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 .
DETAILED ACTION
This action is in response to the Amendment filed on 08/04/2026.
Claims 1-18 are under examination.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
The following is a quotation of the first paragraph of 35 U.S.C. 112(a):
(a) IN GENERAL.—The specification shall contain a written description of the invention, and of the manner and process of making and using it, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make and use the same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor or joint inventor of carrying out the invention.
The following is a quotation of the first paragraph of pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112:
The specification shall contain a written description of the invention, and of the manner and process of making and using it, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make and use the same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor of carrying out his invention.
Claims 1-18 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(a) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), first paragraph, as failing to comply with the written description requirement. The claim(s) contains subject matter which was not described in the specification in such a way as to reasonably convey to one skilled in the relevant art that the inventor or a joint inventor, or for applications subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, the inventor(s), at the time the application was filed, had possession of the claimed invention. Independent claim 1 has been amended to recite “automatically generate a suggestion, a response, or information based on the analysis and without receiving any input directed to the AI-driven chatbot”. However, the specification fails to disclose the AI-driven chatbot automatically generate a suggestion without receiving any input directed to the AI-driven chatbot. As matter of fact, the specification explicitly disclose the AI-driven chatbot generate suggestion based on input directed to the AI-driven chatbot (see par. 0101, “ The advanced chat-bot resource 309 comprises an automated, AI/ML rules engine (e.g., hosted by the integration platform) configured to provide users with unlimited access (e.g., 24 hours per day/7 days per week) to a conversational message-based dialogue that processes user input (e.g., in the form of a question or request) and quickly responds with a resolution (e.g., an answer, a suggested course of action, route user to other system function(s), provide/display selectable features such as links, icons, and the like, etc.). Unlike conventional chat-bots, this resource provides users with personalized information and customized suggestions designed to interpret the way individual users query its search function, and learn from those experiences. To do this, the AI/ML rules engine may be configured to capture and model user-specific and aggregated interaction and profile data to generate advanced analytics for each particular user, which in turn may be used to generate user-specific responses and suggestions. This includes, for example, capturing and modeling (current and/or historic) user-specific queries and user-specific reactions and sentiments towards returned responses to identify user-specific tendencies that inform how user-specific queries should be interpreted. User sentiments may be defined by the extent to which the user utilizes, accepts and/or rejects the returned responses. As the user-specific reactions/sentiments evolve, so too may the rules for interpreting the user-specific queries. Thus, different users submitting a same inquiry may receive completely different responses”).
Claims 1-18 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(a) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), first paragraph, as failing to comply with the enablement requirement. The claim(s) contains subject matter which was not described in the specification in such a way as to enable one skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make and/or use the invention. Claim 1 has been amended to recite “automatically generate a suggestion, a response, or information based on the analysis and without receiving any input directed to the AI-driven chatbot”. The claim limitation indicates the AI-driven chatbot monitor and analyze conversations, generate the suggestion based on the analysis. Therefore, the AI-driven chatbot generates the suggestion based on the analysis as input directed to the AI-driven chatbot. However, the amended claim limitation indicates the AI-driven chatbot generates the suggestion without receiving any input directed to the AI-driven chatbot.
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112(b):
(b) CONCLUSION.—The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor regards as the invention.
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph:
The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the applicant regards as his invention.
Claims 4-5 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor (or for applications subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, the applicant), regards as the invention.
A broad range or limitation together with a narrow range or limitation that falls within the broad range or limitation (in the same claim) may be considered indefinite if the resulting claim does not clearly set forth the metes and bounds of the patent protection desired. See MPEP § 2173.05(c). In the present instance, claim 4 recites the broad recitation the AI-driven chatbot is further configured to provide personalized responses to user inquiries based on the user's profile data and on user- specific interaction data, and the claim depends on claim 1 and also recites the AI-driven chatbot generate a suggestion without receiving any input directed to the AI-driven chatbot which is the narrower statement of the range/limitation. claim 5 recites the broad recitation the AI-driven chatbot is further configured to provide next best advice based on the user's profile data and on the user-specific interaction data, and the claim also recites the AI-driven chatbot generate a suggestion without receiving any input directed to the AI-driven chatbot which is the narrower statement of the range/limitation. The claim(s) are considered indefinite because there is a question or doubt as to whether the feature introduced by such narrower language is (a) merely exemplary of the remainder of the claim, and therefore not required, or (b) a required feature of the claims.
Response to Arguments
Applicant’s arguments, filed on 08/04/2026, with respect to rejection under 35 USC § 103 for claims 1-18 have been fully considered but they are not persuasive. The arguments are directed toward the newly amended claim limitations, as mentioned above the newly amended claim limitation raises 112 issues.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to Applicant’s disclosure:
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