METHOD FOR REALIZING REMOTE REVERSE OPERATION DURING UNATTENDED TRAIN OPERATION, DEVICE AND MEDIUM

Application No. 18/717,303

• Filed: Dec 26, 2024
• Priority: Dec 21, 2021 — CN 202111568685.6
  • Nov 29, 2022 — nonprovisional of PCTCN2022135000
• Examiner: BROWNE, SCOTT A
• Assignee: Casco Signal Ltd.
• OA Round: 1 (Non-Final)

Office 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 .

Claim Objections
Claim 5 is objected to because of the following informalities: the circled numbers 1-4 should be deleted. Appropriate correction is required.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 101
Claim 16 is 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 claim is directed to a program per se.

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Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1-15 are allowed.
The following is a statement of reasons for the indication of allowable subject matter: the cited art does not disclose an interlocking subsystem blocking the remote reverse operation protection area, followed by the following train to automatically operate to platform A and then automatically exiting the remote reverse operation mode in combination with the other claim limitations.

Conclusion
Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the examiner should be directed to SCOTT A BROWNE whose telephone number is [phone]. The examiner can normally be reached on Variable Workweek/IFP.
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/SCOTT A BROWNE/Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 3666

Prosecution Timeline

• Dec 26, 2024: Application Filed
• Sep 01, 2026: Non-Final Rejection mailed — §101 (current)