DETAILED 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 .
The instant application having Application No. 19/023,767 filed on 07/19/2022 is presented for examination by the Examiner. Claims 1-20 are currently pending in the present application.
Drawings
The drawings filed 01/16/2025 are accepted for examination purposes.
Information Disclosure Statement
As required by M.P.E.P. 609, the Applicant's submission of the Information Disclosure Statement dated 02/14/2025 and 08/27/2025 are acknowledged by the Examiner and the cited references have been considered in the examination of the claims now pending.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
5. The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that form the basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
A person shall be entitled to a patent unless –
(a)(2) the claimed invention was described in a patent issued under section 151, or in an application for patent published or deemed published under section 122(b), in which the patent or application, as the case may be, names another inventor and was effectively filed before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
6. Claims 1, 10-20 rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Semih Yavuz (US-20220383159-A1).
As per claim 1, Yavuz teaches “A query method, executed by at least one processor of a first electronic device, wherein the method comprises:
obtaining a query input by a user,” (figs. 2-3, [0015]-[0016]); and
“generating a query result based on the query, wherein the query result comprises a first answer to the query, a first major premise and a first minor premise for deriving the first answer through deductive reasoning, a first major premise evidence for proving the first major premise, and a first minor premise evidence for proving the first minor premise, or
the query result comprises a first answer to the query, a first major premise and a first minor premise for deriving the first answer through deductive reasoning and a first minor premise evidence for proving the first minor premise,” (figs. 2-3, [0015]-[0018]).
As per claim 10, Yavuz further shows “causing a display of a query interface on a screen of the first electronic device, wherein the query interface includes one or more elements presenting the query result,” (figs. 2-3 and 7-8).
As per claim 11, Yavuz further shows “ wherein the obtaining a query input by user comprises receiving the query from a second electronic device, ([0030]-[0032]) and
the method further comprises: sending the query result to the second electronic device,” ([0030]-[0032]).
As per claim 12, Yavuz teaches “A query method, executed by at least one processor of a second electronic device, wherein the method comprises:
obtaining a query input by a user,” (figs. 2-3, [0015]-[0016]);
“sending the query to a first electronic device,’ (figs. 2-3, [0015]-[0016]);
“receiving a query result generated based on the query from the first electronic device, wherein the query result comprises a first answer to the query, a first major premise and a first minor premise of the first answer, a first major premise evidence for proving the first major premise, and a first minor premise evidence for proving the first minor premise, or the query result comprises a first answer to the query, a first major premise and a first minor premise of the first answer, and a first minor premise evidence for proving the first minor premise,’ (figs. 2-3, [0015]-[0018]); and
“causing a display of a query interface on a screen of the second electronic device, wherein the query interface includes one or more elements presenting the query result,’ (figs. 2-3, [0015]-[0018]).
As per claim 13, Yavuz teaches “A query method executed by at least one processor of electronic device, wherein the electronic device comprises a screen configured to display an input box, and the method comprises:
obtaining a query input by a user in the input box,” (figs. 2-3, [0015]-[0016]); and
displaying on the screen, an answer to the query, a major premise and a minor premise of the answer, and a major premise evidence and a minor premise evidence, wherein the major premise evidence is for proving the major premise, and the minor premise evidence is for proving the minor premise, or
displaying, on the screen, and answer to the query, a major premise and a minor premise of the answer, and a minor premise evidence, wherein the minor premise evidence is for proving the minor premise,” (figs. 2-3, [0015]-[0018]).
As per claim 14, Yavuz further shows “wherein the screen displays a first presentation box, a second presentation box, and a third presentation box, the first presentation box presents the answer, the second presentation box presents the major premise and the minor premise, and the third presentation box presents the major premise evidence and the minor premise evidence, or the third presentation box presents the minor premise evidence,” (figs. 2-3).
As per claim 15, Yavuz further shows “wherein the screen displays a fourth presentation box, and the fourth presentation box presents the answer, the major premise, the minor premise, the major premise evidence, and the minor premise evidence, or the fourth presentation box presents the answer, the major premise, the minor premise, and the minor premise evidence,” (figs. 2-3).
As per claim 16, Yavuz further shows “wherein the screen displays a fifth presentation box and a sixth presentation box, the sixth presentation box is a pop-up presentation box of the fifth presentation box, the fifth presentation box presents the answer, and the fifth presentation box presents the major premise, the minor premise, the major premise evidence, and the minor premise evidence, or the fifth presentation box presents the major premise, the minor premise, and the minor premise evidence,” (figs. 2-3).
As per claim 17, Yavuz further shows “displaying a direct evidence on the screen, wherein the direct evidence is for proving the answer,” (figs. 2-3).
As per claim 18, Yavuz further shows “wherein the screen further displays a seventh presentation box, and the seventh presentation box presents presenting the direct evidence,” (figs. 2-3).
As per claim 19, Yavuz further shows “wherein the fourth presentation box further presents the direct evidence,” (figs. 2-3).
As per claim 20, Yavuz further shows “wherein the sixth presentation box further presents the direct evidence,” (figs. 2-3).
Allowable Subject Matter
7. Claims 2-9 objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
Conclusion
8. The prior art made of record, listed on PTO 892 provided to Applicant is considered to have relevancy to the claimed invention. Applicant should review each identified reference carefully before responding to this office action to properly advance the case in light of the prior art.
Contact Information
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Jan. 16, 2026
/KIM T NGUYEN/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2153