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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 .
35 U.S.C 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.
Claim 1 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101 because the claimed invention is directed to an abstract idea without significantly more.
Regarding claim 1, the claim(s) recite(s) a memory device; and a processing device, operatively coupled to the memory device, configured to perform operations, the operations comprising performing a read error handling process on a select page of the memory device, the select page being part of a plurality of pages of the memory device that forms a stripe, the read error handling process comprising: accessing a plurality of data tables that corresponds to a plurality of targeted codeword failure counts, an individual data table of the plurality of data tables comprising Log-Likelihood Ratio (LLR) data configured for decoding one or more failing codewords of the stripe when the stripe has a count of failing codewords equal to an individual targeted codeword failure count corresponding to the individual data table; determining a current count of failing codewords in the stripe; determining a plurality of difference values that corresponds to the plurality of data tables, the determining of the plurality of difference values comprising determining, for an individual targeted codeword failure count of the plurality of targeted codeword failure counts that corresponds to an individual data table of the plurality of data tables, an individual difference value between the individual targeted codeword failure count and the current count of failing codewords; selecting, from the plurality of data tables, a select data table based on the plurality of difference values; and decoding an individual failing codeword of the select page using a decode process and LLR data from the select data table.
For step 2A eligibility prong one analysis, a memory device; and a processing device, operatively coupled to the memory device, configured to perform operations, the operations comprising performing a read error handling process on a select page of the memory device, the select page being part of a plurality of pages of the memory device that forms a stripe.
For step 2A eligibility prong two analysis, this judicial exception is not integrated into a practical application because it is not tied to any particular computer problem. The other limitations are merely mathematical steps or computations with for example, codeword failure count with data tables and LLR values (accessing a plurality of data tables that corresponds to a plurality of targeted codeword failure counts, an individual data table of the plurality of data tables comprising Log-Likelihood Ratio (LLR) data configured for decoding one or more failing codewords of the stripe when the stripe has a count of failing codewords equal to an individual targeted codeword failure count corresponding to the individual data table; determining a current count of failing codewords in the stripe; determining a plurality of difference values that corresponds to the plurality of data tables, the determining of the plurality of difference values comprising determining, for an individual targeted codeword failure count of the plurality of targeted codeword failure counts that corresponds to an individual data table of the plurality of data tables, an individual difference value between the individual targeted codeword failure count and the current count of failing codewords), or is well-understood, routine, conventional activity (For example, accessing data tables with targeted failure counts, with difference values). Thus, these are well-understood computations or processes. The limitation are so general that it could apply to any/every computing environment and does not integrate the claim to a practical application. These limitations do not meaningfully limit the claim by going beyond generally linking the use of the judicial exception to a particular technological environment.
For step 2B eligibility (Whether a Claim Amounts to Significantly More), The claim(s) does/do not include additional elements that are sufficient to amount to significantly more than the judicial exception because the additional limitations are selecting, from the plurality of data tables, a select data table based on the plurality of difference values; and decoding an individual failing codeword of the select page using a decode process and LLR data from the select data table. However, again these can be mathematical steps or computations such as select data table based on the plurality of difference values or using a decode process on a failing codeword with LLR data from the select data table. Thus, these are well-understood, routine, conventional activity, as these computations or processes can be done or is well-understood in the field.
These limitations do not include additional elements that are sufficient to amount to significantly more than the judicial exception.
Independent claims 17 and 20 are also rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101 for being directed to non-statutory subject matter. The same or similar reasoning is given as applied above for claim 1.
The Dependent claims 2-16 and 18-19 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101 for being directed to non-statutory subject matter as they fail to remedy the independent claims.
Conclusion
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/ALBERT DECADY/Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 2112
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