEVIN W FIGUEROA
Primary Examiner
Art Unit 2124
/Kevin W Figueroa/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2124
