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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 .
Request for Continued Examination
The request filed on July 20, 2026, for a Request for Continued Examination (RCE) under 37 CFR 1.114 based on parent Application No. 18/858,750 is acceptable and a RCE has been established. An action on the RCE follows.
Response to Arguments
Applicant’s arguments with respect to claims 1-15 and 17-21 have been considered but are moot.
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 1-15 and 17-21 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101 because the claimed invention is directed to abstract idea without significantly more.
Regrading claims 1-9, 11-15, 17-20, claims 1 and 12 recite: "determining S preamble sequences carrying metadata, and determining t root sequences...; and transmitting the S preamble sequences and the t root sequences" is a mental process, and an abstract idea. A person is capable of determine a part of information and transmit it. The currently amended clause: “wherein the S preamble sequences and the t root sequences are used to obtain bit values of roots by performing operations on the t root sequences, obtain a bit value of each data segment by performing operations on each preamble sequence based on the bit values of roots, and obtain a bit value of the metadata by cascading the bit value of each data segment sequentially” is an abstract concept of using the S preamble sequences and the t root sequences, which is intended use. This judicial exception is not integrated into a practical application. There is no 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 the claim is more than a drafting effort designed to monopolize the exception. The claims do not include additional elements that are sufficient to amount to significantly more than the judicial exception because the "terminal, memory, transceiver, and processor" are generic computer elements and each step does no more than require a generic computer to perform generic computer functions. The generic computer functions do not add meaningful limitation to the abstract idea. Therefore, claims are ineligible.
Regarding claims 10 and 21, claim 10 recites: “receiving t root sequences and S preamble sequences" is a mental process, and an abstract idea. A person is capable of receiving information. The currently amended clause “taking out sequences…; taking out a corresponding root…; and cascading the bit value…” can be done with a general-purpose computer. Merely apply an abstract idea on a general-purpose computer does not make an invention patent-eligible. This judicial exception is not integrated into a practical application. There is no 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 the claim is more than a drafting effort designed to monopolize the exception. The claims do not include additional elements that are sufficient to amount to significantly more than the judicial exception because the " network device" is generic computer elements and each step does no more than require a generic computer to perform generic computer functions. The generic computer functions do not add meaningful limitation to the abstract idea. Therefore, claims are ineligible.
Conclusion
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July 27, 2026
/EVA Y PUENTE/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2632
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